Parsing values from sp_spaceused stored proc.

I am using sp_spaceused stored procedure to get the database_size result.
The result comes back as a string such as "512 KB" or "100 MB". I really
need a number value representation of the size. I though about parsing the
string, but I was not sure if there were any other results of the string
that I may not account for. Is there any standard way to parse this string,
or should I just assume that the format of the string can either have KB or
MB at the end and parse it based on that assumption?
--
Ken Varn
Senior Software Engineer
Diebold Inc.
EmailID = varnk
Domain = Diebold.com
--You can look at the contents of the stored proc via the Enterprise Manager
or
via
use master
go
sp_Helptext sp_spaceused
I don't see any values represented other than KB and MB
"Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
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> I am using sp_spaceused stored procedure to get the database_size result.
> The result comes back as a string such as "512 KB" or "100 MB". I really
> need a number value representation of the size. I though about parsing
the
> string, but I was not sure if there were any other results of the string
> that I may not account for. Is there any standard way to parse this
string,
> or should I just assume that the format of the string can either have KB
or
> MB at the end and parse it based on that assumption?
> --
> --
> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
> EmailID = varnk
> Domain = Diebold.com
> --
>|||Ken
You can create a table and store an output from sp_spaceused there.
If I understood you need the number only. So see if this helps you.
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CleanChars
(@.str VARCHAR(8000), @.validchars VARCHAR(8000))
RETURNS VARCHAR(8000)
BEGIN
WHILE PATINDEX('%[^' + @.validchars + ']%',@.str) > 0
SET @.str=REPLACE(@.str, SUBSTRING(@.str ,PATINDEX('%[^' + @.validchars +
']%',@.str), 1) ,'')
RETURN @.str
END
GO
CREATE TABLE sometable
(namestr VARCHAR(20) PRIMARY KEY)
INSERT INTO sometable VALUES ('AB-C123')
INSERT INTO sometable VALUES ('A,B,C')
SELECT namestr,
dbo.CleanChars(namestr,'A-Z 0-9')
FROM sometable
"Ken Varn" <nospam> wrote in message
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> I am using sp_spaceused stored procedure to get the database_size result.
> The result comes back as a string such as "512 KB" or "100 MB". I really
> need a number value representation of the size. I though about parsing
the
> string, but I was not sure if there were any other results of the string
> that I may not account for. Is there any standard way to parse this
string,
> or should I just assume that the format of the string can either have KB
or
> MB at the end and parse it based on that assumption?
> --
> --
> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
> EmailID = varnk
> Domain = Diebold.com
> --
>|||Ken,
To be sure, see the sp code from master database.
exec master..sp_helptext sp_spaceused
go
AMB
"Ken Varn" wrote:

> I am using sp_spaceused stored procedure to get the database_size result.
> The result comes back as a string such as "512 KB" or "100 MB". I really
> need a number value representation of the size. I though about parsing th
e
> string, but I was not sure if there were any other results of the string
> that I may not account for. Is there any standard way to parse this strin
g,
> or should I just assume that the format of the string can either have KB o
r
> MB at the end and parse it based on that assumption?
> --
> --
> Ken Varn
> Senior Software Engineer
> Diebold Inc.
> EmailID = varnk
> Domain = Diebold.com
> --
>
>