Hi Steve,

Yup, the full year end has been completed (accountants are never told this stuff until it is too late).

when you say 'disasterous' you are referring to the lack of detail, right? In my opinion, as long as they have access to the 'pre' year end change database, they could use summary information now and refer to the copy of the 'pre' for details.

In your post, it sounds like restoring from December 31 (pre-year end) is the only starting point if the customer wants detail for the current year, right? If I can get that, what is the plan for prior year comparisons?

I'll be happy to contract with you for the project - just let me know what information you need and what the results will look like and I'll run it by my client.

I am out most of the day but will be back in the late afternoon - you can reach me at 902-442-3892 if you think we should discuss.