Wow!  I was super-excited when I put in a simple statment, and it did just as you said!

However, I then put in a whole (complicated) procedure, and tried it, it...

Douglas - Thanks for the reply!

However, SQL IDE seems to be a repackaged version of sqlXpressIDE (Client & Server), which is way more than I need.  I just need something...

John,

Thanks for the reply.

I'm not sure I understand what you mean, though.  If I first delete the records that have been updated from the fact table, and then turn around...

Interesting.  According to BOL, in the topic "Using uniqueidentifier Data":

The main advantage of the uniqueidentifier data type is that the values generated by the Transact-SQL NEWID function or...

Got it right, but only because I googled it first. 

As such, I only find this question useful (for non-Administrators like me) in testing how long it would take to...

She Hills r boobs?  what?!? 

I must be too old and forgetful to understand...please enlighten me on the (obviously) suttle meaning here...

Ok, I see the answer (58008) upside down...I remember that from 3rd grade!

But, I don't see what 57714 345 upside down makes...  SHE HILLS

What's that supposed to mean?

Make sure you're in the msdb database.

Dale,

Thanks for the info.  I suppose I'm really looking for as close to possible an open & shut case for our firm to move all reports and such to RS. ...

Yea, you called it, Dale!  Now that I've gotten some sleep since then (albeit, not much), and I've had *my* first cup, I can get back to some real work...reading threads,...

Dale,

Maybe you can give me some perspective on RS for our situation, too.  We typically just write .asp pages to do our reporting - Crystal is not used at all. ...

Excellent!  Thanks!

Johnny - that's an interesting solution.  However, it works for this particular case where the join can be made via the replace command.  What about when you want to conditionally...

Well, I don't know about getting "my juices flowing," but, as it happens, I just had my *last* cup of coffee and changed the *15th* diaper in as many hours...

Gee, I think I'm blushing!  BFF! 

Seriously, Dale, you are absolutely correct.  We should all keep these political issues more in perspective.