Thanks Tracey,

yeah, the DB is set for Auto Update Stats (synchronous) already... again, I don't think it is a problem with the UPDATE STATISTICS logic (either manually executed or executed...

thanks again...yeah, I ran that command as soon as I realized all the stats objects were "corrupted" or "non-operational" or whatever.

because SQL showed the clustered index as having 0 rows,...

Hey Noel,

thanks for answering...

no difference.

Correction:

The maintenance plan starts around 11:00pm, nightly.

First, the REORGANIZE Index task runs. (we could change to Rebuild if appropriate)

Then, the Update Statistics task runs

then backup job runs.

Sunday Night's backup job...