Question : Monitoring database file growth

Hi. I'd like to be able to store database file stats for all files in all databases - i.e. Maximum Size and Current Size - and to then calculate the growth of the files as a derived value over a specified period of time so that I can predict future growth. This is as much a useful exercise as anything else as I find myself taking on more and more dba tasks.

I can use sysaltfiles to a certain extent (no pun intended) but maxsize is -1 for files whose growth is not capped. I can also use DBCC showfilestats but would probably have to write a cursor-based sp to cover all databases. Is there a fairly simple and strightforwrd way of inserting the figures I need into the table I've already  created so that I can then use the job I've already scheduled?

Figured this would be a straigtforward answer for someone with the know-how hence the rather stingy 50 points :)

Regards,

YaHozna.

Answer : Monitoring database file growth

there is an sp that helps here:   sp_foreachTable that will execute commands across al tables in a database.

Try that it replaces the need for a cursor in this situation