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gordon.davis

Posted Monday, September 24, 2012 4:21 PM

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Hi Guys,
Could you Please help me to improve the function Performance.This Function is used in allmost all procedures in my application.
Execution statement
SELECT * FROM dbo.fn_Child_09242012(1007538)
--2320006 rows it took almost 55 sec

Sql query Inside the Function

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.fn_Child_09242012
(
@strID int
)
RETURNS @table TABLE (ID int)
AS
BEGIN
Declare @ind int
Set @ind=(Select REP From Table1 where ID=@strID)
If @ind=1
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @table(ID) SELECT @strID

INSERT INTO @table(ID)
SELECT ID
FROM Table2 WITH(NOLOCK)
WHERE ParentID in (Select * From dbo.fn_getOrgIDList(@strID))
END
ELSE
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @table(ID)
SELECT ID
FROM Table2 WITH(NOLOCK)
WHERE ParentID = @strID
END
Return
END

Post #1363745

GilaMonster

Posted Monday, September 24, 2012 4:30 PM

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55 sec to fetch, process and display 2.3 million rows isn't all that bad.

It's not necessarily that function that's the problem, it's the usage of that function in complex queries (ie anything with a join and/or a where). Because of the table variable, SQL can't get a cardinality estimate for the function and is going to assume 1 row. Since it actually returns 2.3 million, that's a really bad estimate and it's very likely to cause seriously bad execution plans for other queries.

I assume replacing that with a stored proc and temp table is out of the question?

Is dbo.fn_getOrgIDList(@strID) also a multi-statement table valued function?

p.s. http://blogs.msdn.com/b/davidlean/archive/2009/04/06/sql-server-nolock-hint-other-poor-ideas.aspx

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Jason-299789

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2012 12:57 AM

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Assuming that the fn_GetOrgIdList returns a table then surely You're better doing something.

INSERT INTO @table(ID)
SELECT Table2.ID
FROM Table2 WITH(NOLOCK)
JOIN dbo.fn_GetOrgIdList(@StrId) org on org.<col>=Table2.ParentId

You might get an optimisation from also doing

IF (Select REP from Table1 Where Id=@strId)=1
BEGIN

END

Those are just a couple of ideas, but without knowing what fn_getOrfIdList(@var) does its difficult to advise.

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ChrisM@Work

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2012 2:18 AM

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Inline tvf's would get around the cardinality issues Gail mentions. Something like this:

DECLARE @strID int 
	
SELECT ID 
FROM Table1 
WHERE ID = @strID AND REP = 1
UNION ALL
SELECT ID 
FROM Table2 WITH(NOLOCK)
CROSS APPLY (SELECT REP FROM Table1 WHERE ID = @strID) x 
WHERE (x.REP <> 1 AND ParentID = @strID)
	OR (x.REP = 1 AND ParentID IN (SELECT * FROM dbo.fn_getOrgIDList(@strID)) )

...where dbo.fn_getOrgIDList would have to be similarly tweaked.

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Post #1363849

Grant Fritchey

Posted Tuesday, September 25, 2012 4:20 AM

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You've got nested functions and you're accessing large amounts of data? That's a major design flaw. The only way to improve performance is back out of the use of multi-statement table valued functions and start addressing the T-SQL directly. The inline functions might be a good idea, but don't nest them. Otherwise, regular T-SQL queries are usually the best approach. If you really need to break down the code, which is a valid approach at times, then use temporary tables because they will provide statistics making queries that JOIN them or search against them more efficient.

Also, one suggestion involved the NO_LOCK hint. I'm very wary of hints in general, but the NO_LOCK hint in particular is especially dangerous. Understand it thoroughly before you apply it.

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