If you use the white of the monitor AS your light source then you are actually saving energy with the white.  If I were to change to black background then...

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Matt: "I'll be sorely disappointed if that doesn't start the flames.... "  Aw.  It's Friday!  Don't put a downer on my weekend.

Oh what the hell.  Clinton make my skin crawl. ...

Just tried it.  Seems to work.  Use the cautions that the others have suggested here.  Pretty much if you can pull the data through ODBC it should work.

Good introduction.  I expect more in-depth articles on this subject to follow.

I have used this to attach, remote SQL servers, Access databases, and even text files.  I have even heard...

I have so many examples of where it was not our fault but we still took the heat.  I would cite some but it would give away to much confidential...

Ah yes, I grew up on re-runs of the Goon Show.  Then later Monty Python, Fawlty Towers.  In fact the whole British 'Magilla' - PUN INTENDED!

Monopoly is a bad thing unless you are playing the board game - or the one who has the monopoly.  I remember the days when it was IBM that was...

Thanks for pointing this resource.  I'm checking out the samples right now.  I might just sign up for the lifetime subscription.

I spent 4 years working for a company that did J.D.Edwards development.  The Edwards One World product could be housed on AS-400 (i series) machines running DB-400 or Windows machines...

Hmm.  There used to be a car that originally was supposed to have a torque converter at each wheel to eliminate the differential.  What was that called?  Oh yes, Tucker. ...

"(Don't laugh too hard, I inherited a couple of DBs containing some tables having ALL NULLable columns!! Really.)"

Yep, me too.  Sytem was converted to SQL server from some other DBMS...

Steve: Congrats on the new car.  I'm still driving my 1998 Ford Escort wagon because it's paid for.

My wife hates hybrids.  She says...

OK. Touchy subject, wrong forum.

One of the things that I note is the number of former military that are in my business dealings.  Great folks to work with.

Johan: Not so my friend.  Here in...