Database Maintenance Plans and shrink database

I have read that having databases auto shrink can cause performance
problems, timeouts and fragmentation. I was wondering if using the "Remove
unused space from database files" from the Optimizations tab in Database
Maintenance Plans had the same affect. Should I avaoid using those two
settings?
Thanks
Yes (although maintenance plans are usually scheduled out of core business
hours). Have a look at http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/info_dont_shrink.asp
HTH
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"Alison Blackburn" <alison.blackburn@.thalerus.com> wrote in message
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>I have read that having databases auto shrink can cause performance
>problems, timeouts and fragmentation. I was wondering if using the "Remove
>unused space from database files" from the Optimizations tab in Database
>Maintenance Plans had the same affect. Should I avaoid using those two
>settings?
> Thanks
>