If you are,...

have you queried the tables that Gail provided?

Have you checked the VMWare host rather than the client logs?

K, did you look at the scripts in the links I provided?

Criticize the code, and train the developer. Constructively criticize the person who wrote the code and see if they improve. Otherwise, how else will they ever get better...

RedGate's SQL Data Compare does that.

You can't - totally...

Very odd. When you updated stats, did you do it with fullscan? (Saw recently that a stat update with fullscan caused a query to run slower - just lobbing...

couldn't get what?

did it get progressively slower, or did it just happen all of a sudden?

Here is a resource for instance that could be helpful.

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1601/script-to-retrieve-sql-server-database-backup-history-and-no-backups/

There is also this one:

http://blog.sqlauthority.com/2010/11/10/sql-server-get-database-backup-history-for-a-single-database/

Have you looked in the scripts section of SSC?

While first impressions do count, I find myself relying on them very rarely. My impression of someone can change very quickly from that first impression.

I also find it important...

So long as the data does not violate UQ indexes or PKs, you can use that wizard. Just don't select to have the table truncated first.

And, it would be...

Marios Philippopoulos (11/11/2011)

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SQLRNNR (11/11/2011)

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That would be a good start. You might try the tool SQL Sentry Plan Explorer. I find it many times more helpful in reading exec...