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title: "What is the use of DBCC commands?"  
description: "What is the use of DBCC commands?"  
author: "Amit Singh"  
published: 2011-05-03  
updated: 2020-09-18  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/interview/817/what-is-the-use-of-dbcc-commands  
category: "mssql server"  
tags: ["mssql server"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What is the use of DBCC commands?

DBCC stands for database consistency checker. We use these commands to check the consistency of the databases, i.e., maintenance, validation task and status checks.

## Answers

### Answer by Amit Singh

DBCC stands for database consistency checker. We use these commands to check the consistency of the databases, i.e., maintenance, validation task and status checks.


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