The procedure was originally developed by hand in SSMS (New Stored Procedure). I don't think the developer typed in a hex 06 while he was typing the code...

The developer "corrected" the function so now the character is not there. We're going to restore the db and look at information_schema.routines to see if it shows up in the text. That will tell us whether its in the actual definition of the procedure or if its an artifact of the scripting process...

More to follow.