
If a database is full or nearly full, and a large number of the tables in the database do not have clustered indexes, the AUTO-SHRINK database option or DBCC SHRINKDATABASE command may cause severe performance degradation for SQL Server 2000. The performance may degrade to the point where queries do not return results in a timely fashion. It takes longer for new connections to connect, resulting in connection timeouts. SQL Server 2000 may appear to stop responding (hang).
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