• des.browning (10/1/2012)


    This debate ran in Oracle a few years ago and the same conclusions were reached as seems to be the case in Sql Server - except in a very few clearly defined cases they are a waste of time and can actually make things worse. Great generator of overtime,though.

    Seriously? You think index and stats maintenance is a waste of time?

    --Jeff Moden


    RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for Row-By-Agonizing-Row.
    First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
    ________Stop thinking about what you want to do to a ROW... think, instead, of what you want to do to a COLUMN.

    Change is inevitable... Change for the better is not.


    Helpful Links:
    How to post code problems
    How to Post Performance Problems
    Create a Tally Function (fnTally)