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  • You execute DBCC commands exactly as you execute any database query (select, update, insert, delete, etc). The error suggests you're trying to run them from the OS command prompt, that won't work, they're SQL commands, not OS commands

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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