the purpose is to have a log file record of the steps parsed in a TSQL statement so that a record is kept of the process, this way there is a tangible file of what a successful run should be so that comparisons can be made without having to watch query analyser. ISQLW goes part of the way with the output switch but the detail is not good enough, i need it to record text that I want in the file, so that i have a benchmark log file.

thanks