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redlemur
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 Posted - 2008-07-30 : 13:27:16
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| Why do you not want to have free space on a server? Thanks. |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2008-07-30 : 13:27:45
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| you don't? how come?_______________________________________________Causing trouble since 1980Blog: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenpSpeed up SSMS development: www.ssmstoolspack.com <- version 1.0 out! |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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redlemur
Starting Member
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Posted - 2008-07-30 : 13:34:14
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| I don't know. It's beginning to feel like I'm on a wild goose chase.I'm trying to make sense of this sentence, where it sounds like the elimination of free space is a bonus:"SQL Server migration includes elimination of free space as databases are converted to SQL2005." |
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visakh16
Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder
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Posted - 2008-07-30 : 13:35:28
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| is this continuation ofhttp://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=107655 |
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tkizer
Almighty SQL Goddess
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2008-07-30 : 13:44:04
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| it's probably meant as a free space in a database file.a database file can have a lot of unused free space due to index fragmentation._______________________________________________Causing trouble since 1980Blog: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenpSpeed up SSMS development: www.ssmstoolspack.com <- version 1.0 out! |
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