or just R (read)

OK, my head hurts.

I've awarded back points since there is obviously some issue here. I missed the correct answer with 1/30, so I've fixed that.

As far as the other items,...

Look also at RESTORE FILELISTONLY

Doh! Good catch and glad it's working.

The thing you could have done is set a very low fill factor and there would be lots of free space on pages, but as you changed data or added...

There are also numerous scripts here on this site for backups that you can go through, see how they work, experiment, etc.

You don't need to create the blank database, just do the restore.

The command looks OK, what I might suggest is that you run the SQL you need, get that...

w3schools is a good place. SQL In A Nutshell is a good book, or really any basic SQL book will help you get started.

It's not your account that needs access to the share, it's the SQL service account.

Add more memory?

You can't tune dbcc. It has to run through all rows in all tables and that will eat up memory to complete.

I'd like to be with you, but I'd also hate to see a big crash. Don't forget the guys with 6 or 7 zeros in their pockets don't suffer. It's...

That's not a bad idea. Maybe we can go with more per page.

VFP isn't heavily used, but when it is, it's been fairly popular. I'm not sure it's worth learning, but if you know it, there are probably positions out there for...

I'm not sure what you mean with 64 columns. Are you saying a column for each 15 minute segment of a day?

If you're looping in ASP, why not track the...

I'll give Oracle one thing. they seem to have found a way to convince management to pay more for DBAs on average!