ajames 36824 (2/20/2013)
Allow me to try again. The original file comes from an excel spreadsheet that I pull into SPSS & then export to a table in SQL. Then I wanted to write query to to pivot the necessary columns. Attached is the original data in excel & a spreadsheet with the 1st few cases pivoted.
I think you'll find many people (including myself) will be reluctant to open Excel spreadsheet attachments due to the potential for viruses.
You should post consumable sample data as I did and your expected results (perhaps as an attached bitmap).
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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