>I figured it out. I was writing a few characters into every TEXT field instead of ''. The size dropped from 2.2 gigs to 40 megs. Whew!

Hi Evan,

In SQL 2005 it's better to use varchar(MAX) instead of text. If you have to use text, check http://sqlblog.com/blogs/adam_machanic/archive/2006/07/12/caveats-of-the-text-datatype.aspx