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Database size not reduced after compressing tables

Using Data Compression, my table size was reduced from 1770 MB to 250 MB, but the database size was not reduced. Why?
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Compress backup file using T-SQL

Is it possible to compress a backup file to .zip (or another) in a stored procedure invoked from a maintenance plan? My maintenance plan contains these steps: check DB (consistency, re_index, maybe ...
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Is SQL Server data compression categorically good for read-only databases?

Some literature on SQL Server data compression I read state that the write cost increases to about four times what would normally be required. It also seems to imply that this is the primary downside ...
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Why 2 allocation units during online index rebuild to different file group?

I'm in the process of rebuilding the clustered index of a big table to a different file group. I'm monitoring the rebuild process using sys.system_internals_allocation_units. I'm 3h in but not done ...
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Does adding page compression to a table also compress existing indexes?

I am creating a series of new tables that will have page level compression enabled. Will this affect the indexes as well, or will I have to also specify compression when creating the indexes? create ...
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SQL 2008 Merge Replication and table-level data compression

What would happen if you enable data compression (either row or page-level) on a replicated table (merge replication) where the publisher is SQL 2008 Enterprise (Supports data compression) and the ...
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Backup Compression in SQL Server 2005

I noticed that simply zipping my backup files reduces the space used by 70% My idea was to, initially, backup the databases to a local server; then, using Bacula or Cobian (I don't have a budget), ...
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How does table compression affect SQL Server's buffer pool?

I'm curious as to how SQL Server's buffer pool is affected by compressed data tables. Is the data in memory compressed, just as it is on disk, or is it fully decompressed? If the data is stored ...