• luckysql.kinda (12/2/2009)


    I want you to go ahead and remove the indexes which are referring LOB (text,ntext,image) and run rebuild again.

    Why?

    External fragmentation usually refers to file-level fragmentation that's fixed with a disk defragmentation program.

    Internal fragmentation usually refers to fragmentation of the index pages that's fixed with ALTER INDEX .. REBUILD or ALTER INDEX ... REORGANIZE

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