Oh, and I am also using @@rowcount to show the number of records. After this things will get a bit interesting.. since I will have to capture things that would cause the statement to take a lot longer to run. The program in question runs fine most of the month, but about three days a month it spikes and runs about four times as long. I am writing the @message, and the job name, into a table so I can capture the normal and spikes.. and I hope to find out why it spikes.