• I've not seen such a thing... perhaps try using MaxDop 1 just to see if parallelism is getting to it? I'd try it on a multi-processor box if I had access to one, but I don't so I can't hammer it out on this end. Sorry.

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)