More correctly stated, I'm "Planning on Planning"... Although my plane ticket certainly...

Heh... ok... thanks for the feedback.

Understood, Kavita... but doesn't the data grid have monetary formatting capabilities? That's where this type of formatting should really be done. If not (I guess it depends on...

All you did was slow it down. 😛 RIGHT and LEFT are faster than SUBSTRING. 😉

How rude... I hate it when people cross post... wastes everyone's time.

Perfect. Thanks Jacob... the first one is one of two I was talking about. Second one has some good info, too... gonna have to test that and see...

Please show me, say, the first 20 CDRs from the table and the related rows from the country table. I recommend that you do this as outlined in the...

I was just going to add that if it weren't XML, perhaps it would fit.

If you're trying to get info from Oracle using SQL Server, why not just open up...

Heh... no, most people read the 3rd rule incorrectly. It should be more accurately but less politically correct as "The DBA must keep the User from hanging themself with...

Heh... understood.... so, somebody give me an example of the input data...

I'm using IE7 and no problems so far using SSMS... hmmm.... wonder if that's why I can't get Reporting Services to run?

... must be...

select count(*) from DTEST10LINK..COLL18_TEST.TERMS

The driver for Oracle isn't so hot... it wants to see everything in the FROM clause as all UPPER case.

The answer is "Yes", you should be concerned. The article at the URL provided Fernando is a very good start for planning. Not all the information is about...

Heh... my neighbor's car won't start... can you tell...

You must update the other table, first... and both tables need to be updated.