• Jeff Moden (8/3/2015)


    ... and don't forget to rebuild the indexes on EVERY table because even one-off shrinks are going to fragment the hell out of your database.

    +1

    All too often I see people defragging and then shrinking. That makes no sense and is a huge waste of time. You always need to defrag after shrinking, so don't bother with doing that prior to the shrink.

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