here's an example from a sql statement that has very poor performance.The example is a select not an insert/update
Remark : when it was installed on a win2000 server it worked fine
The asp talks with sql by the next statements
Dim objConn As New ADODB.Connection
Dim ObjRS As New ADODB.Recordset
Dim eSQL
Set objConn = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection"

Set ObjRS = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset"

objConn.Open Session("WorkOfficeDSN"

eSQL = "select K4.K1KEY,K11.NAAMKLANT,isnull((select sum(K41.K4bedragfa) from K4 K41
where K4.K1KEY=K41.K1KEY and K41.K4docdatum <20020201 ),0),isnull((select
sum(K42.K4bedragfa)-sum(K42.K4BTW)-sum(k42.k4bedragdiv) from K4 K42 where
K4.K1KEY=K42.K1KEY and (K42.K4ORDERSYMB in ('FA','KN')) and K42.K4docdatum
>=20020201 and K42.K4docdatum <=20031231),0),isnull((select sum(K43.K4btw)
from K4 K43 where K4.K1KEY=K43.K1KEY and (K43.K4ORDERSYMB in ('FA','KN'))
and K43.K4docdatum >=20020201 and K43.K4docdatum
<=20031231),0),isnull((select sum(K44.K4bedragfa) from K4 K44 where
K4.K1KEY=K44.K1KEY and K44.K4ORDERSYMB<>'FA' and K44.K4ORDERSYMB<>'KN' and
K44.K4docdatum >=20020201 and K44.K4docdatum <=20031231),0),
isnull((select sum(K45.K4btw) from K4 K45 where K4.K1KEY=K45.K1KEY and
K45.K4ORDERSYMB<>'FA' and K45.K4ORDERSYMB<>'KN' and K45.K4docdatum
>=20020201
and K45.K4docdatum <=20031231),0),'Jaar',K11.BTWNUMMER,isnull((select
sum(K46.K4bedragdiv) from K4 K46 where K4.K1KEY=K46.K1KEY and
K46.K4ORDERSYMB in ('FA','KN') and K46.K4docdatum >=20020201 and
K46.K4docdatum <=20031231),0),
k11.vertegenw,k11.aankooporg,'' from K4 join K1 K11 on (K4.K1KEY=K11.K1KEY)
where (K4.K1key >=1 and K4.K1KEY <=9999999999 ) and k11.vertegenw >= '0' and
k11.vertegenw <= '999999' and isnull(k11.aankooporg,'') >= '' and
isnull(k11.aankooporg,'') <= '99999999'and isnull(K4valutakode,'')>= '0' and
isnull(K4valutakode,'') <= '1' group by
K4.K1KEY,K11.naamklant,K11.BTWNUMMER,k11.vertegenw,k11.aankooporg order by K4.K1KEY"
Set ObjRS = objConn.Execute(eSQL)
processing of data ...
objrs.close