If you've deleted the file, then the space is recovered. Perhaps you need to refresh the window in Explorer.

Did you delete the mdf AND ldf?

I wonder how many companies might be willing to fund a 1/2 timer to keep their experience around? I'm sure that there are some older people, very talented, that can...

You probably had the 2000 tools installed on the server at some point or someone copied things over.

I'd either just start copying over osql and then the DLLs that it...

You can do this, but 2008 is not even feature complete and there will be changes coming in CTP6. I'd highly recommend you not do this. Instead get Virtual Server/PC...

I definitely point people to my posts in the forums. I think they show my skills, what I think, and how I tackle problems, not to mention how I mentor...

I agree with Brandie, but I'd add one thing to think about if it was a personality conflict.

What was the problem? Was it just personality? was it conflict in your...

The misconduct was that I was editing the editorial on one laptop, getting it ready to upload, while attempting to help my 9yr old "mod" his xbox with some new...

I once worked short order at a Denny's, but I'm guessing that Ralph meant skillSets, not skillets 🙂

Though those are pretty handy as well.

I like growing people and I think...

Good points and some interesting things I hadn't thought of. I haven't seen or been a part of age discrimination yet, but I'm sure that I won't be thrilled when...

today's was late in sending. Editorial misconduct 🙁

:), thanks. We've argued about this a bit, though with the limited front page space, we're not sure what's the best way to do this.

We are going to reorder things...

If you want to learn SSIS, I own part of a training company in Orlando, FL that has gotten great feedback about our SSIS training. Brian Knight, MVP, author, has...

It can migrate some pckages, but depending on if you have scripting and complicated packages, it might not work and you have to re-write.

Pragmatic Works (www.pragmaticworks.com) has a tool that...

I'm not 100% sure, but it's possible that you can't open two cursors on a table variable.There might be some scope issue here.

Any reason not to move this to a...

Sites such as this one are good for general knowledge. Depending on time, you could go back through old articles and see what you learn. We have feeds for...