Data Page Structures in SQL Server 6.5

Examining the Data Page Structure

In this example, one data page is output from the table “discounts”, found in the “pubs” database, using this code:

USE pubs GO DBCC TRACEON (3604) GO DECLARE @pgid int SELECT @pgid = first FROM sysindexes WHERE id = object_id(‘discounts’) DBCC PAGE (pubs, @pgid, 1) GO

This is the result from my computer:

PAGE: Page found in cache.   BUFFER: Buffer header for buffer 0xf96580     page=0×1181000 bdnew=0xf96580 bdold=0xf96580 bhash=0×0 bnew=0xf964c0     bold=0xf96640 bvirtpg=2540 bdbid=5 bpinproc=0 bkeep=0 bspid=0     bstat=0×1004   bpageno=488   PAGE HEADER: Page header for page 0×1181000 pageno=488 nextpg=0 prevpg=0 objid=544004969 timestamp=0001 0000486a nextrno=3 level=0 indid=0  freeoff=122 minlen=5 page status bits: 0×100,0×1   DATA: Offset 32 – 01181020:  0100017e 041a0049 6e697469 616c2043  …~…Initial C 01181030:  7573746f 6d657202 1707               ustomer…   Offset 58 – 0118103a:  0401019e 02200056 6f6c756d 65204469  ….. .Volume Di 0118104a:  73636f75 6e746400 e803051a 18161607  scountd………   Offset 90 – 0118105a:  020201f4 01200043 7573746f 6d657220  ….. .Customer 0118106a:  44697363 6f756e74 38303432 031c1807  Discount8042….   OFFSET TABLE: Row – Offset 2 (0×2) – 90 (0x5a),   1 (0×1) – 58 (0x3a),   0 (0×0) – 32 (0×20),

See Figure 2:


Figure 2. Discounts data page structure