Posted by Andrea Montanari on 02/02/07 09:32

hi HC,
HC wrote:
> ....
> Considering that the same computer, against the same data, with the
> same program, takes about 14 times (or more) longer to run, then it
> has to be either that SQL Express 2005 is slow OR that my program is
> interacting with it in an incorrect manner.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190775.aspx ...
"...
Important:
To ensure optimal performance of an upgraded database, run
sp_updatestats (update statistics) against the upgraded database on the SQL
Server 2005 server.

...."
did you?

even better, http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187348.aspx
UPDATE STATISTICS object WITH FULLSCAN;
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