One thing to do is go find the local SQL Server User Group and go to the meetings. Open positions are often announced at the beginning of each meeting. If...

Sue,
Okay, I'll try it and post back when/if I get it working with what I tried. Seems odd that MS can't keep this stuff straight.
Almost glad I'm not...

Lynn Pettis wrote a quick article on a bunch of useful date functions. It's here:
http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/lynnpettis/2009/03/25/some-common-date-routines/

I think I will. I could do the install once more (Imagine whiny kid voice "Again????!!!"), but once it's scripted, e-mail script to myself (or similar). Then I can just...

Sue,
Last question, since IT'S WORKING!!!
I know it's possible to script an install of SQL Server with a config file, but can I basically do it backwards (clone an...

Are you talking about ROW_NUMBER()?

The script wasn't for you, it was for the people trying to help you. Since you're new, I think you should read Jeff Moden's article on how to...

So what's the answer supposed to be? What should the query return?

Here's how to post sample data...
CREATE TABLE RouterData (
    RouterName char(2),
    A char(4),
    B...

The MSSQLSERVER (NT Service) has full permissions to the file(s). I never moved the files between uninstalling SQL Server and reinstalling it. Still no joy.

Thanks for the help, Sue. I *think* I have it finally.
Either the SSRS documentation is awful or I seriously don't know how to read. I'm almost tempted to write...

Except there's so much spam, you can't even taste the bacon!

So that's what goes in the Target Server URL property?
(Or wherever I specify where I want the reports published to?) That's the stuff that works great in Report Builder,...

If I attempt to go to ReportServer (http://desktop-6p4std8/ReportServer), instead of getting a web site, I get 

desktop-6p4std8/ReportServer - /

and then a list...

What configuration property is the Target Server URL supposed to match? (That's the part that doesn't make sense to me... if I wrote blogs, I'd write one about that and...

Which versions are okay? I have these... Not sure which are buggy, but I've read a couple of versions of SSDT were wonky as hell.
Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 Shell...