> Welcome to the real world! I am working with a database that is
> similar to what you have described, only it is running under SQL
> Server. The database comes from DBase, so you can pretty much figure
> out the mess they brought to the SQL arena. The funny thing is that
> they keep adding a lot of more mess, and the programmer that is
> working on it just doesn't listen and thinks he is doing the right thing.

Hi Alan, Markus and Fidel !

Thanks for the feedback. I will test the improvements of 2.5, although indeed one cannot expect magic from a poor design.
I'm also expecting the big disappointment.
Our database is also inherited from the dBase era :-) And yes the mess never stops adding :)

Many thanks and good evening...
N.



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