If you have been at this game as long as I have, you often find yourself either thinking or in conversation with older guys (and gals) who remain kind of...

Thanks to you guys for your suggestions...

I beat, tortured, bribed, cajoled, prayed to, and worshipped the Network Admin and he finally got the versions updated across our servers, and I...

Jason,

Yeah - gotcha on that. We just showed our Network Admin the difference... He insisted he had done the "R2" update. He didnt on the server in...

Jason...

OPENQUERY is a bit of new one on me, but looks very interesting. I will study to come up to speed on that, but at present, trying to use...

Jason,

Thanks for the reply, and yes I have looked over the Import Export tool - but that is exactly what I am saying in my original post - I have...

Thanks for the reply...

Yes, I have the server linked to my local box - as mentioned, can open both databases no problem.

I already tried the Restore option - good suggestion...

The best response to today's editorial (it seems to me) is to remember what should be by now one of the primary axioms of any computer-based business...

"Anything that can be...

I think I disagree with the premise of the editorial, and I have just been through a circumstance that I think illustrates why the presumptions made are generally, not correct....

I would guess that about 50-75% of our SQL use is to fill Datasets on the .NET side of things. We once had a talented DBA who suggested we...

Way back in the early 80's, especially with the advent of the XBase family of development systems, databases (or indeed, free tables) were part of the development system. You...

Good editorial... But lets be honest about it, each year or so companies and individuals all over the world "upgrade" their software for no good reason at all. ...

I attended a customer service conference a while back where an attendee told of an experience not dissimilar from what you experienced. And though I commend you on your...

Within the next 5-7 years my career will be over and finally, I will retire up north to my cottage where I expect, for the first time in my life,...

Your editorial is particularly relevant where just yesterday we heard the news story of Marilyn Davenport, a GOP official from Orange County California, who emailed derogatory pictures of President Obama...

I thank God everyday that yes, I am better off today than last year, and for a number of years even amidst the tumult, I have been doing successively better....