• How about posting the code for the stored procedures which are called from this one?

    There's nothing in this stored procedure related to importing a flat file - how have you determined that it is this stored procedure which is causing the problem?

    “Write the query the simplest way. If through testing it becomes clear that the performance is inadequate, consider alternative query forms.” - Gail Shaw

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