• Nothing wrong with while loops. I'm about to start a batch of WHILE @Done != 0 INSERT INTO ... SELECT TOP (@n) FROM ... on a client's server

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    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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