Thanks Steve!

Thanks for your reply. Actually, I was referring to technically... will a non-SWA version of SQL Server 2008 R2 Std allow an upgrade to a non-SWA version of SQL Server...

Thanks for the link. I was referring to technically. I should have made that clearer.

Chris

Thanks Kevin,

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"However at the same time, each of us represents our employer all the time."

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