• aww,at 1000+ lines of code, without the underlying base tables and linked server(EDWGEARS),

    that one is a little bigger scope than i can help with as a volunteer;

    it would require substantial testing, i think.

    the key, however is to remove the openquery stuff, query the linked server with direct commands, as a set based operation, instead of all those cursors.

    you might get rid of the temp tables and replace them with teh direct CTE's as well;

    this would be beyond the scope of how i volunteer here, sorry.

    Lowell


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