As much as I hate to suggested it, the only way you can do what you want is through the use of dynamic SQL.  Stored procedures and Cursors don't like...

Well, the agent does support that sort of thing much in the same manner as John mentioned the disabling of steps.  What you do is use the sp_start_job proc to...

Okay, now I feel just plain silly. @=)

I completely forgot about that functionality... Thanks for reminding me, John.

Half the stuff posted on Monster anymore seems to be trying to get people into Sales jobs or get them into training classes.  It's sad.

Worse when they stick ads for...

Good point on the definition, Matt.

I actually meant outsourced in the sense that the DBA A) a contractor (not employed directly by the company and B) doesn't come into the...

I'm glad my forgetfulness could help someone out. @=)

If the practice tests are any example, I'm thinking you have 145 minutes total for the exam.  The other stuff may be covered by NDAs (I haven't taken the test...

Has anyone noticed whether DBAs get outsourced?  I've heard of programming, help desks and other call centers getting outsourced, but I've never heard one instance of DBA outsourcing.

I can't imagine how anyone could...

HA!  I'm not going crazy!!!

I just found the errata for this book on Microsoft's Website.  No wonder I'm frustrated.  There are a LOT of typos in this stupid book.

Moral of...

AHA!  I think I finally found the the way to turn XML datatype data into data you can operate on.

Does the Nodes() method sound correct to anyone? 

Seems to me that they were definitely more worried about the education problem, though.

And people think schools in Florida are bad! @=)

I find it extremely amusing that U.S. companies are starting to go elsewhere because of rising salaries and labor shortages.  What did they think was going to happen once everyone...

Sam,

Don't be too hard on the the people who ask this question.  I myself asked the question when I was first working on my MCDBA.  I had no experience with...

Hmm. Very interesting.  So the rhetorical question is: if there is only one way available of doing a sim on the exam, how can you possibly get one wrong other than...

It would be the pre-summary details kept in that data type, which is why I was concerned about using mathmatical operations on it. 

I see your point about everything else. ...