When you copy data to a table that contains a column of the datetime data type in Microsoft SQL Server 2005, the values of the datetime column are not same for the rows that are copied. This issue occurs if you copy all the rows in one batch or if you copy rows in batches by specifying a batch size.

Note This issue does not occur in SQL Server 2000 or in SQL Server 2008.

This issue may occur in one of the following scenarios.

You copy data by using a distributed query that uses the GETDATE() function to set values for the datetime column.

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 10. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.