HOw do we reduce the fragmentation percentage of particular database

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Hi,

I came to know that Shrinking will reduce the performance of Database below i mentioned articles web address

http://www.sqlskills.com/blogs/paul/why-you-should-not-shrink-your-data-files/[^]
Am not expert in Database Could you please any one help me how to reduce the fragmentation percentage ?

Thanks

Posted 26-Feb-13 21:59pm

kimberly wind

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willington.d · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-26T22:15:00

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Hi
Don’t confuse shrinking the transaction log with shrinking data files. Shrinking the log is necessary if your log has grown out of control, or as part of a process to remove excessive VLF fragmentation

data file shrink causes massive index fragmentation, So dont shrink Data File.

Please refer to the Link...
What is Fragmentation? How to detect fragmentation and how to eliminate it?

Regards
Willington

Posted 26-Feb-13 22:15pm

willington.d

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kimberly wind 27-Feb-13 4:29am

My vote 5 ... thanks for the great link... do u ever done this ?

kimberly wind 27-Feb-13 4:48am

Hi i tried this query
USE AdventureWorks;
GO
ALTER INDEX ALL ON Production.Product REORGANIZE
GO

But there is no change in percentage