• liam.north (1/15/2009)


    I think the original question is slightly misleading; only files can be taken offline individually - there is no ALTER DATABASE statement to take a filegroup offline.

    I don't think that is misleading at all.

    "...bring ... online if a snapshots is created on source database?": IMHO that would directly point to a NO, no matter whether file, filegroup or database is to be brought online.

    Having said that:

    - I agree the question would benefit from better wording

    - thanks for a little extra info on the online/offline statements/functionality

    Peter Rijs
    BI Consultant, The Netherlands