Have you already converted your (var)char columns to n(var)char?

Wildly guessing:

UTF-8 isn't implemented in sql server 2000

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/232580

Working of unicode in ODBC

http://www.datadirect.com/developer/odbc/unicode/index.ssp

Also try to replace SELECT INTO statements

into CREATE TABLE ... INSERT INTO.

Select Into holds some exclusive locks on system tables.

http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid87_gci1284087,00.html

RAISERROR severity 16 usually stops the processing. (no sysadmin permissions needed)

Instead of the option WITH LOG you can use another logtable?

Could also be datagrowth

Have you tried

sp_changedbowner [ @loginame = ] 'login'

[ , [ @map = ] remap_alias_flag ]

Arguments

[@loginame =] 'login'

Is the login ID of the new owner...

You have to restore a full backup with the option no recovery / standby as a base (so it doesn't rollback incomplete transactions and additional restores can be done). After...

have a look at

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic225872-5-1.aspx#bm225893

there error there is also invalid switch

I would first try to find out what it does and why. Is the reasoning still valid or could be it done better or in another way. Document it and...

It could be that Access decides to pull the whole table in and than doing the find.

Usually it worth creating an extra "query" (on the linked table?) to search for...

You might be able to do that with "cross-database ownership chaining".

It is in the security tab of the server.

Beware of the security risk:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Security/2633/

ericwilson54 (12/5/2007)

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One of my maintenance plans is failing consistantly. The db in question is on a drive with 175 GB of free space. I have pasted the text...

what is the compabilitymode of the database in sql 2005?

one sure way is to pass all datetimes in universal format

yyyymmdd hhnnss (yearsmonthsdays hoursminutessecondes)

instead of relying on SET DATEFORMAT that might change between language settings.

Where did you add the max transfersize? (is this replication?)

I can't find it in the BOL

BACKUP LOG { database_name | @database_name_var }

{

TO ...

I'm using sql agent too as backupper and restorer.

Prod server: sql agent daily backup database to networklocation...

Standby server: sql agent daily restore backup. If any error comes up the backup...