how to corrupt a db

I want to purposely corrupt a db for some testing. Any ideas on how this can
be accomplished?
SQL2K SP3
TIA, ChrisR
how about mashing up the mdf using Notepad as your editor?
"ChrisR" wrote:

> I want to purposely corrupt a db for some testing. Any ideas on how this can
> be accomplished?
> --
> SQL2K SP3
> TIA, ChrisR
>
>
|||> I want to purposely corrupt a db for some testing. Any ideas on how this
> can
> be accomplished?
sp_configure allow, 1
go
reconfigure with override
go
update dbo.sysindexes set FirstIAM = 1234
where id = OBJECT_ID('YourTableName')
go
sp_configure allow, 0
go
reconfigure with override
|||Perfect. Thanks.
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> sp_configure allow, 1
> go
> reconfigure with override
> go
> update dbo.sysindexes set FirstIAM = 1234
> where id = OBJECT_ID('YourTableName')
> go
> sp_configure allow, 0
> go
> reconfigure with override
>