Thanks Chris, at least I know that I'm not just going crazy...  :^)

I'm amazed that this has never manifested as a bug before now for anyone else..

there are multiple reasons to not use a dynamic sql string with execSQL, among the most obvious are permissions (granting universal select permission on tables is generally considered a poor...

I have seen performance degradation like this before in data intensive processes. 2 tecniques I would recommend: 1) either at the beginning or end of the process,...