Thanks. Actually I have a JSON querying which is taking longer time for half million rows take approx. 15 mins to finish. However using query hints it runs faster....

Frederico .... maybe you're onto something.

Your query has multiple references to ftbid01 which obviously should be to 01, 02, 03, ...

The outer apply could be a cross apply, or...

if I got it correctly the dynamic requirement is that its not the content of the field that is being updated but rather that the field it is being used...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by frederico_fonseca.

Okay, I felt this would be more efficient  and extensible ti done in SQL server, and I guess I thought it would be easier, but thanks I will do...

• This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by frederico_fonseca.

in SSMS you need to use xp_cmdshell.

but on your original post you stated that this is to be executed from a vb.net program - that being the case the correct...

how are you executing this? syntax is ok if executing on a command prompt but depending on how you are doing it you will require additional quotes.

for example if doing...

That's great news Lynn - and awesome timing 🙂

have...

That's why I put the note: my EXISTS example does NOT reference an outer table.  A rare situation perhaps, but not impossible, more likely:

WHERE EXISTS(SELECT 1 FROM sys.tables WHERE...

Wouldn't that count every reference as a "join", including a select from a single table?  And any other single select from a table.

SELECT ...

FROM dbo.table1

SELECT ...

FROM dbo.table1

WHERE EXISTS(SELECT 1...

will you please stop creating new threads with same content just because you didn't understand the replies you got (or you didn't explain what you wanted correctly)

this has already been...

neither of the options above will capture cases where the "joins" are old style.

and why not use the system dependency tables for it?

SELECT schema_name(o.schema_id) as  referencing_schema_name
...

this has already been discussed on https://www.sqlservercentral.com/forums/topic/case-statement-46 - if you need more/different info do follow it up there

question is incorrect and as such answer is also incorrect - both settings are used for SQL 2019 - one for first 32 cpu's, second for the ones above.

2 answers...

and look at not using cursors at all - in majority of cases where developers think they need cursors that is not the case