PiMané (9/23/2013)
dwain.c (9/23/2013)
As Jeff said, NM=Nice Method (?).Except I think that P.[Path] should be p.Order_val in the recursive leg of your CTE.
Yes, had to change it to work but it's just fine... 🙂
Pedro
Figured you must've.
I looked at this in the morning but didn't have time, so I came back to study it. Any time Jeff approves of something it makes me want to understand.
Now I think I do so I'm probably the better for it.
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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