Tag: ESTIMATEONLY

DATA_PURITY check and DBCC error 2570 in SQL Server 2005

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/923247 Using DBCC CHECKDB (0) WITH ESTIMATEONLY will estimate space needed in tempdb when DBCC CHECKDB is run. Sample Output: Estimated TEMPDB space needed for CHECKALLOC (KB) ------------------------------------------------- 27 (1 row(s) affected) Estimated TEMPDB space needed for CHECKTABLES (KB) -------------------------------------------------- 678

DBCC CHECKDB – Estimate

DBCC CHECKDB requires some amount of temporary space, to find the amount of space required in advance using ESTIMATEONLY option it will estimate amount of space required. Example: SET NOCOUNT ON DBCC CHECKDB ('AdventureWorks') WITH ESTIMATEONLY GO Estimated TEMPDB space needed for CHECKALLOC (KB) ------------------------------------------------- 70 Estimated TEMPDB space needed for CHECKTABLES (KB) -------------------------------------------------- 198468 … Continue reading DBCC CHECKDB – Estimate →