I'd try to work with the 'host' firm. However, if you cannot get disk space to 'backup' your databases (both full and transactional) get another firm to 'host' your application. One...

A good SAN implementation would utilize not LUNS (A slice of space across an array of disks), but META-LUNS (a slice space across many arrays of disk). Also, as much...

Just for future reference on bcp errors ... do not forget the "-e errfile"  command line parameter. If your bcp uis good, the file size will always be "0 bytes"....

15 databases is too much work ???

I've got 19+ servers and 200+ databases all using maintenance plans (the only multiple database plans deal with master,model and msdb). Sure there's...

Here's the link to the KB (BUG) article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;273572

From the way you described the initial problem I'm guessing that you fail to open tables in EM. If this is in fact the case, have you tried OSQL ?...

We are borg (DBA's) ...

You will be assimilated (Developers) ...

Resistance is futile ...

We've got to get off of those 'spinning platters' ... USB ('thumb') drives are a great start. There has been solid state disk available for at least a decade (your 'thumb'...

I've presently have it installed on a number of servers. 3 test servers with single instances with various vendor applications. One server (my DBA test server) with 2 instances, and...

If you just want to print in color then use 'Snag-it'.

To reiterate more bluntly:

simply a case of sloppy code (period).

My present daily routine is:

1) Buy newspaper on way to work.

2) Get breakfast to take back to desk from cafeteria.

3) Eat breakfast, read paper, read email while eating breakfast.

4) Catch-up...

As more of a 'Production' DBA purist (I have read all of the posts though) it seems very simply a case of sloppy code (period). I've worked with connerction pooling...

If you have a little cash,time ad aptitude, try a data modeling tool like ErWin ... if you're lacking in any of the first three and you need very good availability...

ahhh ... another convert to the religion of 'backup' ...

remember ... a DBA is only as good as the last backup he can restore ...