Find out when your SQL Server databases were last backed up

Would you like to know when any of your SQL backups were last backed up? Or did you want to verify that a back up actually ran? Why now you can!

select
 max(isnull(datediff(dd,b.backup_start_date,getdate()),0))  as 'Days since backup',
 b.backup_size,
 d.name as database_name
from  
 master..sysdatabases d with (nolock)
left join 
 msdb..backupset b with (nolock)
  on d.name = b.database_name 
   and b.backup_start_date = (select max(backup_start_date) 
    from 
     msdb..backupset b2 
    where
     b.database_name = b2.database_name
     and b2.type = 'D')
where 
 d.name != 'tempdb'
group by
 d.name, b.type, b.backup_size

This produces the following:-

Find out how big each table is for a SQLdatabase

Ever wanted to know in one swoop how big your tables are for a databse in SQL Server?

Create Table #temp (
  table_name sysname ,
  row_count int,
  reserved_size varchar(50),
  data_size varchar(50),
  index_size varchar(50),
  unused_size varchar(50)
)

SET NOCOUNT ON
insert #temp exec sp_msforeachtable 'sp_spaceused ''?'''

select
  a.table_name,
  a.row_count,
  count(*) as col_count,
  a.data_size
from
  #temp a
inner join information_schema.columns b
  on a.table_name = b.table_name
group by
  a.table_name, a.row_count, a.data_size
Order by 
  CAST(Replace(a.data_size, ' KB', '') as integer) desc

drop table #temp

This produces the following:-

Find out how big your databases are in SQL Server

Get a list of all database sizes in KB for the whole SQL server.

Create Table #temp (
    table_name varchar(200) ,
    database_size int,
    remarks varchar(50)
  )

  SET NOCOUNT ON
  insert #temp exec sp_databases

  select 
    table_name, 
    cast(database_size / 1024 as nvarchar)+ ' KB' 
  from 
    #temp
  order by 
    database_size desc

  drop table #temp

An example of what gets shown can bee seen below:-