Hmmm ... you and Fabio disagree on this one. I wonder who's right? =)

~~Bonnie


>>Yes, I know ... but the second example you gave seemed much simpler, so I went with it. <s> I don't know which one would be faster, but I don't have enough data to benchmark it right now.
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>Hi Bonnie,
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>I would expect the first one to be faster. The SQL Server is optimized for the first type of query because EXISTS subquery doesn't return any data.