False analogy!  I have a high school math book from the 1850's that has 6 pages of the weights and measure of the nations of Europe.  There is a note...

Okay, should have guessed the IDENTITY is around.

Are you using this to extract a sample for statistic purposes?

Without knowing your table structure, this is pretty much guessing. Can you provide your DDL?

See, if this helps:

http://vyaskn.tripod.com/sql_server_administration_best_practices.htm

See, if this helps:

http://www.sommarskog.se/dyn-search.html

http://www.sommarskog.se/dynamic_sql.html

See, if this helps:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sql/2000/maintain/incbulkload.mspx

Hi Steve,

may I say, that while I appreciate you stepping in here (and in the other thread), I think it's not necessary to edit postings. The fora here are pretty much...

This site maintains a good version list

http://www.sqlsecurity.com/DesktopDefault.aspx?tabid=37

Now I got it. DTSBackup 2000.

Have a look at http://www.sqldts.com

I think there is a tool available for this.

I do mind proprietary code ...

Yes, I know. And each time I see this, there is a certain picture coming to my mind. Please don't think I am combative or...

Computing the median..are the only times to use a cursor in SQL Server.

Umh, I might be wrong, but there is no need for a cursor here anyway (...at least, if...

Steve,

no need to worry.

Let me say, I follow silently the english MS newsgroups for quite a long time now. And when I realise one thing it is that Joe...

Adding the group to datareaders should be fine.

Hm, maybe you should post this to the .Net newsgroups?