• Thanks for the comments... Sounds like there is some similarity.. The part about using more of your skills is appealing.. I'm feeling very monolithic right now... even though I'm right in the middle of a netware/NDS to Win2K/AD migration..

    Realize the job market for a network guy/neophyte DBA wannabe is probably slim to none right now..

    I asked to move over to the Database group here at work.. no joy.. "Don't need anyone else right now". Maybe in the spring..

    Just going to putz with it on my laptop and get t-sql down.. possibly build a db for collecting network stats.. I'll find an excuse.. just to get into it more..

    Thanks again for the comments.. Very encouraging.. I'll keep reading and putzing and trying..

    Best regards,

    Mark