>>Ok, Thanks for the 2008 version
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>If I recall from the metrix I obtained when comparing the two environments last year, there was as significant gain of performance when using the 2008 approach. When I ran in against 100000 records, the result was still instant. I really do not know how they do that internally, but they certainly did a good job.
I am not surprised that using spatial data approach wins.
If it's not broken, fix it until it is.
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