From: To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > I'd tend to disagree with you here. MSSQL isn't 100% crap; the > code/design that the prior "developer" may have created > could well be crap, but the MS version of SQL isn't to blame for > that. Amen and Amen. I use MS SQL server nearly every day and find it stable,=20 reliable, fast and easy to use. > > I would approach this from a slightly different angle. Discover > what the client does / does not like about the system (apart fromt > the instablity that is). > and redevelop the front end first.. Again Amen and Amen. I have seen some garbage and some really nice work=20 built with VB.Net (in fact I have written a few programs that, IMHO, are=20 pretty nice :-) ). Avoid the knee jerk reaction that because it is M$Soft that it is somehow=20 inferior. There is a really good reason that many high performance, high=20 function, line of business applications are written using these tools. -- Bob Ammerman RAm Systems --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .