Over the last few months, I've discussed how SQL Server 2005 keeps track of storage space that tables and indexes use and that the new metadata structures are a bit more complex than those in SQL Server 2000, but also offer greater flexibility. In "Managing Data Space," June 2006, InstantDoc ID 50009, I explain that each table (or index) can have data stored in three different forms: regular IN_ROW data, large object (LOB) data, and row-overflow (ROW_OVERFLOW) data, which is ne...