Hi all,

Well it is a production server , but the problem has magically "resolved" itself ....  I was just following up for sake of completeness (just need to know...

Hi all I did mean

Select * from table_name where column_name like 'aa%' OR column_name like 'bb%'....

A further resolution to the query was :

select count(user_id), user_id from dbo.vpc_feedback_2

where ((question_id=1

and feedback...

thanks Phil !!! it makes sense .. (and wish I could come up with that ....:wow

The database is set to Auto close - THANK YOU SOO MUCH!!!

thank you all so much - I will probably have to go with the sqldmo - as the server environment I work on is pretty much 'locked down' meaning that any kind...

Thanks so much - will try