So this is not going to be a daily, weekly, or monthly thing but every now and then I come across something that just deserves to get a *BUMP* back to the top of the RSS feeds out there. 

If you’re wondering how the whole “bacon nugget of excellence” name came about…I Tweeted this about the article after I finished reading it:

and well how do you make any idea better? you add bacon

Below is a link to the original article by Tim Ford that not only includes the script but a great description of the problem it solves and usage examples.

 Determine Free Space, Consumed Space and Total Space Allocated for Microsoft SQL Server databases 

Tim Ford

Ford-it.com
http://twitter.com/SQLAgentMan/
SQLServerPedia Profile
MSSQLTips.com Profile

So Tim Ford let me be the first to congratulate you for being the inaugural winner of the SQL Bacon Nugget of Excellence Award

Enjoy!!