In SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), you can see the SQL Server database state. Alternatively, you can use T-SQL commands to verify your database status. You can use the DATABASEPROPERTYEX function ...

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Hello,<BR><BR>I have a few databases on a MSSQL 2005 server that ... backups from a SQL 2000 server a few month ago.<BR><BR>Today, I noticed that these databases had a strange "status": "Shutdown ...

This week we take a look at SQL Server ... Database Consistency Checker (DBCC) provides a set of commands (many of which are undocumented) to maintain databases — maintenance, validation, and ...