Since you're building the SQL command in code, and it's not a stored procedure, don't use paramaters - put the data content into the command text:

strSQL = "select f.food_desc as...

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This explains how to create a UDT in VB.Net or C# and register it in SQL 2005 so that it is a datatype like char or varchar, except...

if you can take the database offline, then detach it, copy the .mdf (and .ldf if you want to keep the log) to the new server's data folder, and then...