Thanks everyone! I greatly appreciate the help. Now I have a few options to try.

Thanks, James. It looks like I don't need the nvarchar data type for my simple database. I appreciate everyone's response.

Thanks for your short but helpful replies.

Thank you! A clever piece of coding that does the job.:D

What I am looking for is a basic book on server administration starting from choosing the correct hardware to physically setting up the server in my department to OS configuration...

Would a server in this price class also allow for .NET connectivity or would that be extra? Also, is that price for something used on ebay or can you...

Thanks! It took 7 years for this database to reach 35 MB so it probably won't approach 2 gb for another few years. (It's growing at a slightly faster...

I thank everyone for your insightful replies. It seems like development will not be an issue with a laptop that has at least 2 gb of RAM and I...

Let me ask another question. The goal of my development work is to migrate an antiquated database from Access 2000 to SQL Server 2005 (the tables need...

That's exactly what I was looking for!  Thanks, Carlos

Thanks! I think you have a valid point when you mentioned duplication of effort. I am going to speak with the company IT group who controls the servers...