Not exactly a ringing endorsement of the use of RV's for production related work......

Of course, if all I care to do is "look" at data, I will use Access or the Enterprise Manager. As far as migrations are concerned, I don't know if RV's are the way to go. In those cases, I may elect to use bulk inserts or stored procs....


>I'll tell you where I like RVs ----> quick and dirty looks at server data or one-time migrations.
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>>If you maintain your RV's in code, why not use SPT, and avoid the problems with RV's????? Seems to me that without the VD, any advantage of RV's that may exist, is gone...