What's more interesting than any of that is how we missed the forest for the trees.  🙁  The MAX solution that Peter provided is all that's needed here. [headdesk].

I agree with Jeff 100%.  Performance is paramount, assuming the foundation is sound. Bot fast and safe at the same time is an ultimate goal, but at the same...

We are not designing databases for speed, we are doing it to ensure data integrity. What is the use for data retrieved quickly if it is inaccurate or could...

I've got a (8 years old) Dell XPS 8700 desktop with a  i7-4790 and 28GB RAM, and a SanDisk Ultra II 960GB SSD with the tempdb on an even...

Wow!  Those times are about twice as fast as what I'm getting.  What kind of machine are you working on?

I'm on an Alienware R17 (about 4 years old now) with...

Just to add my 2 cents 2 late, for the given test data, the WHERE EXISTS code does 18 page reads.  The following does 1.

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Which cardinality estimator has been set for the two databases?  Also, have you check to make sure things like MaxDop and Cost Threshold For Parallelism and other settings are identical?

Creating an SSIS package using Java can be a complex process, as SSIS is primarily designed to work with Microsoft's .NET Framework. However, it is possible to create SSIS...

Improving database design can have a significant impact on the speed of SQL queries. Here are some tips to optimize your database design and enhance query performance:

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Improving database design can have a significant impact on the speed of SQL queries. Here are some tips to optimize your database design and enhance query performance:

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I don't know who marked that last post as spam but, I agree with it.  I got a copy of the post and it was pretty obvious that someone was...

Thanks, Jackie!

Got it.  I've had the same problem in the...

For what it's worth, I agree... those "presence with no content" posts (as Eirikur has si very appropriately labeled them) are an abuse of both AI chatbots and this site.

Ah... I see my confusion here.  The op posted a recursive CTE where he said it wouldn't work  with the  word RECURSIVE  and Frederico said that RECURSIVE  is not an...