>even without understanding, you answered it well! i just want to be able to merge word documents with the database, and with foxpro i had to do a workaround. it sounds as if sql server is better integrated with word. thanks.
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>btw, the beta2 of sql express 2005 says it will stop working in a little over 500 days. is this something that i need to be concerned with? i certainly don't want to invest a great deal of time to have the program cease working on me.
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>thanks.
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>paul

Paul,
500 days is longer than I expected and not a concern. You should never base your work on betas but OTOH it's unlikely you'd need to change anything based on SQLServerExpress beta. Before beta expires newer betas and/or release candidates, releases would come out.
Cetin