Perry Whittle (8/17/2011)
Its always been given bad press in the past due to the vulnerability. Its a feature hackers knew was there and could be exploited to harmful use.I have an admin script that enables the feature, does the work and then disables it afterwards, but i don't use it widely
+1
I wouldn't advise it for in-transaction usage, because external factors may cause all kind of hickups.
Exports, run of apps using xp_cmdshell, ... I try to launch using SQLAgent as much as possible. These jobs are launched using sql alerts or SSB to be able to take control ( enable/disable ) of the system for maintenance / debug purposes.
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