>Making the system work how it works now. Dan, you are going to a different database platform. You are changing the rules of engagement here, for very good reasons. There are many strategies for getting very close to how things work. Doing what you are attempting to do, is set for failure. All of the issues you are going through really make my point here I think....
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If my boss told me he wanted my re-write to work the same way that it works now, I would tell him I was DONE with the project... since we already have software that does what our software does now!

BOb