I ment what happened if the server abruptly lost its power, not the workstation.

>Something smells fishy about that statement. I hope that if a SQL statement is not properly formed, SQL Server won't do anything with it.
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>lcName = "Something"
>sqlexec(gnConnection,"insert into table sometable (name) values (?lcName)")
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>If the power should fail on my PC while the statement is being sent...
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>SQL would receive
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>"insert into sometable (nam"
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>and an error would be generated.
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>If there is some kind of delimiter expected on both ends of the statement, then upon failing to receive a terminating delimiter, SQL would do nothing at all.
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>I guess I'm asking for someone to please demonstrate how SQL Server could lose data due to a PC power failure.
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>Thanks