mstanl (11/15/2013)
Thank you very much for the reply Tom,And yes Grant this is the same person that talked to you in Dallas SQL Saturday.
Mike
HA!
I'd say I recognized your question, but I actually deal with this one a lot. It's really a common pattern (for good or for ill as you've seen).
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