Thanks for getting back to me...we are running SP3 9.00.4035.00SP3Enterprise Edition (64-bit). I am really trying to avoid having to rewrite this proc...to use openquery or move the update to the destination server...both of which I have read and will most likely resolve things...

Let me know if you can find something...I haven't looked for a CU released after sp3...I'll do that now.

Thanks again.