it says the SQL query contains;
which makes the problem obvious (highlights mine). why it's doing this, i can understand, but it means i'm not getting the Views interface.....WHERE ((node.status <> 0) AND (node.type in ('event')) AND (term_node.tid = 7))
AND ((DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(node_data_field_event_start.field_event_start_value), '%Y-%m-%d') >= '2010-02-17' AND DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(node_data_field_event_start.field_event_start_value), '%Y-%m-%d') <= '2010-03-19') AND ((DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(node_data_field_event_start.field_event_start_value), '%Y-%m') <= '2010-02' AND DATE_FORMAT(FROM_UNIXTIME(node_data_field_event_start.field_event_start_value2), '%Y-%m') >= '2010-02')))
i'm gonna setup a test drupal server.. or read/watch more how-tos and the like.....