Thanks Mark. The nightly load process is triggered by the availability of the source CSV file that is provided by a 3rd party, and we don't have that much control over when this is produced. It is one of those things that the second we get to access it, then the database has to begin the kill & fill load process. By the time it is finished, there isn't enough of a time window available afterwards to do a backup at that time before the users begin their work each day.
However your last point might be the most viable. There are some stored procedures that depend on the table, however they could be dropped first, then the table dropped and then we recreate the stored procedures afterwards. That would be a viable solution in my mind. If this means it won't force garbage collection, it may be the best option. I'll see if I can create some scripts to do that and test it. Thanks for the input. Myles
