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Improving the performance characteristics of a database application or system.

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Merge join asks for seemingly unnecessary sort before joining

I use one table to update another table. Both the tables have a clustered index where the first 4 columns are the same type of data. CREATE UNIQUE CLUSTERED INDEX [i109139_I_109139CLI_44C9176D64C84ECB …
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SQL server chooses hash match over merge join but the input fields to join should be sorted

I have a simple query that joins two tables on the field PRODID. For some reason, SQL Server opts to use a hash match to join this, but I believe it should choose a merge join, as that field is part o …