How To Identify Potential Data Loss When DBCC CHECKDB Reports Corruption – The Simple Way | - Microsoft technologies and what I do for fun -

A few days ago, one of my customers reached out to me on Yahoo Messenger (yes, it still exists) and asked how to identify what the potential data loss is when DBCC CHECKDB reports corruption of a SQL Server database. My common response is the usual “it depends” in that there are cases when DBCC CHECKDB may recommend using the option REPAIR_ALLOW_DATA_LOSS. And while you may be fine with doing so, it may not be supported. An example of this is a SharePoint database where Microsoft KB 841057 specifically mentions that using this option renders the database in an unsupported configuration. But say you have decided to proceed, how do you know what data potentially gets lost? This blog post walks you thru the process of identifying potential data loss when DBCC CHECKDB reports corruption in your SQL Server database.