The Case of the Shrinking CFO, err Database
Shrink SQL Server databases quickly and with virtually no contention.
2017-12-25 (first published: 2015-08-17)
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Shrink SQL Server databases quickly and with virtually no contention.
2017-12-25 (first published: 2015-08-17)
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How to delete millions of rows with virtually no contention.
2015-09-04 (first published: 2013-03-06)
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A SQL Server migration with minimal business impact while synchronizing schema and data.
2013-09-23
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Your production SQL Server transactional replication just failed and the business impact is critical. How do you get replication restored in minutes?
2013-05-30
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This article will show you one way to quickly restore SQL Server replication with huge tables.
2012-05-18
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How do you delete millions of rows with minimal impact to the business? This article gives you a way to accomplish the removal of old data.
2012-03-06
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item Cleaning Up the Cloud
I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( TravelLogID, CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17') SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFFI now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog) GO INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17') GOWhat is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025? See possible answers