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Use of Shrink after rebuilding Indexes in sql server 2005

I need to create a weekly database plan for my company's databases (5.8Gb), now I want to rebuild the Indexes, and then want to trigger a Shrink operation. Now I know Shrink creates Index ...
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When is it OK to shrink a Database?

I know shrink is the devil: It reverses page order and is responsible for skin cancer, data fragmentation, and global warming. The list goes on... That being said, say I have a 100 GB database and I ...