Happy to help out!
SELECT UserID
,[White Blood Cell Count]=MAX(CASE LabName WHEN 'White Blood Cell Count' THEN ResultValue END)
,[Red Blood Cell Count]=MAX(CASE LabName WHEN 'Red Blood Cell Count' THEN ResultValue END)
,[Hemoglobin]=MAX(CASE LabName WHEN 'Hemoglobin' THEN ResultValue END)
FROM #LabValues
GROUP BY UserID
The answer to your question is no.
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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Since random numbers are too important to be left to chance, let's generate some![/url]
Learn to understand recursive CTEs by example.[/url]
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