That was my understanding, too. I'm moving things over from MSAccess, so I'm new to SQL Server and kind of fumbling my way around. No, it doesn't matter what database...

Thanks, but... I guess I should rephrase that. When I issue that select statement all I get is a list of identical records, each of which contains three commas and...

Any reason why I should get ",,,BASE TABLE" when I issue a "select * from INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES where Table_Type = 'BASE TABLE'" query? I'm willing to believe that maybe permissions are...