calculating the size of data held in database

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malcolmboston
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calculating the size of data held in database

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Ive had an idea for something i could use..

say im pulling all the records from one row of a database, how could i calculate how big the data is (eg 4kb) that is behind held in the columns i extract?

Good question imo, any ideas?
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mixture of terms here, so... huh?
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