Shadab Shah (9/2/2012)
dwain.c (9/2/2012)
Why don't you just use UPDATE (if all 31 rows are present) or MERGE (if they are not)?But that means i have to write update 31 times. Can't this be eliminated by some means
No it does not. You'd need to do something like this:
;WITH MyNewData (a,b,c) AS (
SELECT 1, 2, 3
UNION ALL SELECT 2, 3, 4
-- etc. for 28 more records
UNION ALL SELECT 31, 4, 5)
UPDATE t
SET b=d.b -- new data for column b
,c=d.c -- new data for column c
FROM MyTable t
INNER JOIN MyNewData d
ON d.a = t.a
My column "a" is your "CDate."
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.
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