How to check if my SQL Server Express database exceeds the 10 GB size limit?

Question

I am developing a web site, it uses SQL Server 2008 R2 Express for its database. And in testing, there is a lot of data and images stored into this database.

According t

Answer 1

I am using the following method to calculate database current size crucial for comparing with sql size limitations:

    public static int GetDbSizeInMB([NotNull] string connectionString) {
        using (SqlConnection sqlConnection = new SqlConnection(connectionString)) {
            sqlConnection.Open();
            using (var sqlCommand = new SqlCommand()) {
                sqlCommand.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
                sqlCommand.CommandText = @"
                    SELECT SUM(CAST(FILEPROPERTY([name],'SpaceUsed') AS int)/128.0) AS [UsedSpaceInMB]
                    FROM sys.database_files
                    WHERE type_desc like 'ROWS' or type_desc like 'FULLTEXT'
                    ";
                sqlCommand.Connection = sqlConnection;
                return Convert.ToInt32(sqlCommand.ExecuteScalar());
            }
        }

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