>You might call MSDE "SQL Server Lite". No you will not need MSDE if you have SQL Server. Install SQL Server and set up your security, establish your network connection and you are ready to go.

Hey Tom,

Is that all there is? Really? It sounds deviously simple...

So, you'll be available this weekend when I'm up to my elbows in protocols, DLLs, ODBC and security issues? :-)

Renoir