• With absolutely no disrespect to the author, I cringe a bit when I see things like this.  It generally means that the database wasn't properly designed to begin with.  If it were, you'd likely only need to make a change in one column in a single row in a single table.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)