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SHRINKFILE
Why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it.
This article talks about why SHRINKFILE is a very bad thing, and what to do about it if you must shrink a database file.
2011-12-16 (first published: 2010-11-09)
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Shrink DB and Log
Use this and shrunk a 176GB in under 20 secs to 105 MB. Ensure that you understand the potential issues with the recovery of your database.
2013-05-06 (first published: 2008-07-21)
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Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
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