A Picture That Says, “Don’t Shrink!” (and other things…)
June 19, 2009
So I wrote a lot of posts around shrinking (Here, here, here). Some of my posts were turned into a wiki article on SQLServerPedia. I thought I was done posting about this but one more. I talked about why we shouldn’t do it on a regular basis. Why it should really be reserved for use
Manage Your Transactions (So They Don’t Manage You – Part 2)
April 16, 2009
This is the final in a series on shrinking and transactions. You can see them all in the Shrinking & Transactions category. In part 1, we talked about factors that affect transaction log growth. We talked about what a SQL Server transaction is and the various modes SQL interacts with a transaction (Autocommit, Implicit Transactions and
Manage Your Transactions (So they don’t manage you – Part 1)
April 9, 2009
This is part 3 in a series on shrinking and transaction management. Click here for part 4. You can see them all in the Shrinking & Transactions category. If you are one of the people who have been reading this blog, you know where I stand on shrinking databases/log files. I don’t like the practice (Post 1,
Shrinking is a popular topic…
January 31, 2009
When I started blogging, my first posts were on shrinking. That's still a popular search. Why?
Don’t Touch that SQL ServerShrink Database Button!
January 7, 2009
Updated [2016] This post continues to be a popular destination for searches like “How do I shrink a database?”  I made some copy edits. I also wanted to reiterate a default position: It isn’t usually a good idea to shrink your SQL Server database. There are exceptions, but they are exceptions. This post is part 1 in a series