Thanks for your response. But that is not it. I'm not trying to do anything else. As soon as the SQLEXEC executes (or begins to execute) it locks up. Unless I have SQL Trace turned on. The I get the error information I showed in the original message in this thread.

>Just guessing but take a look at this:
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>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q219025&
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>-Mike