All those functions on the columns, LEFT/RIGHT, that's horrible. Before we get to why all the INTERSECT & UNION from the generated code, that stuff is going to inflict pain....

I've been blogging about it a bunch over at scarydba.com.

I have a bit of a screed coming out on it next week.

My argument is simple. Anyone operating on 2012 or...

Probably ought to report that to Microsoft. They've got an aggressive releases so they could get a fix in.

<sigh>

You're killing me here.

Yep....

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Solarwinds should have a way to tell you what queries were being run, I thought. The product it used to be had that.

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I'll do a little editing on the answer.

wait - ???? you...