suspect_pages (Transact-SQL)
Contains one row per page that failed with a minor 823 error or an 824 error. Pages are listed in this table because they are suspected of being bad, but they might actually be fine. When a suspect page is repaired, its status is updated in the event_type column.
The following table, which has a limit of 1,000 rows, is stored in the msdb database.
Column name |
Data type |
Description |
|---|---|---|
database_id |
int |
ID of the database to which this page applies. |
file_id |
int |
ID of the file in the database. |
page_id |
bigint |
ID of the suspect page. Every page has a page ID that is a 32-bit value identifying the location of the page in the database. The page_id is the offset into the data file of the 8 KB page. Each page ID is unique in a file. |
event_type |
int |
The type of error; one of: 1 = An 823 error that causes a suspect page (such as a disk error) or an 824 error other than a bad checksum or a torn page (such as a bad page ID). 2 = Bad checksum. 3 = Torn page. 4 = Restored (page was restored after it was marked bad). 5 = Repaired (DBCC repaired the page). 7 = Deallocated by DBCC. |
error_count |
int |
Number of times the error has occurred. |
last_update_date |
datetime |
Date-and-time stamp of the last update. |
Permissions
Anyone with access to msdb can read the data in the suspect_pages table. Anyone with UPDATE permission on the suspect_pages table can update its records. Members the db_owner fixed database role on msdb or the sysadmin fixed server role can insert, update, and delete records.