HOW TO: Obtaining the size of each table in an SQL database

In order to get a breakdown of the disk space usage by each table in your database:

1. Connect to SQL using SQL management Studio
2. Click "New Query"
3. Execute the following SQL query:


EXECsp_MSforeachtable@command1="EXEC sp_spaceused '?'"


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