No, you've got the point of them - but a couple of notes.

I would steer clear of using the word 'master' since it may be confused with the 'master' database,...

I think it's got to be something to do with accounts. Maybe grant the SQL Server accounts explicit permissions on the network share. In terms of the XP...

Hi Jamie

I faced a similar situation not too long ago trying to do the exact same thing. I don't have a verifiable link but from experience, I've found SQL...

Steve

I think those are very good points, and I agree that for the beginner, SQL Server database administration can be a nightmare. However, for definitions of those terms, you...

I believe you may be creating a FK on itself, BId could be ambiguous.

Also ensure B.BID has an associated primary key constraint.

You can use NOCHECK to skip constraint checking...

Try:

ALTER TABLE...

You should install the correct edition of the software, especially in an enterprise environment.

Ignoring software T&Cs (and even sources!) might be considered okay at home (cough, cough) but absolutely not...

The problem is resolved now, whatever it was. I ran them in the right order so not sure why it borked. There isn't a complete script - just...

I've just done that John and it's working fine. I'm totally bemused by this. Really strange behaviour. Thanks for your help!

Yes, definitely there. I created the table and can actively query it. It's using the dbo schema, I've tried substituting dbo.statementHistory with no luck.

Further to this, use perfmon and the LogicalDisk: % free space counter as well. If this happens daily you should be able to see a clear spike or upward...

One more thing, if you are concerned about security and protecting against data loss/theft have you thought about implementing transparent data encryption?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb934049.aspx

This would protect against wholesale data loss i.e. an...

Opening port 1433 would leave you susceptible to the Slammer virus if any of your sa passwords were short, clear or NULL. (I trust they're not!) I've not heard...

Assuming you wanted to edit / delete the data using SQL Server Management Studio or at the command line, rather than using an application, you would use the UPDATE or...

Surely local installation of SSMS (client tools) configured to connect to your server at port 1433 (assuming this is opened and TCP/IP connections allowed remotely on server) would do the...

You could use BULK INSERT instead, together with a format file (create using bcp utility). Save the Excel file as .csv first.

e.g. at the command line...

bcp Database..Table format nul...