Well, just for an update, the ASP.NET FileSystemInfos did the trick for me completely. In this case, I mean, in which all I wanted was a drill-down hierarchy of...

It looks like I just might bypass SQL Server completely and use the ASP.NET Filesystem Objects....I'll let you know how my adventures go...Still looking for answers to the above post...

So, I've been experimenting with this for over a month now, because it seems so tantalizingly close to my needs. It does everything you said it would, which is...

i'm going to try this today.  you wouldn't believe it if i said i did the happy dance when i saw there was a reply here...

if i can get this to...