>>>>I got 2 min. records in both tables now one to 1. My queries now take forever.
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>>>>I guess I would have to delete couple of records <g>
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>>>:o)
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>>The idea was to test performance of a direct query vs. subquery, which is supposed to be slower.
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>>BTW, do you know how can I take Execution plan info into a file?
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>>Another interesting info - my queries just finished and the subquery took 44.78% while the straight one took 55.22%
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>I have only SSMS installed here and when I get Execution plan I could right-Click on it and save it as file (It is a XML file, not pure text one)
>Maybe the same is valid in QA?

Nope, I tried. I hope to get SQL Server 2005 to play with.