• IIRC correctly, there was a bug that cause this behaviour depending on the INITIAL SIZE and GrOWTH SETTINGS of a database in SQL Server 2005. I believe that SP3 fixed it. What service pack is your 2005 instance sitting at?

    --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)