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Is there a difference in performance between @date and getdate()?

Usually I use the getdate() function in my where clauses to go back in time. Something like: DOC.DATUM >= DATEADD(DD,-1*SSN_SDO.DANA_ZA_POVRAT,GETDATE()) Will SQL Server 2008R2 perform faster ...
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1answer
93 views

How does order of index affect performance in SQL Server?

I am wondering how does order of index affect performance (ASC, DESC) ? If it affects, why ? And which order should I choose ?
6
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1answer
180 views

Landed as BI, but databases are a big WTF, what to do?

Maybe a duplicate, but I believe my case is a bit different. From one of the answers I got to this post on SQL Server Central that also comes handy too but is not quite the same scenario: 9 Things to ...
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1answer
84 views

SQL Server 2008 search joining query

I have two table as one is the message table and another one is messageUser table. Now i need to check before insert a new row. for example, M_MessageMessageId========= ...
1
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1answer
69 views

Dealing with large log files

I'm new to the database world and have recently started working with a large database with several tables with mainly varchar text and integers. The two largest tables are of ~50 million and ...
3
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1answer
236 views

Need help with long running query

UPDATE: Adding a clustered index to each work table covering all fields reduced the query run times to su-bsecond. I consider this question closed. Thanks for taking the time to read this post - ...
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1answer
373 views

query optimization: time intervals

In the main, I've got two kinds of time intervals: presence time and absence time absence time can be of different types (eg breaks, absences, special day and so on) and time intervals may overlap ...
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2answers
244 views

What can I do to speed up this SQL Query?

I've created this SQL query with the help of @Dems :-) Here is some detail, I tried to make a SQLFiddle but I kept getting errors with my variables... This works in Sql Server 2008... My question ...
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0answers
202 views

Query tuning help needed (Hash Match and Table Scans)

I need help optimizing the following query (returning ~8k rows): SELECT A.sys_id, 'AppSvrRels' = CAST(SUBSTRING((SELECT (', ' + T.name) FROM ( ...
5
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1answer
479 views

Optimisation of complex query - 100% cost index seek?

I'm a c# developer, however I'm quite experienced with SQL. I have had a bit of experience with optimising queries but I've come up across one that has me stumped. The query takes about 3 minutes to ...
1
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3answers
379 views

Improve performance of a Fact Table

I have a Fact table CardTransactionFact Table Structure TABLE [dbo].[CardTransactionFact] [CardTransactionID] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL, [TransactionTerminalID] [int] NOT NULL, ...
6
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1answer
883 views

OPTION FORCE ORDER improves performance until rows are deleted

I have a somewhat complex SQL Server 2008 query (about 200 lines of fairly dense SQL) that wasn't performing as I needed it. Over time, performance dropped from about .5 seconds to about 2 seconds. ...
3
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2answers
137 views

Sudden Query Performance Degradation On A Linked Server

I have an application that uses a view on a SQL Server 2008 R2 instance. This view actually queries a linked server (SQL Server 2008) that has replicated data from our main ERP database. Yesterday, we ...
1
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1answer
214 views

SQL Server 2012 Performance Test

I've been given a task to test where an SQL server 2012 can achieve better performances - we have two options: Use the SQL Server as an On-Premise machine (Standalone server that we have) Use the ...
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2answers
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CPU or Page Reads

While comparing query performance should i go for CPU values or Page Reads. On live server (with better hardware) a query is showing different CPU when i test it on my local machine. But Page Reads ...
0
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1answer
700 views

Is there an easy way to debug and find out why a query runs slow?

I'm running onto a weird issue. We've got two db servers, one is development and the other one is production. Both have same specs. VMs (Hyper-V) Windows Server 2008 R2 64 Bit SQL Server 2008 R2 64 ...
6
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1answer
145 views

Is it recommended to clear the query plan cache

Pretty much as the title describes. I have just checked a SQL Server and noticed there is a lot of query plan bloat that can be fixed by proper parametrisation. After making the changes to the code, ...
6
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3answers
770 views

Is it better to populate variables using SET or SELECT?

What is the better way (with regards to performance) to set a value to variable? By SET command: DECLARE @VarString nvarchar(max); SET @VarString = 'john doe'; SELECT @VarString; By SELECT ...
7
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3answers
986 views

TSQL performance - JOIN on value BETWEEN min and max

I have two tables in which I store: an IP range - country lookup table a list of requests coming from different IPs The IPs were stored as bigints to improve lookup performance. This is the table ...
4
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3answers
236 views

Which is the most efficient way to run a particular select query?

If I run the following code: select PolicyNumber, MAX(decpageid) as decpageid, Risk from StatRiskDecpages where PolicyNumber = 'AR-0000301132-04' group by PolicyNumber, Risk I get the following ...
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1answer
223 views

Returning Multiple Result-Sets or Single XML Blods

I've been writing some new Stored Procedures, and find myself returning between 6-8 result-sets in a few cases. I've always worked under the assumption that there were certain inefficiencies with ...
8
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1answer
311 views

How to get accurate query performance?

I'm attempting to improve performance of a stored procedure. When I run the SP, it finishes almost instantly, as if something were cached. I was told to use the following two lines of SQL before ...
4
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2answers
187 views

Same queries, different servers, different exec plans, stats are up to date

I've got the same query running on two different servers, and getting vastly different performances. I have updated all of the stats on dependent objects and it has not fixed the issue. I'm lost on ...