Large Move From Access To SQL Server 200

Hi,


My client has a rather large database with some very large reports. Some of the reports have around 20 sub-reports a piece. We have decided to move the client's application to a .NET web application and would migrate them to SQL Server 2000.

The only problem is now, designing the reports. I have tried doing what Microsoft says (converting to stored procedures and views) but I keep getting syntax errors on the SQL side of things when I cut and paste.

For example, the following code is taken from Access :

SELECT tblProjects.fldCountry, tblProjects.fldDescription, tblOrganizations.fldAcronym, tblProjects.fldProjID, Max(tblProjYears.fldStartDate) AS MaxOffldStartDate, Max(tblProjYears.fldEndDate) AS MaxOffldEndDate, qryProjLocsWithFEData.fldProjPeriodID
FROM (tblProjects INNER JOIN tblOrganizations ON tblProjects.fldOrgID = tblOrganizations.fldOrgID) INNER JOIN (tblProjYears INNER JOIN qryProjLocsWithFEData ON tblProjYears.fldProjPeriodID = qryProjLocsWithFEData.fldProjPeriodID) ON tblProjects.fldProjID = tblProjYears.fldProjID
GROUP BY tblProjects.fldCountry, tblProjects.fldDescription, tblOrganizations.fldAcronym, tblProjects.fldProjID, qryProjLocsWithFEData.fldProjPeriodID
ORDER BY tblProjects.fldCountry, tblOrganizations.fldAcronym, tblProjects.fldProjID;

But when I try that in SQL Query Analyzer i get the error : The text, ntext, and image data types cannot be compared or sorted, except when using IS NULL or LIKE operator.

I'm pretty sure it's on the tblProjects.fldDescription Group By, but if I leave it out, it still throws an error. Anybody have any ideas?

Thanks