However, I think some of these comments are kind of missing the point though... there are (already!!!) many forms of content online (including online webcasts, whitepapers, blog posts, etc. from...

There's really nothing that tracks index or statistics usage in SQL Server 2000... which is a bummer.

At this point, I'd drop all of the statistics that match a leading column...

Thanks Hugo. That was the main one (and point) I was making.

Often people use scripts to create objects but there are strange cases where multiple developers working on the same...

We will be in Ireland (not the UK - but close enough for travel! in late June/early July. We'll certainly post some details about that as we get closer....

Hey there everyone - I know people are feeling like was trying to trick them in the question but I guess the "always" part is what I thought would have...