• It loops over one table and inserts the values, one by one, into another table. That's not hard to replace with a single insert.
    You get better at programming by doing it, not by someone doing it for you, so give it a try.

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
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