Check Free Space in SQL Server (License Limit)

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I have a Microsoft SQL Server 2017 Express Edition those have a size limit of 10240MB (10Gigs) and I am not sure how I can check how much space I have left in this license. I have tried the following:

SELECT DB_NAME(database_id) AS database_name, 
    type_desc, 
    name AS FileName, 
    size/128.0 AS CurrentSizeMB
FROM sys.master_files
WHERE DB_NAME(database_id) = 'DemoDB' AND type IN (0,1);

This outputs the following:

database_name	type_desc	FileName	CurrentSizeMB
DemoDB	ROWS	DemoDB	10229.687500
DemoDB	LOG	DemoDB_log	8217.000000

Is it the upper value CurrentSizeMB 10229.687500 or do I need to use another query?

Answer 1

You can utilize the below to see how much free space is left in the data file(s) as well as how much you've already used. The limit for data files in Express edition is 10 GBs currently(https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/sql-server/editions-and-components-of-sql-server-2017?view=sql-server-ver15)

The code is based off of: https://am2.co/2016/04/shrink-database-4-easy-steps/

USE DemoDB
GO

SELECT
DB_NAME(),
dbf.name AS LogicalName,
dbf.type_desc AS FileType,
fg.name AS FileGroupName,
dbf.physical_name AS PhysicalFileLocation,
CAST(  (dbf.size / 128.0)  / 1024.0 AS DEC(10,2)) AS FileSizeGB,
CAST(  (FILEPROPERTY(dbf.name, 'SPACEUSED')  / 128.0)  /1024 AS DEC(10,2))  AS UsedSpaceGB,
CAST(   ((dbf.size / 128.0)  / 1024.0) - ((FILEPROPERTY(dbf.name, 'SPACEUSED')  / 128.0)  /1024) AS DEC(10,2)) AS FreeSpaceGB 

FROM
sys.database_files dbf
LEFT JOIN sys.filegroups fg
ON dbf.data_space_id = fg.data_space_id


ORDER BY
FileType DESC,
FileGroupName,
LogicalName