https://www.sqlserver70.com/tags/data-compression/Recent content in Data Compression on SQL Server ScriptsHugo -- gohugo.ioenSQLServer70.comTue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sqlserver70.com/post/sql-server-compress-tables-and-indexes-script/Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://www.sqlserver70.com/post/sql-server-compress-tables-and-indexes-script/ <p>Storage budgets shrink faster than databases grow. Uncompressed tables and indexes often carry two to four times the physical page count that row or page compression would require — a gap that widens with every batch load or continuous INSERT. <code>sys.dm_db_index_physical_stats</code> joined to <code>sys.partitions</code> surfaces every uncompressed index and heap in a database in one pass, and the script below converts that inventory into ready-to-execute <code>ALTER INDEX REBUILD</code> and <code>ALTER TABLE REBUILD</code> statements sorted by object size so the highest-impact targets come first.</p>