John,

Glad it helped. I think you can get rid of the "Executing remote..." message with SET TALK OFF

>Hi Josh ---
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>I'll be darned. The FetchSize property *did* prevent the connection busy....I left the Asych property alone, though...now got the "Executing remote...press Esc to cancel" message though now (which I hate).
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>Hats off to ya!
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