Querying log size
I'm about to write a script to tell me the log size before/after some events.
So I was looking into the sys.xxx to see where I could find the one for log size and came up with
select * from sys.database_files
This tells me the log is 3163192 (31GB) yet when I double check this with windows explorer the log (file size) is 25GB.
I have right clicked and ensured the size on disk is also 25GB.
When I look at the disk space usage reports it says the log is 24.7GB and 99.3% unused.
Why the huge size difference between what windows explorer tells me and what database_files says.
So I was looking into the sys.xxx to see where I could find the one for log size and came up with
select * from sys.database_files
This tells me the log is 3163192 (31GB) yet when I double check this with windows explorer the log (file size) is 25GB.
I have right clicked and ensured the size on disk is also 25GB.
When I look at the disk space usage reports it says the log is 24.7GB and 99.3% unused.
Why the huge size difference between what windows explorer tells me and what database_files says.
momi_sabag
which column of sys.database_files did you check in order to determine the size?
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ahhh I see I was using select size/1000 and assumed I was dealing with actual file size.
Points split:
Rimvis for pointing out my problem and vinurarj for reminding me about sp_helpdb which I will now use
Points split:
Rimvis for pointing out my problem and vinurarj for reminding me about sp_helpdb which I will now use