Hi Alex,

I'm not exactly sure what you mean. I...

Each iteration is actually analyzing the values in the table and, depending on what the values are and where they are during that specific iteration will dictate exactly what it...

Ok, I'm not sure if this helps or hurts, but here's a better representation of what I'm trying to do, which includes SELECT statements rather than PRINT statements and utilizes...

All,

Thanks so much for the thoughtful replies. I know I didn't articulate my actual issue very well but it's partially because it's very complicated and I was hoping...

Thanks, everyone, for the suggestions. It's always good to see the myriad ways to solve problems in SQL Server.

Thank you, all, for the replies. I'm going to see if I can get more information about exactly what's going on here. I know the answer with a lot of...

Thanks, Sue and Eddie. Really great information!

Eddie, just so I understand a little better, your statement, "Full backups do not affect the log chain in any way, regardless...

Thanks, Kevin,

And would this allow me to see the net effect of the queries issued by the third-party app? So, for example, LastName in the Person table was...

I can't believe I missed that. I'm just not operating on all cylinders today.

I hadn't done a distinct or group by on the table(s) before using the union so it...