Fastest way for this query (What is the best strategy) given a date range

Question

I have a table A that has a startDate and an end dateDate as 2 datetime columns besides some more other columns. I have another table B that has one datetime column call it

Answer 1

every version of sql server 2000, 2005, 2008 has a program called DataBase tuning advisor when you run some query it tells you what indexes you need to add to get the query faster Best Regards, Iordan