Reduce DB file size in SQL server

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Hi Team,

I want to know How to reduce the DB Size, my case in my tables i've an varchar column. some tables im updating 60 days older record value as null. but the Database size is not yet reduced. if i tried shrink then i can feel the size difference in the log file but the .mdf file don't seen any major difference. I cant drop the column. is there is a better way to reclaim the column space.

What I have tried:

i've tried below methods to reduce spaces

01) DBCC CLEANTABLE (Test,"Testfreespace")

02) Shrink Database

Posted 28-Jun-17 20:18pm

sencsk

Updated 28-Jun-17 21:27pm

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Mehdi Gholam · Answer 1 · 2017-06-28T21:27:00

Solution 1

Start with the documentation, here : DBCC SHRINKDATABASE (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs[^]

Posted 28-Jun-17 21:27pm

Mehdi Gholam