Also, it's a spherical dispersion, correct? It radiates in all directions, unlike a bar code that must be read from a specific side.

Are there triggers involved? I saw something reported in the MVP groups about something similar, multiple copies of the same SPID.

Are you using SQLClient? Any cursor activity?

You need to move the variable outside the quotes

select @cmd = 'select ' + @var + '...'

Ah, I like Ander's suggestion. Hadn't thought of that one.

Do you mean a transaction log backup job?

Events can be forwarded to other servers and it appears from the error that you might have circular reference (server 1 forward to...

http://blogs.msdn.com/weix/archive/2005/10/17/481895.aspx

There is no standard "encrypted" format. If you don't know how the data was encrypted, there is not necessarily an easy way to decrypt it.

Where did you get the database?

I'm not sure. Most places I've worked have tended to be more specialized. DBAs just ask for the generic "tape for xx/xx/xxxx"

Thanks, Ed!

Steve, there isn't really space to the right because there's a right column (top and bottom) that has content. That causes us some issues with layout.

We are looking at trying...

Good to hear, Debbie. I checked out the Sony again and am getting tempted!

I don't think there's a way to do this. You can check the build # and then check against a list, but the individual fixed are not stored, AFAIK, in...

A maintenance plan won't do this. It doesn't really have the tasks, though I guess you could use the Execute SQL tasks Execute Agent Job

You'd have to write a script...

The job was going to be my next idea. It should be quick and not much load, so I might run it every 5 min or so.

Gail,

You have to make them prove that they don't have bottlenecks on switchs in the fabric or the disks. Make them provide proof of throughput and go back to the...