Jeffrey Williams (6/2/2009)
Nope - SQL Server 2005 SP3 and had the same experience on 2005 SP2 CU7.
Odd. I've played around with RECOMPILE on these before and on 2005 I always get 'average' plans. Might be the table size. I don't test on anything under 500 000 rows
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability