reduce time for search query

Hi,

I have a task at hand to reduce the time taken for search query to
execute. The query fetches records which will have to sorted by
degrees away from the logged in user. I have a function which
calculates the degrees, but using this in the search query slows the
execution and takes about 10 secs to complete which is unacceptable.

Please advice. Your help is much appreciated

For more details plz see:

http://www.sqlteam.com/forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=97021


Thanks
Isfaar