>I have (for years now) stopped going to MSDN forums. The "tech support" employees there copy and paste answers (usually twice, to be sure they get credit) and the answers they give are canned with no indication they have ever performed these actions, or have an understanding of the problem, or in fact have used the product at an engineering level. Your example is the current case-in-point.
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>-msdn in your google searches will protect you. :) There are good sites for every technology we use.
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>You have good fortune repairing the damage caused. Phew!
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>Hank
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Hank,

I know that SQL Server forums in MSDN are very good. There are lots of talented MVPs visiting and helping in these forums such as Erland Sommarskog and Hilary Cotter. I learned a lot from their replies.

But I agree that MS tech support engineers are not always good. That particular case was a proof of that. I'm sure glad I was able to fix the problems with relatively low impact.