Tried the above (the simpler of the two scripts) and have a Syntax Error near the Keyword 'FROM'.

I believe I will try, as the sub-select, "(SELECT TOP 1 ID, TITLE...

While preparing my response, I fine-tuned my search on Google and came across references that suggested I run: lodctr /R

It worked. 2008 Reporting Services have been deleted.

On to installing 2008R2!

Thank...

Thank you all for the conversation.

Tried uninstalling Reporting Services from the 2008STD instance. Got half-way through and at:

SqlRSConfigAction_remove_UnConfigRC_Cpu32

errored with:

Input string was not in a correct format.

So, tried uninstalling all of 2008STD. Same error, only now...

"cfr emulation" - I don't understand this term.

"db's 'catalog' edition" = same.

So, if I had planned this a little better, I could have detached the database, upgraded the DBMS (SQL...