Greg Roberts (4/8/2009)

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No, the job overwrites the existing backup file. The file is backed up to tape by our netadmin @ ~Midnight.

Here are the job steps.

Step 1: Backup the...

Sounds like you did a backup to the same file without issuing INIT to reset it. So, it appended the backup to the file.

If you RESTORE HEADERONLY you should see...

I'm sorry, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant that you must have another column of data in the tables that references date. How else will you determine that you...

There would need to be a bit more information in those tables. You can't really get data based on date without having stored some date information.

Once you have the date...

Run the RESTORE ... HEADERONLY. That will tell you all you need to know about the .BAK file itself. Then you can also run RESTORE... FILELISTONLY to get the file...

After you unzip the file you need to run a RESTORE command. If you're getting particular errors with the restore, please post them. If you're really unsure how to use...

I'm not aware of a formula that will do what you want, although if there is one, I'd suggest swinging by Adam Machanic's blog to look for it. By &...

Thanks. Good luck with the vendor.

Here's the basic way to do an insert into a table using a select. I'm using your code, so it'll be up to you to translate this:

INSERT INTO dbo.MyTable

(Column1

,Column2

,ColumnWhatever)

SELECT d.NewColumn1

,d.NewColumn2

,d.SomethingElse

FROM...

Jeff Moden (4/7/2009)

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Specifically, you didn't. Grant mentioned it first...

It sounds like you're going to be in pain for some time to come. Document everything and work with them as closely as possible. That's about all you can do....

Can you get the actual execution plan and post it as a zip file?

Here's a video showing how to do that.

There is a small cost to the * for queries in that the engine will have to do a search to find the column list that it's returning. It's slight,...

I agree with GSquared. Some sample structures & data will make it easier to test.

However a few things jump out of this right away:

SELECT itl.user_id, au.notes, au.shift,

sum(update_qty * m.avg_cubes)...

I'm not sure. It's a connection setting and if your connection is setting something other than -1, then it may need to be adjusted.