Hi Paul,

sorry a typo on my behalf, I have got both an SQL 2000 and 2005 setup and have tried both and am getting the error. I will continue to...

Hi Paul,

at the moment I am trying the example you put on http://www.sqlskills.com site.

RESTORE DATABASE broken FROM DISK='c:\broken80.bck'

WITH REPLACE, CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR;

GO

I get a similar message when I try the BACKUP command...

Hi Paul,

many thanks once again for your reply, am bvery close to getting the function working. I am running it through osql in the cmd prompt, however when I try...

Hi Paul,

thanks for your earlier reply, I am trying the WITH CONTINUE_AFTER_ERROR method, I dont know if I have missed something but I am trying to create/run it through management...

Thanks Paul,

you have confirmed my initial thoughts!

Andy