Well, maybe I can help you a bit since I was an Oracle DBA (v. 7 and up) prior to becoming an SQL Server DBA (v. 6.5 and up). ...

My answer to the poll is YES. We want the SP3 for SQL Server 2005. We shouldn't need to ask Microsoft for this. They should be release...

This script with the DBCC REBUILD_LOG is a life saver.

At a client site, some user deleted the ldf file after detaching the database.  So I only had the mdf file.

Here...