Database.RecalculateSpaceUsage Method

Recalculates space usage.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly:  Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub RecalculateSpaceUsage
'Usage
Dim instance As Database

instance.RecalculateSpaceUsage()
public void RecalculateSpaceUsage()
public:
void RecalculateSpaceUsage()
member RecalculateSpaceUsage : unit -> unit
public function RecalculateSpaceUsage()

Remarks

This method updates and recalculates the space used by indexes and data within the database.

Examples

VB

'Connect to the local, default instance of SQL Server.
Dim srv As Server
srv = New Server

'Reference the AdventureWorks2012 database.
Dim db As Database
db = srv.Databases("AdventureWorks2012")

'Recalculate space usage.
db.RecalculateSpaceUsage()

'Display size and space information for the database.
Console.WriteLine("data space usage (KB): " + _
db.DataSpaceUsage.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("index space usage (KB): " + _
db.IndexSpaceUsage.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("space available (KB): " + _
db.SpaceAvailable.ToString)
Console.WriteLine("database size (MB): " + _
db.Size.ToString)

PowerShell

$srv = new-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server("(local)")
$db = New-Object Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Database
$db = $srv.Databases.Item("AdventureWorks2012")

Write-Host "data space usage (KB):" $db.DataSpaceUsage
Write-Host "index space usage (KB):" $db.IndexSpaceUsage
Write-Host "space available (KB):" $db.SpaceAvailable
Write-Host "database size (MB):" $db.Size

See Also

Reference

Database Class

Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Working with Database Objects

Creating, Altering, and Removing Databases

CREATE DATABASE (Transact-SQL)