Heh... sorry about that, but at least I got your attention....:D
I should have mentioned that I'm working on an article (may end up being two) that covers a high speed method to do running totals and the like in SQL Server 2000... I finally got 2k5 and will have to load it before comparing the methods to the RANK methods for running counts performance wise.
--Jeff Moden
Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.