Thanks again, I got sidetracked with the SQL Server Agent failing to start and displaying many errors.

While my DBA contact was out for training, another IT person changed the virtual server password.

Evidently, we needed to change the passwords on each of the services.

We rebooted the SQL Server 2008 R2 to see if the SQL Server Agent service would start and couldn't get back into SQL Server.

So we worked that problem out this morning from the top down.

In retrospect, glad this happened. Lots of good experience gained about SQL 2008 R2.

My previous experience with SQL Server 2000 is being updated. The demand for front-end MS Access and Excel Object Model Data Mining has kept me away from SQL for too long.

All of these responses were very valuable. Including the books. Does SQL Server Central have a Book Review area?

Many Thanks!