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  • November 1, 2012 at 7:24 am

    #1554993

    Just changing ntext to nvarchar(max) is not going to magically make queries significantly faster. You need to identify what's slow and tune those queries.

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-1/

    http://www.simple-talk.com/sql/performance/finding-the-causes-of-poor-performance-in-sql-server,-part-2/

    Gail Shaw
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