SQLCMD.EXE generates ugly report. How to format it? - sql

Question

I did batch to run SQL query like
use [AxDWH_Central_Reporting]
GO
EXEC sp_spaceused #updateusage = N'TRUE'
GO
It displays 2 tables and generates some ugly report with some kind of 'P' unneeded letters... See below
Changed database context to 'AxDWH_Central_Reporting'.
database_name Pdatabase_size Punallocated space
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P------------------P------------------
AxDWH_Central_Reporting P10485.69 MB P7436.85 MB
reserved Pdata Pindex_size Punused
------------------P------------------P------------------P------------------
3121176 KB P3111728 KB P7744 KB P1704 KB
----------------------------------------------------------------
I also tryed to generate 1 table from this procedure with next query
declare
#dbname sysname,
#dbsize bigint,
#logsize bigint,
#reservedpages bigint
select
#reservedpages = sum(a.total_pages)
from
sys.partitions p join sys.allocation_units a on p.partition_id = a.container_id left join sys.internal_tables it on p.object_id = it.object_id
select
#dbsize = sum(convert(bigint,case when status & 64 = 0 then size else 0 end)),
#logsize = sum(convert(bigint,case when status & 64 <> 0 then size else 0 end))
from
dbo.sysfiles
select
'database name' = db_name(),
'database size' = ltrim(str((convert (dec (15,2),#dbsize) + convert (dec (15,2),#logsize)) * 8192 / 1048576,15,2) + ' MB'),
'unallocated space' = ltrim(str((case when #dbsize >= #reservedpages then
(convert (dec (15,2),#dbsize) - convert (dec (15,2),#reservedpages)) * 8192 / 1048576 else 0 end),15,2) + ' MB')
But got similar ugly report:
database name Pdatabase size Punallocated space
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------P------------------P------------------
master P5.75 MB P1.52 MB
(1 rows affected)
Is it possible to change the layout formatting for report? To make it more beautifull?

Answer 1

I doubt you can get SQLCMD and sp_spaceused formatted nicely - why don't you just use some other means of getting the information you need?
In SQL Server 2005 and up, use this piece of T-SQL to display the tables and the size they use:
SELECT
t.NAME AS TableName,
i.name as indexName,
p.[Rows],
sum(a.total_pages) as TotalPages,
sum(a.used_pages) as UsedPages,
sum(a.data_pages) as DataPages,
(sum(a.total_pages) * 8) / 1024 as TotalSpaceMB,
(sum(a.used_pages) * 8) / 1024 as UsedSpaceMB,
(sum(a.data_pages) * 8) / 1024 as DataSpaceMB
FROM
sys.tables t
INNER JOIN
sys.indexes i ON t.OBJECT_ID = i.object_id
INNER JOIN
sys.partitions p ON i.object_id = p.OBJECT_ID AND i.index_id = p.index_id
INNER JOIN
sys.allocation_units a ON p.partition_id = a.container_id
WHERE
t.NAME NOT LIKE 'dt%' AND
i.OBJECT_ID > 255 AND
i.index_id <= 1
GROUP BY
t.NAME, i.object_id, i.index_id, i.name, p.[Rows]
ORDER BY
object_name(i.object_id)
Works just fine for me! :-)
Marc