Thanks Bob,

I'll look into that. It *appears* my hosting company allows what I need. It was just a little hard to get any info out of them that's not part of their knowledgebase. I just can't user EM to manange the database and it doesn't sound all that secure (outside their firewall) unless you go with a dedicated server, which you can then setup as you want. But for the price I'm not complaining.


>Dan,
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>I do some similiar test work like this with ReadyHosting (www.readyhosting.com). They have sql 2000, it is accessible from outside their servers, assuming your local firewall will allow you to connect out to them.
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>Hosting rates are reasonable, just remember you get what you pay for. There are sometimes some issues with getting support, but generally speaking I've had good luck with them.
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>Bob Horkay