>This is the only thing other than a declare statement in this particular script, but each time I run it I get the error listed at the bottom.
>
>

>	Declare ChartID cursor
>		Forward_Only
>	For
>	Select Distinct
>		(P.ChartID),
>		'0' AS Processed
>		From NTSERVER.IMPACTMD.dbo.Patients P
>			Inner Join NTSERVER.IMPACTMD.dbo.Doc_Header H
>				On H.PatientID = P.PatientID
>

>
>

>Msg 16915, Level 16, State 1, Line 43
>A cursor with the name 'ChartID' already exists.
>

Please do not star with CURSORS.
They sounds great for VFP developers but they are performance killers.
SQL Server is a SET based language , so you better use rowsets instead of rows.