SharePoint’s Bottlenecks: Databases Table Makes It Clear Now
August 12, 2008
Tucked away on the Microsoft MSDN Web site is this document, “Databases Table”. Sadly there is no author. I want to congratulate the person for what must have taken days to compile. This lengthy document gathers together and explains to some degree the database tables upon which the SharePoint edifice stands.
As useful as this enumeration is, for me the best information in the MSDN Web log entry is this re assuring statement:
Modifying the database schema or database structures is not supported. Changes that you make to the database contents may be overwritten when you install updates or service packs for Windows SharePoint Services, or when you upgrade an installation to the next product version.
I like to fiddle. I am officially on notice to keep my hex editor away from SharePoint’s database table. Not only will I lose my table changes, I can blow away my data. Nice to know.
Stephen Arnold, August 12, 2008
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Note: this is for SPS 2003 and WSS 2.0. There are a number of changes in the current version especially in the way list columns are stored in the User Data table.