Deleting records to save DISK Space...

Hi,

In my data archiving process , I would end up deleting hunders records from the production databases but would that help me save some DISK space immediately? Should I run some DBCC command to get some disk space ?

if SO ..!! What should I do after deleting the records..??

Thanks
Cheriyan."Always be sure to backup your records ... before you delete them ... "|||Have a look in SQL Book online to this command


DBCC SHRINKDATABASE
( database_name [ , target_percent ]
[ , { NOTRUNCATE | TRUNCATEONLY } ]
)|||Kim Tripp presented a good session at the PASS conference a couple weeks ago about removing data using filegroups. If you are a PASS member, you can download the presentation here:

http://ew.sqlpass.org/ew/pass/callpapers/attach/TRIPP-Rolling_Range_For_Print.zip

Anyone can also download her scripts here:

http://www.sqlskills.com/pastConferences.asp