>My beef is that at least one person here makes absolute sweeping statements about what is "best" and has nothing to back it up except for sound-bites, slogans and increasingly angry repetition. We can all read books written by SQL Server experts that say SP is faster. I'm sure it is faster "in raw terms" same as a Jumbo Jet is faster than a Ferrari. But that does not mean the Ferrari is "lousy" or that I should immediately go out and buy a Jumbo Jet to get me to work faster in the morning.

This argument makes me think of a humorous commercial that is playing for a car manufacturer here in my part of the states that goes something like this:

Announcer: Sir - did you know that our car has twice the leg room of your (competitors) car?

Man: I don't care - I don't like legroom

Announcer: And we have 20% more horsepower

Man: I like going slow - I hate horsepower

Announcer: And we are $5000 less

Man: I like spending money

etc,
etc