If you are going to do that -- and then keep modifying that index endlessly as the base query add columns and otherwise changes -- you might as well...

You could add an index:

CREATE INDEX IX_users_1 ON users(registration_date) INCLUDE (first_name, last_name, email);

If you're not sure what to do just put the query in a script and...

If you are only moving the application databases (not the system databases). You can just detach the databases, move the database files to a different location...

I find it to be much easier t0 update the file locations directly - take the database offline - move the files and then bring the database online.  Detaching...

If you are only moving the application databases (not the system databases). You can just detach the databases, move the database files to a different location then just...

If you are only moving the application databases (not the system databases). You can just detach the databases, move the database files to a different location then just Attach to...

You are doing a left join so you must be expecting to find rows that do not have a match in dim."IMETA_Region_Mapping", otherwise you would be using an inner join.

You could make it easier for us by pasting in the query rather than the table DDL.

Are you saying that when you specify 30 columns in your SQL you see...

and well done to you for posting your first...

;WITH CTE AS 
(
    SELECT empId, 
           dept, 
     ...

Given that the data type is DATETIME2(7), we can assert the following: The DATE data type is 3 Bytes big-endian, the TIME(7) is 6 Bytes big-endian...

Given that the data type is DATETIME2(7), we can assert the following: The DATE data type is 3 Bytes big-endian, the TIME(7) is 6 Bytes big-endian and the DATETIME2(7)...

@jonathan-2:

This method of determining Tuesday:

DATEPART(weekday, @CurrentDate) = 3

requires a specific DATEFIRST setting to work correctly.  Many business have locations around the world, so it's safer to use a method...

You could do it by having this code in the first step of your job and set the schedule to run on the first Monday and Tuesday of every month.