Definitely call MS support about this. As far as I know Microsoft have not published any advice that CCC support is restricted to specific fix levels, so it should...

Google "to blob or not to blob" for a paper giving good performance advice.

Google for the paper "To blob or not to blob", it contains information from Microsoft performance tests on storing large objects in the database or file system.

If speed is your...

Hence the quotes around 'confidential'...

These schemes work best if your company is basically sound but your boss is cutting corners. If you make a valid complain your position should...

I would go with Elliott and GSquared.

Send your boss a mail telling him what is happening. Make clear you think this is an innocent error.

Don't...

It is normally bad practice to have BUILTIN\Administrators as a SQL login, and even worse for that login to have Sysadmin rights. Why do you need this - it...

You have downloaded CU2 for SQL 2008 RTM, not CU2 for SQL 2008 SP1. You need the KB970315 file.

Even if you get past this problem, you have a server build that has shown an instability and may have more that you have not yet found. Also you...

I am trying to find the reference, I know I read it somewhere in the SQL docs...

...anyway, there are VS references that say you need SP1 to run VS2005 on...

Yes, my bad. I did mean VS 2005.

You do not need to install VS 2003, just VS 2003 SP1. The SQL install loads a subset of VS2003 on to your machine. BIDS runs within Visual...

It may be worth looking at FineBuild. This gives you a step by step guide for installing Express on XP SP2 or above.

Agreed. The main point of the question is about how to import a number of files.

It has worked OK for me. It also works OK on W2008 R2.

You need to install Visual Studio 2003 SP1 (as documented in BOL) and SQL 2005...

I would be interested in knowing what the so-called JCL limitation is. With over 20 years mainframe experience it would be a new one for me (unless it is...