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  • September 2, 2014 at 6:27 pm

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    GilaMonster (9/2/2014)

    "The inserted table only contains the rows inserted into the table. I need rows from other tables as well. Hence I can't use a set-based solution"

    Err.. ok...

    Bwahaha! Second funniest thing I've heard this morning.

    Here's the first: http://www.red-gate.com/products/dba/sql-monitor/entrypage/worst-dba-days-4/?utm_source=emailmarketing&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sqldbabundle&utm_content=day-4&utm_term=E304&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--RZ6K_2-01B2TN2vRLpbTV45ULOnFZ0RTzwnEeEgK0BCeJ4RIQHnMjomI8n5q6RfNI2FjphkScx_laQht1vhqYMbUOHQ&_hsmi=13982098

    My (cowboy) hat's off to Steve and Grant for this hilarious and oddly illuminating parody.

    My mantra: No loops! No CURSORs! No RBAR! Hoo-uh![/I]

    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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