>>>Main problem here is the SP you call from the trigger won't have access to the inserted/deleted tables.
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>>yeah - and that's a show-stopper in my case - thanks!
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>You may try something like...
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>select from inserted into #inserted
>select from deleted into #deleted
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>The, you should be able to access those temp tables in a SP you call.
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>BOb

thanks bob! (et al)