Being day 16 of the DBCC Command month at SteveStedman.com, today’s featured DBCC Command is DBCC INDEXDEFRAG. Description: DBCC INDEXDEFRAG was used for to defragment indexes on SQL Server 2000, the same thing can be done with Alter Index on newer versions of SQL Server.. DBCC INDEXDEFRAG Syntax: For more info on index defragmentation, check out the Database Health Reports …
Originally I implemented the Database Health Reports as a series of SQL Server Reporting Services reports, which was very handy and easy to create, but hard to distribute in a way that they could be shared and customized to the needs of a project like the Database Health Reports should be. Here is what I have so far, and I think …
Late last year and early this year, I created a collection of report in SSRS that I called SQL Server Health reports. Some of the things that the Server Health report evaluates are the following Index Fragmentation Big One Time Use Queries Long Running Queries Duplicate Indexes CPU Utilization Database Size Backup Set Statistics But…. I have found it very challenging to …
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I just submitted abstracts to SQL Saturday #114 in Vancouver and #108 in Redmond. The Redmond SQL Saturday appears to be the more popular of the two. Who knows if my session will get accepted, but I am giving it a shot. Using SSRS reports to analyze SQL Server health Assessing the health of your SQL Server with Several …
Is it a good idea to run DBCC SHRINKDATABASE regularly? Download the sample file ShrinkSample. This article and samples apply to SQL Server 2005, 2008, and 2008R2. This really depends on a number of factors, but generally the answer is NO, it is not a good idea to run DBCC SHRINKDATABASE regularly. For the purpose of this article, I am …