> > I would approach this from a slightly different angle. =A0Discover
> > what the client does / does not like about the system (apart fro

Not to rub things in , but I passed the original query on to a friend
who has used SQL for 10yeas in the hope he may be able to help with
the conversion request.
He didn't comment on that but did say:
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I would not agree about SQL 2005 being crap. We used if for several
years ( now using SQL 2008) and it has been remarkably robust.
The problem this developer has is more likely in the BASIC program
that is driving it or in the structural design of the database itself
with foreign keys and such. Poorly structured database designs can be
doomed from the start.

Just thoughts from someone who is NOT a database expert but has used
SQL for 10 years and been impressed


    Russell

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