Check Database Integrity Task (Maintenance Plan)

Use the Check Database Integrity Task dialog to check the allocation and structural integrity of user and system tables, and indexes in the database, by running the DBCC CHECKDB Transact-SQL statement. Running DBCC ensures that any integrity problems with the database are reported, thereby allowing them to be addressed later by a system administrator or database owner.

Options

  • Connection
    Select the server connection to use when performing this task.
  • New
    Create a new server connection to use when performing this task. The New Connection dialog box is described below.
  • Databases
    Specify the databases affected by this task.

    • All databases
      Generate a maintenance plan that runs maintenance tasks against all Microsoft SQL Server databases except tempdb.

    • All system databases
      Generate a maintenance plan that runs maintenance tasks against each of the SQL Server system databases except tempdb. No maintenance tasks are run against user-created databases.

    • All user databases
      Generate a maintenance plan that runs maintenance tasks against all user-created databases. No maintenance tasks are run against the SQL Server system databases.

    • These specific databases
      Generate a maintenance plan that runs maintenance tasks against only those databases that are selected. At least one database in the list must be selected if this option is chosen.

      Note

      Maintenance plans only run against databases set to compatibility level 80 or higher. Databases set to compatibility level 70 or lower are not displayed.

  • Include indexes
    Check the integrity of all the index pages as well as the table data pages.
  • View T-SQL
    View the Transact-SQL statements performed against the server for this task, based on the selected options.

    Note

    When the number of objects affected is large, this display can take a considerable amount of time.

New Connection Dialog Box

  • Connection name
    Enter a name for the new connection.
  • Select or enter a server name
    Select a server to connect to when performing this task.
  • Refresh
    Refresh the list of available servers.
  • Enter information to log on to the server
    Specify how to authenticate against the server.
  • Use Windows integrated security
    Connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine with Windows Authentication.
  • Use a specific user name and password
    Connect to an instance of the SQL Server Database Engine using SQL Server Authentication. This option is not available.
  • User name
    Provide a SQL Server login to use when authenticating. This option is not available.
  • Password
    Provide a password to use when authenticating. This option is not available.

See Also

Other Resources

DBCC CHECKDB (Transact-SQL)

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance

Change History

Release History

17 July 2006

New content:
  • Added note about compatibility levels.