Someone says Table is the core object of a database, I would say its the heart of a SQL Server.
Today, I come up with one interesting observation regarding the table size estimation.
The requirement is to design a table to store Customer information for which i have to find the estimated size of the table for 1000000 records.
The requirement is to design a table to store Customer information for which i have to find the estimated size of the table for 1000000 records.
Table: CustomerInfo
Column Name | Datatype |
ID | INT |
FIRSTNAME | VARCHAR(30) |
LASTNAME | VARCHAR(30) |
ADDRESS | VARCHAR(50) |
CITY | VARCHAR(15) |
STATE | CHAR(2) |
ZIP | CHAR(10) |
Heres the procedure to estimate the size:
1. Find size of the row :
4+30+30+50+15+2+10 = 141 bytes
2. Divide 8096 by result above:
8096/141 = 57 (# of rows that fit on page)
3. Assuming 1000000 is the record count expected, divide the count with step 2 results:
1000000/57 = 17543.8 ~ 17544 (# of pages)
4. Multiplying # of pages with 8192
17544 * 8192 = 143720448 bytes = 137 MB
And thats how we estimate the size of the table!!!
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