Gruppo SQL Server per conteggio di DateTime all'ora?

Cosa ne pensi di questo? Supponendo SQL Server 2008:

SELECT CAST(StartDate as date) AS ForDate,
       DATEPART(hour,StartDate) AS OnHour,
       COUNT(*) AS Totals
FROM #Events
GROUP BY CAST(StartDate as date),
       DATEPART(hour,StartDate)

Per prima del 2008:

SELECT DATEADD(day,datediff(day,0,StartDate),0)   AS ForDate,
       DATEPART(hour,StartDate) AS OnHour,
       COUNT(*) AS Totals
FROM #Events
GROUP BY CAST(StartDate as date),
       DATEPART(hour,StartDate)

Ciò si traduce in:

ForDate                 | OnHour | Totals
-----------------------------------------
2011-08-09 00:00:00.000     12       3