Create shrink-data-files-incrementally.sql

QueryTemplates/Common Scripts/shrink-data-files-incrementally.sql

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+-- Enter the file name you want to shrink and target file size
+-- File will be shrinked in a loop by one gigabate at a time
+DECLARE @FileName VARCHAR(100)  = 'Ff_ppbAdOrderAccumulatedDeliveredClickStats201711';
+DECLARE @DesiredSize INT        = 30000;
+
+DECLARE @CurrentSize INT;
+SELECT @CurrentSize = size * 8 / 1024 FROM sys.database_files WHERE name = @FileName
+
+WHILE (@CurrentSize > @DesiredSize)
+BEGIN
+
+  SET LOCK_TIMEOUT 5000; -- this supposed to help against heavy blocking (but I don't think it works)
+
+  DBCC SHRINKFILE (@FileName , @CurrentSize);
+
+  PRINT @FileName + ' new size is: ' + FORMAT(@CurrentSize, 'N0');
+
+  SET @CurrentSize = @CurrentSize - 1000;  
+
+END