• wrt the log file... I think the give-away here was the wording it "will be a lot smaller".

    This implies that it is 100% certain to be so - and in a multiple choice quiz, those are almost always the first to get thrown out.

    Have to admit though... I answered with trepidation. After all, a QotD from Paul... well, you never know exactly what you don't know until you handle one of his questions.

    (Hey Paul... when's Kimberly going to write some? :-D)

    Wayne
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server 2008
    Author - SQL Server T-SQL Recipes


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