Thanks Viskh i have the resulting dataset as
scheduledtime requestedtime inspectedtime
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:26.533
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:27.033
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-21 07:30:00.000 2012-07-21 17:28:26.733
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:27.423
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:29.873
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:30.607
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:31.010
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:00.000 2012-07-23 09:27:31.417
2012-07-23 07:30:00.000 2012-07-23 09:32:00.000 2012-07-23 11:09:10.627
do you thinki have to use datediff with a less precise datepart.