What about sys.server_principals & sys.server_role_members? You can also go to each database and look at sys.database_principals and sys.database_role_members on each database.

Hate to say this, but, it depends. There's no inherent advantage of a stored proc over a SQL statement. It's execution plan re-use that you're actually shooting for. However, Agent...

Crud. I should have read more closely. Good job. Man I feel stupid.

That is odd. Try running Profiler against the table as you do the work. Use the statement starting and statement completion events in addition to the normal ones. That way...

I don't know. I copied down all your code and walked through it. It's working fine. No issues. No errors. I was able to insert values using your script (with...

Total agreement. There's a constraint you're not seeing or there's a trigger you're not seeing or, probably, both.

Keep an eye on it. We once had a query, so badly written, that recompiles took over two minutes. We'd get time outs about once every 17 or 18 minutes...

Sure sounds like the trigger may be affecting the data. Can you, without violating business integrity, post the table definition and trigger? Also, you mentioned the incrementing id value? Is...

I have seen differences in how the query optimizer behaves in 2005. Overall, I think it's much better, but it acts choosy. Is it possibly going into recompile? Or is there...

I'm a bit confused. There are three things at work here. First off, creating a procedure

CREATE PROCEDURE x

AS

--followed by creating a table within the proc

--drop it first

IF EXISTS (SELECT *...

Take a look at today's article on CTE's. It shows several methods that might help with this question:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/phe/2926.asp

Depending on how complicated you want to get with the query, you...

Look up the statement ALTER TABLE and then follow Lynn Pettis' advice above.

I'd sure like to see the queries before I can completely agree with the conclusions.

I've never been asked anything too odd. However, back in the good ole days of the DOT COM boom, I was interviewed in a backyard sitting on a swing set....

Just to reassure you, you found "the" solution. You didn't have sufficient permissions under your regular login. You had to either get your login the permssions needed, or use a...