A couple of questions arrived regarding my earlier post about fragmentation on the system tables, and since the questions really don't have anything to do with system tables, I felt they deserved a new post. 1) Using the DETAILED option includes the non-zero index-levels as well (non-leaf pages).  According to many source, this ...

It's my first post of the new year. I hope it's starting out well for all of you! New year, but sometimes the same old questions. I got another email asking about defragging the system tables. It seems to be in the Hit Parade of FAQs. First of all, WHY do you think you would need to defrag a system table? Fragmentation is only a problem when you ...