The tables I am working on at the moment are empty so it shouldn't have any effect on the speed when SQL Server reindexes. I have had a suggestion that the link may slow it down but I am using a dedicated LAN with just the server and one PC with nothing else attached. The clustered (primary) index is on the identity column and there is only one other index.

>If you're going to do large bulk inserts like that, you should drop all indexes on the table, do the inserts and then recreate the indexes. SQL Server reindexes the table with every insert and this can cause the performance hit you mention.
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