No official Microsoft acronym for that operation. 'Virtual Reality' would make more sense to me. Nathan H.O. Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.com
I haven't seen any special term for this operation either. Anyone have any ideas? ----------------------------- Brad M. McGehee, MVP Webmaster SQL-Server-Performance.Com
A mutating table is a table that is currently being modified by an update, delete, or insert statement. _________ Satya SKJ Moderator SQL-Server-Performance.Com