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RE: UNION ALL Statement hangs engine

Here it is with some formatting.
SELECT lb.loanid
,lb.clientid
,lb2.beginning_loan_balance AS beginning_loan_balance
,SUM(lb.sales) AS sales
,NULL AS ar_turn
,NULL AS loan_turn
,0 AS minimum_interest
,SUM(lb.collections) AS collections
,lb1.previous_collateral_value AS beginning_collateral_balance
,MAX(lb.float_days) AS float_days
,
--using formula for the yield rate
MAX((
lb.interest_rate + ISNULL(lb.default_rate,...
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September 10, 2014 at 9:13 am

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September 10, 2014 at 8:52 am

#1744449
RE: While loop Testing

Personally I detest questions like this. This is testing our ability to be a human compiler and debug code that faced with in the real world I would toss out...
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September 10, 2014 at 7:31 am

#1744424
RE: How to create a variable in select query and use it in the where clause to pass the paramaeter

amar_kaur16 (9/10/2014)
The error is :
Invalid column name Decision1
That means the column isn't in the table. Also, if you are going to use the TOP 1 solution posted by Eirikur you...
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September 10, 2014 at 7:19 am

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RE: Website defect: Wrong post quoted when a post has been made since last page update.

This is commonly referred to around here as "the quote bug". It has been around a long time. I don't know if it is difficult to fix or just not...
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September 10, 2014 at 7:13 am

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RE: Today's Random Word!

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September 10, 2014 at 7:00 am

#1744412
RE: UNION ALL Statement hangs engine

artisticcheese (9/9/2014)
I narrowed down the issue to statistics, updating statistics on 3 tables used in quyery query complete immediately. No index rebuild necessary.
Estimated execution plan before statistics was updated and...
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September 9, 2014 at 3:28 pm

#1744264
RE: Strange Behavior with Simple INSERT

TBIG (9/9/2014)
When I run this script on my local dev server from SSMS, it works as it should.
When I run this script from SSMS on my database server in the...
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September 9, 2014 at 3:21 pm

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RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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September 9, 2014 at 2:58 pm

#1744256
RE: UNION ALL Statement hangs engine

artisticcheese (9/9/2014)
I know it hangs on row 88 becouse that's the last row I see in output. Output appears exactly 3 seconds (like first query is finished) and quickly shows...
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September 9, 2014 at 2:45 pm

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RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

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September 9, 2014 at 1:40 pm

#1744245
RE: UNION ALL Statement hangs engine

artisticcheese (9/9/2014)
Yes, that's all I did and yes I believe it's not performance/unoptimized queries issue.
If it would be any of those then results would eventually come up and it would...
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September 9, 2014 at 1:33 pm

#1744243
RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

Koen Verbeeck (9/9/2014)
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BTW, it's not that kids aren't important, but it's a balance. I don't look at it as "if I died tomorrow". If I...
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September 9, 2014 at 1:22 pm

#1744240
RE: UNION ALL Statement hangs engine

artisticcheese (9/9/2014)
I know about unoptimized quires, indexes missing etc. This is NOT perfomance issue though, it's high CPU hang issue (like you see if you have code loop). Engine stops...
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September 9, 2014 at 1:17 pm

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RE: Select records based on two dates

Eirikur Eiriksson (9/9/2014)
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I've set up a report with two parameters, @StartDate and @EndDate. Report users expect to enter the following values:
StartDate: 9/20/2013 EndDate: 9/20/2013 -- Show all...
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September 9, 2014 at 1:14 pm

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