I chose 4, but (as it turns out) I was guessing. (I thought I knew what was going on, chose an answer and clicked 'Submit' before actually studying the question -- yes, that's a problem I'm working on)

After re-reading the explanation, as well as all of the posts in this thread, I'm not clear on what is happening exactly.

As a Rookie, this is what I *think* is happening:

1. Temp table is created

2. 10 records are created in temp table

3. 4 More records are added to temp table (first part of @sql_str)

4. All records are deleted from temp table (second part of @sql_str)

Obviously, that is not the case. I can't find anything in BOL to help figger this out. Any help?

Thanks in advance,

- Joseph Marsh