• As always, Paul, your technical knowledge is impeccable.  Thank you very much.

    The unfortunate part is that which Thomas realized in his testing isn't clearly explained in the MS documentation.  In fact, the MS documentation states that doing things in smaller batches is not the way to go.

    --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)