Thanks for the info on the Generate Text Report, I was not even aware that was there, and hidden pretty well, too. However, this was not checked in my...

So today i got this error on my SystemDatabasesFullbackup Plan. There are fewer of these, so i can see the full error message:

Source: Reporting Task for subplan-{xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx} ...

Just to chime in, I am still having the same issue, and I have checked all the backup histories, and the presence of the physical .bak files and they all...

It is set to backup All User Databases...

Absolutely a great article and good guide to pertinent questions. Thanks for sharing!

Arjun Sivadasan (7/29/2010)

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...Do you think iPhones should instead be made in US? Apple is an American company. So it is fair to say a job created by Apple should employ...

I agree, in some situations attempts to increase your value to the company can make you more of a target especially if you are not in with the management crowd....

I did get an error applying to a nullable column. (LEN=0; Error was "TOP clause contains an invalid value.") Because I'm in a hurry I just threw a case statement...

Very nice. Just so happens I was bemoaning having to write a 'strip non-numeric characters' function today. You probably saved me an hour! 😀

I do everything you said gabriel, plus reducing my tabs to 3 spaces so I can use indentation...

I would like more time off. I get 10 days combined sick and or vacation and that's just not enough. I've had positions where my experience merited...

James Goodwin (4/7/2010)

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In this respect it is not necessarily pain and/or punishment...

I completely agree that proactive data cleanup should not be the job...

I completely agree that the variety of articles adds greatly to the value of SSC and other web resources. I have extensive experience teaching not only various flavors of...

Unfortunately, there is cultural bias even in what is acceptable self-selection. While in a perfect world...