[00:39] <androidbruce> seattlegaucho, yes 
[00:40] <androidbruce> seattlegaucho, i just took a job that uses MS SQL daily 
[00:40] <androidbruce> so i was curious if you could shed some light
[00:42] <seattlegaucho> not really ... we have a SQL server here ... but we stay away from it like the plague
[01:17] <androidbruce> seattlegaucho, are queries similar?
[01:17] <seattlegaucho> SQL is mostly standard, so unless you get into stored procedures and stuff they should be similr
[01:21] <androidbruce> seattlegaucho, ok so anywhere you can point me to learn queries?
[01:21] <androidbruce> how to "grep" a database
[01:21] <seattlegaucho> that's a toughie
[01:21] <seattlegaucho> any introductory SQL book should work ... however ...
[01:22] <seattlegaucho> you need to learn how to check the 'database' and 'table' definitions, which is specific to SQL server
[01:23] <seattlegaucho> in MySQL it would be "SHOW DATABASES", "SHOW TABLES" and "SHOW CREATE TABLES" ... or there is another one: DESCRIBE ...
[01:23] <seattlegaucho> look for the equivalents on SQL Server
[01:24] <seattlegaucho> that will give you a basic understanding of the structure and from then on you can use SELECT to start making sense of the data
[01:24] <androidbruce> seattlegaucho, i see ok 
[01:24] <androidbruce> with SQL Server, i can see everything graphically 
[01:25] <androidbruce> so i've been failing, but using select * ........."User".......... etc etc 
[01:53] <seattlegaucho> GUI is OK ... although it helps to understand what's going on underneath
[01:53] <seattlegaucho> ... need to go home ... I'll catch up w/ you tomorrow
[17:04]  * seattlegaucho waves to the crowds
[21:53]  * seattlegaucho had to crack open the only sql server screen active at his company 
[21:53]  * seattlegaucho blames androidbruce for invoking the demons