BTW, here's the header on the SSRS XML Extract:

&lt?xml version="1.0"?&gt

&ltReport xmlns="AHSRPT908Reinsure"

xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

xsi:schemaLocation="AHSRPT908Reinsure http://reportserver?%

2fAHSRPT908Reinsure&rs%3aFormat=XML&rc%

3aSchema=True" Name="AHSRPT908Reinsure"&gt

And I've hit hard carriage returns on the end of each line so it...

We can't see the contents of your file. Attach it to your thread as a text file please.

I'm not quite sure I understand the question.

Are you saying you want to save SQL Database backups to a different location? Or that you want to pull non-SQL Database...

True enough. @=)

Oh, yes. I've been on the interviewer side of the table myself. It makes me appreciate that I was smart enough to build myself a SOHO and actually work things...

Maybe for you it is, but some of us didn't have paid professional IT experience when coming into this field and others have to work for employers who require the...

Far away from the point??? What do you mean?

Yeah, that sounds sooo familiar. Glad I'm not the only one with that problem. @=)

The main database I oversee was so not meant for the use people are putting it...

Just curious... How is performance (read/write) on those insane indexes of yours, Jeff?

You can shrink manually, but it's not recommended. And if you're having to shrink the log files often, you don't have enough disk space and/or you have really terrible queries...

Look in BOL for "OpenXML" (use the Index feature). This will give you a lot more information than just a post.

SQL Server requires you to prep a "memory space"...

You should do regular database size checkups to see how often and how much your database grows on a weekly & monthly basis. Then configure your max database size (presuming...

Try dumping their DNS cache and see if that works. It might be that these servers have a specific DNS name that hasn't (for whatever reason) been refreshed on those...

Adrian & Steve,

I would love your help. :w00t:

I'm in no rush, so take your time. And you can do as many or as few of my articles as you...

Congratulations!

The first step is always the hardest. @=)