I applied SQL 2005 hotfix pack 3 which brought the Version number to 9.0.3186. The hotfix cured the problem described in the first post.

Yes.  This problem involved several maintenance plans, same problem on all of them.  I did find that the problem did not occur when setting up the plan for multiple databases...

Microsoft tech support recommended applying the latest hotfix to resolve the problem.  After the hotfix was applied the problem continued until I deleted the maintenance plan and recreated it.  After...

I'll try that.

Thanks!

Do you mean there will be a maximum of three 'child' records per parent record?.....

Yes, a maximum of 3 child rows per parent.

I had tried aliasing the child rows but...

Edited by - im4718 on 04/14/2003 3:03:37 PM