This store procedure outputs the tables' usage figures in a usable (I hope) format. If you create in the master database it will show the information for the database that it runs against.
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_tables_usage AS
CREATE TABLE #tables_usage (
name varchar(50) NULL,
rows varchar(15) NULL,
reserved varchar(15) NULL,
data varchar(15) NULL,
index_size varchar(15) NULL,
unused varchar(15) NULL,
)
DECLARE AllUserTables CURSOR
FOR
SELECT so.name as TName, su.name as UName
FROM sysobjects so join sysusers su
ON so.uid = su.uid
WHERE so.type = 'U'
DECLARE @tname varchar(40)
DECLARE @uname varchar(40)
OPEN AllUserTables
FETCH NEXT FROM AllUserTables
INTO @tname, @uname
WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
BEGIN
IF (@@fetch_status <> -2)
BEGIN
insert into #tables_usage
exec('sp_spaceused ''' +
@uname + '.' + @tname + '''')
END
FETCH NEXT FROM AllUserTables
INTO @tname, @uname
END
CLOSE AllUserTables
DEALLOCATE AllUserTables
SELECT * FROM #tables_usage
GO 
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