• It's updated as part of the transaction which modified the base tables.

    You'll have 1.5 million if you query one microsecond after the commit for the insert into the base table.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

    We walk in the dark places no others will enter
    We stand on the bridge and no one may pass