If your company has SQL Server databases, then SOMEONE is acting as a DBA. But there is a vast difference between knowing HOW to take a backup, and understanding...

Unfortunately, there's another side to this issue. I was in the burn-out stage in my previous job. I recognized it, and jumped ship. Now I practice healthy...

OMG!!! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!!

I have been fighting this exact problem for about 3 weeks now, just never found the right key words to search with. ...

Ditto to everything already said here, don't shrink it, don't shrink it when it's in use, etc. Best practices and all that.

But...in the interest of knowing why it won't...