Jeff Moden (6/28/2014)
dwain.c (10/6/2013)
I skimmed the article but I couldn't really identify what's new in this re-publish.I don't suppose you could give us a quick synopsis Jeff?
Apologies for the VERY late reply, Dwain. No doubt that by now you've figured out that SQL Server Central frequently republishes articles that have had no changes at all. To wit, most articles that show up on Fridays were previously published.
Better late than never.
Had that happen to one of mine, so I know the drill.
My thought question: Have you ever been told that your query runs too fast?
My advice:
INDEXing a poor-performing query is like putting sugar on cat food. Yeah, it probably tastes better but are you sure you want to eat it?
The path of least resistance can be a slippery slope. Take care that fixing your fixes of fixes doesn't snowball and end up costing you more than fixing the root cause would have in the first place.
Need to UNPIVOT? Why not CROSS APPLY VALUES instead?[/url]
Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
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