• Yes... at the beginnning of your proc, try to bulk insert the first row from the file into a single wide column on a dummy temp table using the "LASTROW" option set to "1". If you get an "Error 21" (just look for an error), then the file isn't ready. Then you can either exit or set a WAITFOR DELAY and try again. This keeps you from having to do things like turning on OLE Automation.

    --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)