cant help with MS SQL...

but if you need MySQL, that's my dbms choice...

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i mean if you are starting from scratch and DONT want to pay MS for it, MySQL rules...

plus there are tons of tools for it that are free.

then i just write my own reports.

but if they really want fancy schmansy reports with nice pictures and crap, i ODBC to ACCESS and use it's report writer.

or if they want a web version i write it in PHP and jgraph it.

leo d.

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