• If you're running SQL 2005 (as I assume you are, based on the forum this is posted in), could you please save the exec plan as a .sqlplan file, zip it and attach. It's much easier to read than the text plan is.

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