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Lempster (1/7/2011)
Jason, thanks for the article. Just one point: after forcing the optimizer to use a Nested Loop you state,
By trying to force the optimizer to use a Nested Loops where the query didn't really warrant it, we did not improve the query and it could be argued that we caused more work to be performed.
Yet you've improved the query time (compared to when no query hint was used) by nearly 50%. Of course the logical reads have gone through the roof and that may or may not be a problem depending on the amount of memory and CPU on the box in question, but if it's just query execution time you're interested in, I would argue that you have improved it.
I definitley agree that in the vast majority of cases one should leave the optimizer to pick the 'best' plan (we should really say 'optimal' as it may take way too long to actually find the 'best' plan) and use query hints with extreme caution.
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Lempster

Good points. It was due to the increased logical reads that one may argue that more work is being done. But yes, based on execution time, you are correct.

Thanks for the comments.

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Bharat Panthee Default port Points: 1448 More actions · Answer 2

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January 8, 2011 at 10:39 pm

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Very nice article, Thanks !

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Bharat Panthee (1/8/2011)
Very nice article, Thanks !

Thank you Bharat.

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Mark Cowne One Orange Chip Points: 26944 More actions · Answer 4

Interesting stuff, thanks!

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nopeqwerty123 SSC Veteran Points: 220 More actions · Answer 5

Hi there.

I appreciate you taking the time to go in detail regarding the hows and whys of optimization in this scenario. While i cannot attest to your example at the moment, i will try in the future.

Thanks!

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Mark-101232 (2/1/2013)
Interesting stuff, thanks!

You're welcome.

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