>l have always held to the rule of using the right tool for the job. SQL was not the right tool for this job.
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>Kevin, out of curiosity, why were you using 2005 and not 2008?

That decision is generally not up to the individual developer, is it? Unless they're an independent, and often not even then if the client has other ideas. I know you are in the business of teaching people how to use the latest and greatest right away, but that is not the way many shops work.