Show some code here, and we'll help you out. Seeing results doesn't help me figure out what you're doing wrong.

From my view, what I see and read,

1. support is the big one.

2. some performance improvement in the core db engine.

3. Compression is EE only. Need to factor that in....

I hadn't heard this before. I'd love to see someone write an article the shares more about this.

It sounds like a good idea, though.

I'd agree with Denny. Go for the dev edition.

You could uninstall, but I think you'd need to delete things (not dbs), but files, and clean the reg to get it...

If you know some VB, VB.NET is easier, but it's still a paradigm change.

I'd go take a couple short online classes for VB.NET and C#. Invest a few hours, see...

First, please don't use all capitals. It's rude in English, and the equivalent of shouting at someone.

Second, you haven't provided enough information. There are any number of things it could...

I might be wrong, in fact I'd expect I am. I know Texas Memory and Fusion are pushing hard, and growing their products.

I have no idea who to believe in...

I haven't used it in 2005, and it might work much better. Never know how much work was done there between versions.

I'd still recommend you script the jobs, deploy them...

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duplicate here:

What didn't work for you? I'd like to see you do some work here rather than just give you the answer.

A few hints: script the backup job (meaning the creation...

You'd have to get more details from someone. There might be whitespace in fields if you have char instead of varchar fields.

If they mean you have more space in your...

We want to see you do some work, so make an attempt.

As a hint, group by the clients, count the currencies.

And you'll need a HAVING clause.

You can use sp_spaceused to see the space inside a database.

alternatively, track the backup file size and compare that to what size of the data file and you'll have a...

If you don't have a degree, you don't know what you're missing. The fact that poorly built databases are developed by those with degrees doesn't mean a degree didn't help...

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