Jeff Moden (12/6/2012)
oralinque (12/6/2012)
dwain.c & Jeff Moden, your solutions worked great! Thank you both so much!Jeff - "Data smears" sounds good to me. Regarding the "clear requirements and readily consumable data" comment, I think it's just common courtesy. I mean, if you're asking people to help you, why not make it easier for them to help you.
You two were quick too!
Thanks again!
The "quiick" comes from you making it so easy. Thank you again for your comments. I wish everyone would figure that out.
+1 to that!
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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