jay.schwinn (1/11/2013)
Dwain,It looks like my last post #1405712 was posted less than a minute after your new suggestion, so that post was actually a reply to your first comment, not your new suggestion.
I tried your statement and got
"Msg 8116, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Argument data type text is invalid for argument 1 of replace function."
Thanks!
Are you saying this doesn't work?
SELECT REPLACE(layerXMLData, '/>', 'groupid=''' + CAST(groupid AS VARCHAR(5))+ '''/>')
FROM [LOCAL_TEST].[dbo].[testtable10]
I don't work much with TEXT columns because they're due to be deprecated in future SQL releases but you might try putting a cast around layerXMLData as:
CAST(layerXMLData AS VARCHAR(MAX))
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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