Hi Stacey,
quote:
Example: SET @DBBACKUP = (EXEC @CMD_MDATE).
you mean something like
declare @a datetime
declare @b-2 datetime
set @a = getdate()
print @b-2
or is @CMD_MDATE some T-SQL (SELECT, blah,blah...) command?
Cheers,
Frank
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