I know the title here is going to make some people think I've lost my mind before the thread even begins. Let me lay out the context.<BR><BR>I do some consulting work for my former employer because ...

Well, Microsoft lied to us. They didn't provide the public preview of SQL Server 2016 "this summer" as promised-- they delivered today. "The first public preview of SQL Server 2016 is now available ...

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Ok, I'm at a client site where they want to make a program database independent. This is a rewrite of an existing program that used an Access database only. I asked the person in charge how they were ...

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