So, for a little follow up. If I run the Table to Table tool where I import a SQL Server table that resides in SQL 2008 R2, I cannot use the SQL to delineate a subselection. I can import the whole table no problem. If I run the Table2Table for a table that resides inside a File GB, it runs and takes about 9 minutes and 53 seconds to complete. If I run the Table Select, the same process takes 6 minutes 0 Seconds to complete, both using SQL, and both starting in a file GB, hence both have an object ID, and both expected behavior. What I don't understand is why one tool is thee minutes slower when selecting the same amount of table records and then extracting it to a file GB?