I can tell this is going to be a good day, it's my second stupid question of the day. Thanks to Alex Bolenok for a complete, concise answer to my first question! Now the question: Can I do too much inside a transaction? In other words, say I was importing a file with 100,000 records and I wanted to make sure either the whole thing imported or none of it; would it be a bad idea to do ALL of the inserts within a single transaction? Are there any limits to the number of inserts/updates within a transaction? Ken Causey