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DatabaseFile.Shrink Method

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Shrinks a database file.

Namespace: Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo
Assembly: Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo (in microsoft.sqlserver.smo.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Sub Shrink ( _
    newSizeInMB As Integer, _
    shrinkType As ShrinkMethod _
)

public void Shrink (
    int newSizeInMB,
    ShrinkMethod shrinkType
)

public:
void Shrink (
    int newSizeInMB, 
    ShrinkMethod shrinkType
)

public void Shrink (
    int newSizeInMB, 
    ShrinkMethod shrinkType
)

public function Shrink (
    newSizeInMB : int, 
    shrinkType : ShrinkMethod
)

Parameters

  • newSizeInMB
    An Int32 value that specifies the new size of the database file.
  • shrinkType
    A ShrinkMethod object value that specifies the shrink options.

Remarks

This namespace, class, or member is supported only in version 2.0 of the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Example

How to: Add FileGroups and DataFiles to a Database in Visual Basic .NET

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Microsoft Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

Platforms

Development Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

Target Platforms

For a list of the supported platforms, see Hardware and Software Requirements for Installing SQL Server 2005.

See Also

Reference

DatabaseFile Class
DatabaseFile Members
Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo Namespace

Other Resources

Using Filegroups and Files to Store Data
Physical Database Files and Filegroups