Thanks a million,

I've just downloaded the trial version and have it for 120 days. Whilst I'm not connecting to our main database I can still query the Northwind DB's...

Thank you for that, I'm just downloading a trial version of SQL, and will continue my quest for researched knowledge. Appreciate your help guys.

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I will be connected using a...

Thanks for that,

I was hoping I could pull off the data periodically but didn't think it could be done, that is good news because I would not need the...

Thanks and apologies.

I'll try again,

A. Our database provider will not support SQL Server (only a linux or an-other database server)

B. I use ODBC etc to write/create reports but...