Thank you!  How do I mark this as answer too?

Hi Jeff -

Sorry I misspelled your name!

Thanks for your response.  I was going to mark your response as an answer too, but I couldn't find the option, once I marked...

Hi Andrew -

My dense self finally got it!

Thank you so much for your time and patience.  You explained it perfectly!

juniormint

Hi Andrew-

Thanks for turning me on to Jeff Modon.  Loved his article and sense of humor.

I corrected the length of the @status parameter to 250.

I put the following...

Thank you for your suggestion - I made change accordingly!

Hi Andrew -

Thank you so much for replying.  I made your suggested changes and am getting closer --

The function I am using, however, is not working.  SQL Server does not...

Great Article! Thanks.

I'm getting that too.  I kept wondering where it was that people were voting . . . even posted a question on it and was told the link for voting...

Excellent article! 

Where are you supposed to vote?

Thanks, webrunner.  I ordered the book. 

I have been trudging through Microsoft's Self-Paced Training book, because I didn't know what else to try.  I hate their books, although this one...

I liked the mini-review format.

Thanks for the reviews! 

"I know book reviews aren't the most exciting reading, . . ."  Perhaps not, but when you're attempting to purchase books and haven't a real clue...

Very interesting article.  

I too miss the ability to copy stored procedures!  One has to wonder if they simply forgot about it . . .

I am somewhat surprised no one...

Thanks, All!!

Thanks, everyone, for your feedback.

Scenario:  This is a normal, non-clustered server hosting one main database.

Jeff - I like your answer because it saves time.  You also said "It is not really safe...