Why the waitfors?

The code appears to wait, you just need to take a parameter for the month, or two, like

declare @mn char(2), @yr char(4)

declare @start datetime, @end datetime

select @start...

Do you have column names in the XLS?

Lee has a great summary although I'd avoid the linked server item. If you're a public corp I'm sure it would violate Sarbanes Oxley standards.

I've always done backup/restore, but the...

I think Phil is right. There's on date info in sysindexes. There might be something encoded, but nothing I know of.

You're going to have downtime, so the easiest thing is to backup master and msdb.

Then detach all user dbs.

Now uninstall

Reinstall

attach dbs

restore msdb

restore master.

And be sure you apply patches/SPs before restoring master adn msdb.

Thanks for the update. Perhaps the multiple growths were causing some error. If you get a chance to test it on another box, we'd love to know what you observe.

Can you add a new login?

Or try to change the dbo mapping to sa and then add your new login? Sounds like you've got the issue figured out, but I'm...

You might try, if you can, removing and reinstalling the client tools. I'm sure something got mucked up in the install. My XP SP2 worked fine with SP4, but I...

I guess the cursor thing is possible, but I haven't seen that to be an issue. I thought that cursors would grab a copy of the data to hold it,...

If you have a firewall nearby, you might be able to do some port redirection if needed.

Throw - "Can't you just throw all that data onto a report?"

Dreams are great, but you need to ask. Next time you get a review or an interview, ask for a bit more and see what happens.

Wow, praise, that's a new one.

Anytime and thanks for the update.

Did you script them out? Just checking in case someone else searches the thread.