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Simple Select * on SQL Server 2008 R2 table of 1812 rows is taking 3 minutes to load

A query on a table of 1812 rows is taking over 3 minutes to execute. Is there a reason this should be happening? If I execute a SELECT * statement on any other table the results pop back ...
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Query Performance Issue

I have this below query which is behaving bit weird . well Weird in the sense that I couldn't find complete explanation for this. Version : Sql Server 2008 R2 Enterprise No fragmentation . ...
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Same Query takes 0 seconds on Server A, 7.5 minutes on Server B (same db/hardware/config)

I have a query (sql below) that is nearly instantaneous on 1 server, but takes 7.5 minutes on another virtually (key point) identical server. The estimated query execution plans have one obvious ...
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Why does SqlSentry Plan Explorer not give the duration of my queries?

I have a large nasty stored procedure in a 13gig database that takes 45 minutes to run when I include the actual execution plan. I save the query plan from SSMS and open in up in SQL Sentry Plan ...
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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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Improve performance of query using IN()

I have the following SQL query: SELECT Event.ID, Event.IATA, Device.Name, EventType.Description, Event.Data1, Event.Data2 Event.PLCTimeStamp, Event.EventTypeID FROM Event INNER JOIN ...
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MI Data Warehouse Advice

I have recently started a new job and part of my remit is to try to rescue the Management Information (MI) Data Warehouse. I use the term Data Warehouse very loosely here! The server setup is: ...
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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 ...
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Where to place non clustered index

Execution plan clearly showing that one of my table used in query is useing Clustered Index Scan. From this node, how can i guess that which columns should be part of my non clustered index key and ...
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Poor performance after changing SQL Server 2008 R2 database

Need some tips on what I can do to track down this problem. My client has a modest sized SQL Server 2008 R2 database (approx 6 gigs in size). Last week I modified the database to add new a single new ...
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In KB2658214, how does SQL Server know that “correlated AND predicates” are actually correlated?

While diagnosing SQL Server 2008 R2 queries with poor cardinality estimation (despite simple indexing, up-to-date statistics, etc.) and hence poor query plans, I found a perhaps-related KB article: ...
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How do I count rows with two properties in one index scan in SQL?

I have a table Units where I have rows ItemId, ItemCreationDate, ItemUnitsCount. ItemId is a primary key and I have a clustered index over it. I need to output the following: for each day I need to ...
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Checking if the query is made async or sync on SQL Server 2008 R2

I have tried to make async calls to my SQL Server instance as you may see on my SO post: ASP.NET MVC 4 asyncronous database call: never returns the HTTP response I did a benchmarking and the sync ...