Excellent! I completely agree. I forwarded your article to several people I work with. I’ve recently been emphasizing and trying to make the exact same point.

How do you want the users to start the jobs? Are they going to have Enterprise Manager installed?

If you have access to a web server running the...

I've had great results with both of the following user defined functions:

1) The function that a Mike G wrote which is located at http://www.Planet-Source-Code.com/vb/scripts/ShowCode.asp?txtCodeId=341&lngWId=5 .

2)...