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Learn how to use SQL in Microsoft Access with this step-by-step guide, complete with examples, FAQs, and tips for better database management.

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I'm trying to start/stop MS SQL Service on various DB servers (locally) but we don't always know the name of the instance (Always only 1 SQL Server running on a single server).

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Can you import the Foxpro data into a SQL database first? No sense it trying to hack your way around running queries on this data in its current state needlessly.

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