More info from my SQL DBA group: They claim that the guest account has access to the sample databases, and that can't be taken away. This gives anyone...

Thanks for the replies. All good points. I will likely push a little bit for leaving it on one dev machine, and making sure the access is limited.

OK, I'm a couple of days behind, but I find all good points from the posters, and maybe I can contribute something useful now.

What seems to work for me that...

Concerning the lack of statistical function in SQL Server:

I think MS has done ok with the basics, but it would be helpful to have some of the other more complex...

Thanks, Steve. Get the bugs fixed, make (most) everyone happy. Will look for this in the future.

(BTW, printing of articles is better in the new site. I...

Excellent article, thanks David for taking the time to create it!  I've only used one or two of these, looking forward to trying the others.

Another option is to use MS Access to keep a copy of the archived data.  I know it's not SQL Server, but this works very well for me.  I need...