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+/* verify defined datatypes to current data */
+
+SET NOCOUNT ON
+SET ANSI_WARNINGS OFF
+
+IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects 
+WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tmp_ValDT') 
+AND type in (N'U'))
+DROP TABLE #tmp_ValDT
+GO
+
+IF  EXISTS (SELECT * FROM tempdb.dbo.sysobjects 
+WHERE id = OBJECT_ID(N'tempdb..#tmp_spTmp') 
+AND type in (N'U'))
+DROP TABLE #tmp_spTmp
+GO
+
+CREATE TABLE #tmp_ValDT
+	(stmt nvarchar(max) NULL,
+	min_val bigint NULL,
+	max_val bigint NULL,
+	min_date datetime NULL,
+	max_date datetime NULL,
+	max_len int NULL,
+	min_mon money NULL,
+	max_mon money NULL,
+	rc bigint,
+	table_name sysname,
+	schema_name sysname,
+	column_name sysname,
+	TypeName sysname,
+	recomm_DT sysname NULL,
+	recomm_byte smallint NULL,
+	max_length smallint,
+	precision tinyint,
+	scale tinyint)
+GO
+
+CREATE TABLE #tmp_spTmp
+	(name nvarchar(128) NULL,
+	rows char(11) NULL,
+	reserved varchar(18) NULL,
+	data varchar(18) NULL,
+	index_size varchar(18) NULL,
+	unused varchar(18))
+GO
+
+INSERT INTO #tmp_ValDT
+SELECT '' AS stmt
+, NULL -- min value not known yet
+, NULL -- max value not known yet
+, NULL -- min date not known yet
+, NULL -- max date not known yet
+, NULL -- max length not known yet
+, NULL -- min money not known yet
+, NULL -- max money not known yet
+, NULL -- rowcount not known yet
+, tbl.name AS table_name
+, SCHEMA_NAME(tbl.schema_id) AS schema_name
+, col.name AS column_name
+, t.name AS TypeName
+, NULL -- recommended DT not known yet
+, NULL -- recommended DT bytes known yet
+, col.max_length
+, col.PRECISION
+, col.scale
+FROM sys.tables AS tbl
+INNER JOIN sys.columns col ON tbl.OBJECT_ID = col.OBJECT_ID
+INNER JOIN sys.types AS t ON col.user_type_id=t.user_type_id
+--i am not bothering with user defined datatypes, or MAX types
+WHERE t.is_user_defined = 0
+AND t.is_assembly_type = 0
+AND col.max_length <> -1
+--will want to filter for specific types as well
+--AND t.name IN ('tinyint', 'smallint', 'int', 'bigint')
+--will want to make this dynamic by filtering for specfic table here
+--AND tbl.name = 'Store'
+ORDER BY schema_name, table_name;
+
+DECLARE @SQL nvarchar(max)
+DECLARE DT CURSOR
+FOR 
+SELECT table_name, schema_name, column_name, TypeName, max_length 
+FROM #tmp_ValDT
+
+DECLARE @table_name sysname, @schema_name sysname
+DECLARE @column_name sysname, @TypeName sysname
+DECLARE @min_val nvarchar(max), @max_val nvarchar(max)
+DECLARE @min_date nvarchar(max), @max_date nvarchar(max)
+DECLARE @min_mon nvarchar(max), @max_mon nvarchar(max)
+DECLARE @max_length nvarchar(max), @rc nvarchar(max), @max_lenOUT nvarchar(max)
+OPEN DT
+
+FETCH NEXT FROM DT INTO @table_name, @schema_name, @column_name, @TypeName, @max_length
+WHILE (@@fetch_status <> -1)
+BEGIN
+	IF (@@fetch_status <> -2)
+	BEGIN
+
+		IF @TypeName IN ('tinyint', 'smallint', 'int', 'bigint')
+		BEGIN
+		
+			SET @SQL = 'SELECT @min_val = MIN(['+@column_name+']), @max_val = MAX(['+@column_name+']), @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+']'		
+			EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@min_val bigint OUTPUT
+			, @max_val bigint OUTPUT
+			, @rc bigint OUTPUT', @min_val = @min_val OUTPUT, @max_val = @max_val OUTPUT, @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+
+			IF CONVERT(BIGINT, @min_val) < -2147483648 OR CONVERT(BIGINT, @max_val) > 2147483648
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_val = @min_val, max_val = @max_val, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'bigint', recomm_byte = 8
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_val < -32768 OR @max_val > 32768
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_val = @min_val, max_val = @max_val, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'int', recomm_byte = 4
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_val < 0 OR @max_val > 255
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_val = @min_val, max_val = @max_val, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'smallint', recomm_byte = 2
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_val >= 0 AND @min_val <= 255 AND @max_val >= 0 AND @max_val <= 255
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_val = @min_val, max_val = @max_val, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'tinyint', recomm_byte = 1
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_val IS NULL OR @max_val IS NULL
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'unknown int'
+				END
+			ELSE
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'how did i get here int?'
+				END
+		END
+
+		IF @TypeName IN ('smalldatetime', 'datetime')
+		BEGIN
+		
+			SET @SQL = 'SELECT @min_date = MIN(['+@column_name+']), @max_date = MAX(['+@column_name+']), @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+']'	
+			EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@min_date datetime OUTPUT
+			, @max_date datetime OUTPUT
+			, @rc bigint OUTPUT', @min_date = @min_date OUTPUT, @max_date = @max_date OUTPUT, @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+
+			IF @min_date < CONVERT(DATETIME,'1900-01-01') OR @max_date > CONVERT(DATETIME,'2079-06-06')
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_date = @min_date, max_date = @max_date, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'datetime', recomm_byte = 8
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_date >= CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,'1900-01-01') AND @min_date <= CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,'2079-06-06') AND @max_date >= CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,'1900-01-01') AND @max_date <= CONVERT(SMALLDATETIME,'2079-06-06')
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_date = @min_date, max_date = @max_date, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'smalldatetime', recomm_byte = 4
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_date IS NULL OR @max_date IS NULL
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'unknown dt'
+				END
+			ELSE
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'how did i get here dt?' 
+				END
+		END
+		
+		IF @TypeName IN ('smallmoney', 'money')
+		BEGIN
+		
+			SET @SQL = 'SELECT @min_mon = MIN(['+@column_name+']), @max_mon = MAX(['+@column_name+']), @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+']'		
+			EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@min_mon money OUTPUT
+			, @max_mon money OUTPUT
+			, @rc bigint OUTPUT', @min_mon = @min_mon OUTPUT, @max_mon = @max_mon OUTPUT, @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+
+			IF @min_mon < CONVERT(MONEY,-214748.3648) OR @max_mon > CONVERT(MONEY,214748.3648)
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_mon = @min_mon, max_mon = @max_mon, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'money', recomm_byte = 8
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_mon >= CONVERT(MONEY,-214748.3648) AND @min_mon <= CONVERT(MONEY,214748.3648) AND @max_mon >= CONVERT(MONEY,-214748.3648) AND @max_mon <= CONVERT(MONEY,214748.3648)
+				BEGIN
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, min_mon = @min_mon, max_mon = @max_mon, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = 'smallmoney', recomm_byte = 4
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+			ELSE IF @min_mon IS NULL OR @max_mon IS NULL
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'unknown money'
+				END
+			ELSE
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'how did i get here mn?' 
+				END
+		END		
+
+		IF @TypeName IN ('nchar', 'nvarchar')
+		BEGIN
+		
+		--for nchar and nvarchar we will verify if the data uses the extra bits
+			SET @max_length = @max_length/2 --need this only for next statement D-SQL		
+			SET @SQL = 'SELECT @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+'] WHERE ['+@column_name+'] <> CAST(CAST(['+@column_name+'] AS varchar('+@max_length+')) AS nvarchar('+@max_length+'))'		
+			EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@rc bigint OUTPUT', @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+
+			IF @rc = 0 --then we don't currently need the nvarchar overhead
+				BEGIN
+			
+					SET @SQL = 'SELECT @max_length = MAX(LEN(['+@column_name+'])), @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+'] '
+					EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@max_length int OUTPUT
+					, @rc bigint OUTPUT', @max_length = @max_lenOUT OUTPUT, @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+					
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = RIGHT(@Typename,LEN(@Typename)-1),
+						recomm_byte = @max_lenOUT
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+				END
+				
+			ELSE IF @rc > 0
+				BEGIN
+				
+					SET @SQL = 'SELECT @max_length = MAX(LEN(['+@column_name+'])), @rc = COUNT(*) FROM ['+@schema_name+'].['+@table_name+'] '
+					EXEC sp_executeSQL @SQL, N'@max_length int OUTPUT
+					, @rc bigint OUTPUT', @max_length = @max_lenOUT OUTPUT, @rc = @rc OUTPUT
+					
+					UPDATE #tmp_ValDT
+					SET stmt = @SQL, rc = @rc,
+						recomm_DT = @Typename, recomm_byte = @max_lenOUT
+					WHERE CURRENT OF DT
+					
+				END
+			ELSE IF @rc IS NULL 
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'unknown string n'
+				END
+			ELSE
+				BEGIN
+					PRINT 'how did i get here n?' 
+				END
+
+		END		
+		
+	END
+	FETCH NEXT FROM DT INTO @table_name, @schema_name, @column_name, @TypeName, @max_length
+END
+
+CLOSE DT
+DEALLOCATE DT
+GO
+
+USE [GalacticWorks];
+INSERT INTO #tmp_spTmp
+EXEC sp_MSforeachtable 'EXECUTE sp_spaceused [?];'
+
+
+/*
+SELECT * FROM #tmp_ValDT
+
+SELECT * FROM #tmp_spTmp
+*/
+
+SELECT schema_name + '.' + table_name AS [Tablename]
+, column_name AS [ColumnName], TypeName AS [CurrentDT]
+, max_length AS [Length], recomm_DT AS [RecommendedDT]
+, recomm_byte AS [RecommendedLength]
+, CASE WHEN recomm_DT NOT IN ('varchar', 'char')
+	THEN ((max_length - recomm_byte) * rc)/(1024.0*1024.0) 
+	ELSE (recomm_byte * 2)/(1024.0*1024.0) --because the 'n' would cost twice as much
+	END AS [Space_Saved_MB]
+FROM #tmp_ValDT
+WHERE TypeName <> recomm_DT
+AND recomm_byte <> 0
+ORDER BY [Space_Saved_MB] DESC
+
+
+SELECT vdt.table_name, SUM(vdt.max_length-vdt.recomm_byte) AS [row_savings_bytes] , SUM(max_length-recomm_byte) * spt.rows / 8192 AS [LIO_savings_pages]
+FROM #tmp_ValDT vdt INNER JOIN #tmp_spTmp spt ON vdt.table_name = spt.name
+GROUP BY vdt.table_name, spt.rows
+ORDER BY 3 DESC