It sounds like a case of champagne tastes on a beer budget to me. £5000 is less than 10k US. But anyhow, it sounds like you mught be able to...

I do not have the specifics but it is possible (and probably very painful) to get it to work with LotusNotes. I think you'll still need Outlook but you'll also...

Have you tried just reinstalling EM yet ?

I've never really worked with a Sybase linked server but have worked directly with Sybase servers and databases for quite a while. You say that you have a 'new' server....

For #1 please give the SQL that produced the informational/error message.

For #2, quite simply stated, "SQL Server will not run <period>"

The model database is used to create all databases, and...

1) No. There is not any data information in the sysindexes table.

2) No.

3) There may be a DBCC command but I am not sure.

However in SQL 2005 DDL triggers will...

Infiltration via the web application is a separate security issue to be dealt with (SQL injection or whatever other means). I feel that one has to balance the ROI vs....

Just one addition. If your applcation requirements dictate a rapid creation of these logins then a regularly scheduled tasks may not be fast enough (e.g. every 5 minutes).  One could...

All documented concerns aside, the auditor needs an education in the 'reality' of what a DBA does. The vast majority of the time one operates remotely from a desktop or...

Question Paul, does the alogorithm rotate from one file to the next within the filegroup based on extent allocation or allocation unit allocation ?

Bill's solution is a 'standard' at our shop. All applications use a DNS alias to connect to database servers thus freeing up the tech area from changing IPs when servers...

Here's a system table map to assist you a bit further ...

http://www.microsoft.com/sql/prodinfo/previousversions/systables.mspx

sysservers and sysremotelogins are the primary tables yopu need to look at. sysxlogins will not help you much...

Live long and prosper ...

The 'noticable' delay on startup is probably hardware (disk) related. I've got 25 SQL Servers with tempdbs ranging in size from 1 Gb to 16 Gb. All tempdbs are set...

I also use linked servers and such for enterprise monitoring. My environment is mixed Win2K SP4 & Win2K3 SP1, clusters and non-clustered servers, SQL Server on all machines is SQL2000...