Another option is the paid version of the SQL# CLR library by Solomon Rutzky: http://www.sqlsharp.com/
There are two functions in it: INET_Ping and INET_PingTime that may be of interest to you.
As I said though, they're not available in the free version of the library (unfortunately).
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
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Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
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