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Chris,

My condolences and our thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.

I don't buy maintenance for lots of software. I don't have it for Word, for Snagit or Camtasia. I didn't get it for my video software.

When we purchased Goldmine...

I think doing your best includes not overdoing it. Know your limitations.

Not everyone has been using SQL Server for more than one...

Never read that one, only his Sci-Fi.

A backup of the database does not affect the log file. You need to schedule a log backup separately.

You need to know what files are "changing" size, not which is...

Write the query as you would if they were two tables in the same database and fully qualify both tables.

So include the database name and owner with the table. As...

You need to better explain what happened and what you are doing.

What do you mean by user data in master? What did you do to put it there? And in...

Check the command you are running in xp_cmdshell. Get that code and run it in a command prompt to see if it runs. Chances are there is something wrong with...

What you should do is run Profiler against your EM session and determine which XP is causing the error. That will help you determine what is wrong.

SQL Server doesn't export the entire database. You can

- back it up, if you need to transfer it somewhere.

- script out the schema (object definitions, permissions, keys, etc)

- export...

I'd argue the DBA's job is to do what his boss wants, as long as it is not illegal. If someone is paying you to do a job, you should...

I think there was a question on 2005 Enterprise, which was 50 (above the usual 16 in 2000)

Change the EXEC() to SELECT, get the statements, check and see if they execute.