Heh... I didn't read the word "rows".

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@sathishkm-2 - Please explain the business reason for why you need to do this.  Is it in hopes of making a more viable search for a company name?

Ok... shifting gears...

And, no... I wouldn't use a Recursive CTE for this because they're just too expensive for Reads.  A well written WHILE loop is more effective.

What is the Primary key column name and datatype for the table where these company names are stored?

And, are you really using SQL Server 2022?

I have a suggestion... how about having this "developer" document what each section of the code is actually doing in a business sense.  It needs a proper flower box to...

onsider an employees table:

employee_id (int) employee_name (varchar) department (varchar) joining_date (date) salary (decimal) Highest Earner by Department: Find the employee with the highest salary in each department.

Average Salary by...

Then you...

Ladies and gentlemen, the OP has left the building! 😀

Jeff

Do you know if others would also use the term "Skip Join" so if I googled on SKIP JOIN I'd get info about this or does this not have...

That kind of code is frequently generated by the "query designer" in SSMS under {Query}{Design Query in Editor} menu selection in SSMS.  And, as you found out, it DOES work.

I've...

Users told me that they can not connect and after some time database work fine for next few minutes. Best solution is restart PC ... but next month the...

Just to add to the previous comments. I upgraded a system from SQL 2012 to SQL 2019 RDS on AWS. One of the most impactful actions after identifying slow-running...

Every once in a...

Does the 6% performance reduction pose a real operational problem at the system level?

At the micro scale, small performance reductions may not matter to the individual process incurring it,...