Ive executed the following:

EXEC master..xp_cmdshell 'c:\pcplus\refiner.exe'

..but it seems to lock up query analyser...can u see an immediate problem with the command above?

Thanks

can you specify a command line/address after xp_cmdshell? i.e. xp_cmdshell 'c:/.........'?

Cheers!

Cheers mate! Ideal!

I think your right....scheduling is the way I think along with some nice helpful stored procs.....

actually..i think i can use scheduled jobs toaction an update and then schedule sproc's to implement a string of queries......

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I was thinking more along the lines of using triggers to fire off the queries after an INSERT. Would this work?