Good article, thanks. I'll pass it on to my team. We're stuck in the Third Circle of Hell implementing a massive EAV in a third party tool. ...

I'm glad my article is scaring out all these scripts. There's no point in reinventing the wheel.

Have you tried writing the restore as a SQL Agent job (with any security mods you will need) and granting him authority to run jobs on that server?

Very nice, thanks. I forwarded to my team.

I think the important thing is to "establish my interface" first. Exactly what am I required to provide? What must the data look like? Do I need...

This worked for me too. Thanks. But seriously folks, what in the world were they thinking? How would you ever guess that the Copy Schema option enabled...

This was great! If you're doing this you might also might need this: http://cookingwithsql.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=68&Itemid=9

Jacob,

Thank you, I've been trying to get some XML practice and I found your article very helpful. 

I realize this statement opens me to being flamed for my ignorance by...