Lowell (6/25/2014)
smacking myself in the head!I didn't think of using FOR XML to handle the concatenation; that, sir, is beautiful and inspired.
You'd think i'd know better, so double kudos to you.
i'll test it on my process, but I'm pretty sure it'll be quicker than what is there now.
Awesome. Glad that will work. Sometime it is easier to see a solution when aren't familiar with the current process. I have added that to my own toolbox as that could definitely come in handy at some point.
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