C.T.

Are you using SourceControl at all? I haven't seen those little padlock symbols in SSMS, but I have seen them in VS2005 when using Source Control. We are using Team Foundation Server with our VS2005, but not with SQL Server. I'm not even sure how Source Control works with SQL Server, but I notice there's an option to use it in SSMS, so perhaps that's where your problem is. Just guessing (and I probably shouldn't <g>).

~~Bonnie


>I am in the Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio with the Views tree node expanded, many of the views have a lock symbol displayed which prevents viewing and modifying (of course) the SQL of that particular view.
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>How does one go about making those views editable?
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>Thanks so much,
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>C. T. Blankenship