Performance help

  • Hey guys

    My friend said this was the site to come to for SQL information.

    Im looking for some Optimizing tips for a slow running query.

    I added over 20,000 new rows and it has slowed down quite a bit.

    It was taking 8 seconds to run, but after rewriting the query and adding a few indexes its down to 3 seconds which is still very high.

    The problem im looking at is that a Clustard Index Seek over 21,048 rows is consuming 67% of the SP's time.

    This is a data paging query which only returns 50 rows at a time to the user.

    I attached the Query and the execution plan.

    Any help would be appreciated on speeding this bad boy up.

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  • Any chance of you posting the code in the forum, instead of in a zip file? I'm sure you'll understand that I'm a little wary of opening a zip file posted on an open forum.

    If you can post the code in the forum, I'll be very happy to help you with it, as will many others.

    P.S.: Welcome to the site. 🙂

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  • The clustered index seek in the execution plan refers to these 2 lines in the sql below

    "AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID <> 99)

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted = 0)"

    SELECT

    ProductList.productID,

    ProductList.sku,

    ProductList.productName,

    ProductList.shortDescription,

    ProductList.manufacturerID,

    ProductList.statusID,

    ProductList.productTypeID,

    ProductList.shippingTypeID,

    ProductList.shipEstimateID,

    ProductList.taxTypeID,

    ProductList.stockLocation,

    ProductList.ourPrice,

    ProductList.retailPrice,

    ProductList.weight,

    ProductList.currencyCode,

    ProductList.unitOfMeasure,

    ProductList.adminComments,

    ProductList.length,

    ProductList.height,

    ProductList.width,

    ProductList.dimensionUnit,

    ProductList.isDeleted,

    ProductList.listOrder,

    ProductList.ratingSum,

    ProductList.totalRatingVotes,

    ProductList.createdOn,

    ProductList.createdBy,

    ProductList.modifiedOn,

    ProductList.modifiedBy,

    ProductList.imageFile,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shippingEstimate,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.leadTimeDays,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturer,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.status,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxType,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingType,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingCode

    from

    (

    SELECT TOP 100 ROW_NUMBER() OVER

    (

    ORDER BY dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder asc , dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID

    ) as RowIndex,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.sku,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productName,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shortDescription,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.manufacturerID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shippingTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shipEstimateID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.taxTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.stockLocation,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ourPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.retailPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.weight,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.currencyCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.unitOfMeasure,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.adminComments,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.length,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.height,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.width,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.dimensionUnit,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage AS imageFile,

    (SELECT TOP (1) categoryID

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Category

    WHERE (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID = dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID)

    ORDER BY categoryID) AS categoryID,

    CONVERT(money, dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum) / CONVERT(money,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes) AS rating,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productGUID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.attributeXML

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Product WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE

    (

    productID IN

    (

    SELECT productID

    FROM CSK_Store_Product_Category_Map WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE

    (

    categoryID IN

    (

    SELECT Id FROM dbo.GetChildren(42) AS GetChildren_1

    )

    )

    )

    )

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID <> 99)

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted = 0)

    ) as ProductList,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type,dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE RowIndex > 50 AND RowIndex <= 100

    and

    (ProductList.shipEstimateID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shipEstimateID)

    and

    (ProductList.manufacturerID = dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturerID)

    and

    (ProductList.statusID = dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.statusID)

    and

    (ProductList.taxTypeID = dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxTypeID)

    and

    (ProductList.shippingTypeID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingTypeID)

    Nerd, Geek, Online Guru, Programming Master! Need I say more?

  • What is the definition of the clustered index?

    Can you get the dbo.GetChildren(42) function out of the where clause? Put the result in a temp table and join it.

  • I'm not sure how to get that information. I create all my indexes in SQL Management Studios table designer.

    I think your on to something. I removed it completely from the where clause and the query ran instantly even though now does a Clustered Index Scan over 4 times as many rows now. Ill let you know how it does after I modify it to do a join.

    Nerd, Geek, Online Guru, Programming Master! Need I say more?

  • changing that into a inner join produces the same execution plan

    Nerd, Geek, Online Guru, Programming Master! Need I say more?

  • I don't have the time right now to do a full analysis, but one thing I noticed from the exec plan is that the row estimates are off. Way off.

    Estimated rows 32, actual rows 21000. Specifically that's the Product Category map, but there are similar things elsewhere.

    Do you have auto update stats switched off in this DB? Try doing an update statistics on all the tables involved.

    The Table valued function's not going to help in this regard, seeing as it doesn't have statistics

    Gail Shaw
    Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
    SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability

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  • Can you post the code for that function?

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  • Auto Update for stats are turned on.

    I updated the stats on all tables using this script

    http://www.sqlservercentral.com/scripts/Index+Management/31823/

    but the estimated rows are still the same.

    Nerd, Geek, Online Guru, Programming Master! Need I say more?

  • The function runs very fast.

    It returns all categories that are under the parent category.

    In the case of category 42 - it returns 965 subcategories , sub-sub categories and so on.

    [dbo].[GetChildren] (@Id int)

    RETURNS @result TABLE (Id int, ParentId int, Level smallint)

    AS

    BEGIN

    DECLARE @Level smallint

    -- get the top level node (magic requirement)

    -- get starting node

    SET @Level = 1

    INSERT @result

    SELECT categoryID, ParentId, @Level FROM CSK_Store_Category WITH (NOLOCK) WHERE categoryID = @Id

    WHILE @Level < 1000 BEGIN -- weak condition to catch infinite recursion

    -- get child nodes of current level's nodes

    INSERT @result

    SELECT t.categoryID, t.ParentId, @Level + 1 FROM CSK_Store_Category t WITH (NOLOCK)

    JOIN @result r ON t.ParentId = r.Id AND @Level = r.Level

    -- no child nodes ==> all done

    IF @@ROWCOUNT = 0 BREAK

    -- advance one level

    SET @Level = @Level + 1

    END

    RETURN

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  • Try this:

    ;WITH

    ProdCat (ProdID, CategoryID) as

    (SELECT productID, min(categoryID)

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Category

    GROUP BY productID),

    ChildCats (CatID, ParentID) as

    (SELECT categoryID, null

    FROM CSK_Store_Category WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE categoryID = 42

    UNION ALL

    SELECT t2.categoryID, t2.parentID

    FROM CSK_Store_Category t2

    INNER JOIN ChildCats

    ON t2.parentID = ChildCats.CatID),

    ProdIDs (ProdID) as

    (SELECT productID

    FROM CSK_Store_Product_Category_Map WITH (NOLOCK)

    INNER JOIN ChildCats

    ON categoryID = CatID)

    SELECT

    ProductList.productID,

    ProductList.sku,

    ProductList.productName,

    ProductList.shortDescription,

    ProductList.manufacturerID,

    ProductList.statusID,

    ProductList.productTypeID,

    ProductList.shippingTypeID,

    ProductList.shipEstimateID,

    ProductList.taxTypeID,

    ProductList.stockLocation,

    ProductList.ourPrice,

    ProductList.retailPrice,

    ProductList.weight,

    ProductList.currencyCode,

    ProductList.unitOfMeasure,

    ProductList.adminComments,

    ProductList.length,

    ProductList.height,

    ProductList.width,

    ProductList.dimensionUnit,

    ProductList.isDeleted,

    ProductList.listOrder,

    ProductList.ratingSum,

    ProductList.totalRatingVotes,

    ProductList.createdOn,

    ProductList.createdBy,

    ProductList.modifiedOn,

    ProductList.modifiedBy,

    ProductList.imageFile,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shippingEstimate,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.leadTimeDays,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturer,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.status,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxType,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingType,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingCode

    from

    (

    SELECT TOP 100 ROW_NUMBER() OVER

    (

    ORDER BY dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder asc , dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID

    ) as RowIndex,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.sku,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productName,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shortDescription,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.manufacturerID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shippingTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shipEstimateID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.taxTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.stockLocation,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ourPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.retailPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.weight,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.currencyCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.unitOfMeasure,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.adminComments,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.length,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.height,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.width,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.dimensionUnit,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage AS imageFile,

    ProdCat.categoryID,

    CONVERT(money, dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum) / CONVERT(money,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes) AS rating,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productGUID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.attributeXML

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Product WITH (NOLOCK)

    INNER JOIN ProdCat

    ON CSK_Store_Product.productID = ProdCat.ProdID

    INNER JOIN ProdIDs

    ON CSK_Store_Product.productID = ProdIDs.ProdID

    WHERE

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID <> 99)

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted = 0)

    ) as ProductList

    INNER JOIN dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate WITH (NOLOCK)

    ON ProductList.shipEstimateID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shipEstimateID

    INNER JOIN dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer WITH (NOLOCK)

    ON ProductList.manufacturerID = dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturerID

    INNER JOIN dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus WITH (NOLOCK)

    ON ProductList.statusID = dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.statusID

    INNER JOIN dbo.CSK_Tax_Type,dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType WITH (NOLOCK)

    ON ProductList.taxTypeID = dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxTypeID

    AND ProductList.shippingTypeID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingTypeID

    WHERE RowIndex > 50 AND RowIndex <= 100

    Also, make sure there is an index on dbo.CSK_Store_Product ProductID, StatusID, isDeleted.

    See if that runs better than what you currently have.

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  • Thank you very much!

    I could not get what you gave me to work exactly as it is, but the execution time is now 2.437 seconds on average vs 5.966 seconds.

    This is now an acceptable wait for querying everything under a main category.

    I created an index with those columns but it is not being used according to the execution plan.

    with childCats (categoryID, ParentId)

    as

    (

    select categoryID, ParentId

    from CSK_Store_Category WITH (NOLOCK)

    where categoryID = 42

    union all

    select CSK_Store_Category.categoryID, CSK_Store_Category.ParentId

    from CSK_Store_CategoryWITH (NOLOCK)

    inner join childCats

    on CSK_Store_Category.ParentId = childCats.categoryID

    )

    ,

    ProdIDs (productID)

    as

    (

    SELECT productID

    FROM CSK_Store_Product_Category_Map WITH (NOLOCK)

    INNER JOIN childCats

    ON CSK_Store_Product_Category_Map.categoryID = childCats.categoryID

    )

    SELECT

    ProductList.productID,

    ProductList.sku,

    ProductList.productName,

    ProductList.shortDescription,

    ProductList.manufacturerID,

    ProductList.statusID,

    ProductList.productTypeID,

    ProductList.shippingTypeID,

    ProductList.shipEstimateID,

    ProductList.taxTypeID,

    ProductList.stockLocation,

    ProductList.ourPrice,

    ProductList.retailPrice,

    ProductList.weight,

    ProductList.currencyCode,

    ProductList.unitOfMeasure,

    ProductList.adminComments,

    ProductList.length,

    ProductList.height,

    ProductList.width,

    ProductList.dimensionUnit,

    ProductList.isDeleted,

    ProductList.listOrder,

    ProductList.ratingSum,

    ProductList.totalRatingVotes,

    ProductList.createdOn,

    ProductList.createdBy,

    ProductList.modifiedOn,

    ProductList.modifiedBy,

    ProductList.imageFile,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shippingEstimate,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.leadTimeDays,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturer,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.status,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxType,

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingType,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingCode

    from

    (

    SELECT TOP 100 ROW_NUMBER() OVER

    (

    ORDER BY dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder asc , dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID

    ) as RowIndex,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.sku,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productName,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shortDescription,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.manufacturerID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shippingTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.shipEstimateID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.taxTypeID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.stockLocation,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ourPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.retailPrice,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.weight,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.currencyCode,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.unitOfMeasure,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.adminComments,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.length,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.height,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.width,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.dimensionUnit,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.listOrder,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.createdBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedOn,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.modifiedBy,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage AS imageFile,

    (SELECT TOP (1) categoryID

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Category

    WHERE (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID = dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID)

    ORDER BY categoryID) AS categoryID,

    CONVERT(money, dbo.CSK_Store_Product.ratingSum) / CONVERT(money,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.totalRatingVotes) AS rating,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.defaultImage,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productGUID,

    dbo.CSK_Store_Product.attributeXML

    FROM dbo.CSK_Store_Product WITH (NOLOCK)

    INNER JOIN

    ProdIDs

    ON dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID = ProdIDs.productID

    WHERE

    (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.statusID <> 99)

    AND (dbo.CSK_Store_Product.isDeleted = 0)

    ) as ProductList,

    dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus WITH (NOLOCK),

    dbo.CSK_Tax_Type,dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType WITH (NOLOCK)

    WHERE RowIndex > 50 AND RowIndex <= 100

    and

    (ProductList.shipEstimateID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingEstimate.shipEstimateID)

    and

    (ProductList.manufacturerID = dbo.CSK_Store_Manufacturer.manufacturerID)

    and

    (ProductList.statusID = dbo.CSK_Store_ProductStatus.statusID)

    and

    (ProductList.taxTypeID = dbo.CSK_Tax_Type.taxTypeID)

    and

    (ProductList.shippingTypeID = dbo.CSK_Store_ShippingType.shippingTypeID)

    RETURN

    Nerd, Geek, Online Guru, Programming Master! Need I say more?

  • you had better replace 'productID IN ' clause with 'exist ()', the performace will be better if so.

  • One of the things that I changed in my original suggestion was getting rid of "WHERE dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID = dbo.CSK_Store_Product.productID". You do realize that that will ALWAYS be true, right? It makes it into a cross join (of sorts), which is going to slow the thing down.

    The other thing was changing the join format to ANSI-92 standard (join conditions in the From clause, instead of the Where clause). That also will sometimes result in better speed.

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  • Thanks. I did not notice that.

    That column is not even being used in the source code or even being returned by the main query to begin with ,so its been removed now. I'm pretty sure a bunch of those other columns are not even being used either. It used to select from a view that is used by quite a few other queries.

    Select top 100 ROW_NUMBER() OVER.... from dbo.vwProduct

    I left the joins how they were because after changing them and looking at the execution plan, It was performing the joins on the TOP X rows instead of only on the rows I am returning. However I did this before I removed the call to the getChildren function.

    I just made the change to the ANSI join and now its joining only the rows I'm returning. Im not seeing a speed increase as the execution plan is still the same.

    The estimated rows are still way off, but they are much better after removing the getChildren function.

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