I did find something interesting on Books Online regarding CHECKDB : Just wanted to note here >
"databases that are created on SQL Server 2005 and later should never contain incorrect counts; however, databases that are upgraded to SQL Server 2005 and later might. "
Wow, another fine detail to memorize 🙂
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms176064(v=sql.105).aspx
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