Assuming a reasonable distribution of data, I would have expected to see a seek on this...

You're only accessing a few columns on the Pupil table, you might try using...

Whew! That makes me feel better. I'm digging through this trying to spot something. I figured you were going...

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As to this, it does look like the statistics are up to date. I'm not sure what's happening precisely....

There's only been a few posts this weekend. 4-6 at most.

I can't see the .sqlplan file. Can you post it again?

It sounds like you might be seeing parameter sniffing.

Yes, the Profiler gui is great for browsing already captured data, but it is a dangerous place to try to capture original data. Here's an explanation of why[/url].

MAX works well in that situation, but depending on your indexes, TOP 1 with an ORDER BY can work consistently better. You might try that too.

Another option as opposed to traveling to your training is to bring a trainer to you. My company has worked for several years with Solid Quality Mentors. They have some...

And, if you're backing up a production system, if that system is using differential backups, you should backup using the COPY ONLY option so that you're not interferring with the...

erictyrrell (7/17/2009)

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Often times tables will contain common columns such as People and Events both have columns for location (latitude, longitude) or a photo (blob column). Is it best to leave...

GilaMonster (7/20/2009)

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Nope, not at all.

Some people want to be spoon-fed and not have to (horror) actually...

Did you try updating the statisitics with a FULL SCAN? They're pretty widely out of line. That's frequently an indication that they're out of date.

You're getting a loop join on...

I've never heard of anyone recovering a dropped database.

You usually can't recover from the OS because SQL Server database files are locked while SQL Server is running (and in most...

You can use the information from the missing indexes DMV as a starting point for tuning. You need to carefully assess the recommendations though because they're frequently weak. I've seen...

Sounds like you just want a JOIN. Read the article Gail suggested and post the code you've tried so far.