6 Ways to Check the Size of a Database in SQL Server using T-SQL

If you’re using a GUI tool, such as SSMS to manage your databases, you can easily check the size of your database by clicking your way through the GUI (right-click the database, point to Reports, then Standard Reports, and then click Disk Usage).

However, if you prefer to use T-SQL to manage your databases, you’ll need to run a query that returns this information.

This article presents six ways to check the size of a SQL Server database using T-SQL.

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AVG() – Calculate the Average Value of a Column in MySQL

When using MySQL, you can use the AVG() function to calculate the average value from a range of values.

For example, you can use this function to find out what the average city population is for a given country or state. Given a country will have many cities, each with different populations, you can find out what the average is between them. One city might have a population of say, 50,000 while another has a population of 500,000. The AVG() function will calculate the average for you.

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