Query can be improved?

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Query can be improved?

GonnaCatchIT

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March 23, 2016 at 10:55 pm

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Hi Team,
My SP is timing out , timeout is set to 30 seconds. SP has below query to fetch the youngest id
SELECT TOP(1) ID
FROM Table1 TB1
LEFT OUTER JOIN TB2 VADET ON TB1.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID = TB2.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID
AND TB2.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'
GROUP BY ID,
TB1.PIN,
NO_OF_PIN,
TB2.STATUS,
TB1.STATUS HAVING NO_OF_PIN <> COUNT(INT_ID) AND TB1.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'
Though table data are not much huge (about 2 lakh records only).
Can you please provide some pointers on how this query can be changed/improved.

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Sachin Nandanwar SSCertifiable Points: 7699 More actions · Answer 1

Without looking at the underlying tables and the query plan even the best SQL expert wont be of any help.Please post query plan,table structure and underlying indexes.

Just a shot in the dark:Try replacing Top(1) with Min.

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ChrisM@Work SSC Guru Points: 186127 More actions · Answer 2

GonnaCatchIT (3/23/2016)
Hi Team,
My SP is timing out , timeout is set to 30 seconds. SP has below query to fetch the youngest id
SELECT TOP(1) ID
FROM Table1 TB1
LEFT OUTER JOIN TB2 VADET ON TB1.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID = TB2.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID
AND TB2.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'
GROUP BY ID,
TB1.PIN,
NO_OF_PIN,
TB2.STATUS,
TB1.STATUS HAVING NO_OF_PIN <> COUNT(INT_ID) AND TB1.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'
Though table data are not much huge (about 2 lakh records only).
Can you please provide some pointers on how this query can be changed/improved.

With a little formatting it looks like this:

SELECT TOP(1) ID

FROM Table1 TB1

LEFT JOIN VADET TB2

ON TB1.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID = TB2.VA_SET_INTERNAL_ID

AND TB2.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'

GROUP BY

ID,

TB1.PIN,

NO_OF_PIN,

TB2.STATUS,

TB1.STATUS

HAVING NO_OF_PIN <> COUNT(INT_ID)

AND TB1.STATUS = 'ACTIVE'

Now I might be wrong but this looks like the result of trial and error. TOP and GROUP BY in the same query, with multicolumn partitions but a single scalar output?> It's all bonkers. The only way to tune this is to throw it away and start again from scratch, building the new query by design, not guesswork. If you know what the business rules are (we'll need a lot more than "query to fetch the youngest id") then post them up and folks will help you.

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398882 More actions · Answer 3

Post the execution plan and additional suggestions might come up. But that's a very good suggestion you already have from Chris.

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ScottPletcher SSC Guru Points: 101098 More actions · Answer 4

And prefix every column in the query with a table alias. Remember, we have no idea what columns are in what tables.

Which table is "ID" in?

Which table is "NO_OF_PIN" in?

Which table is "INT_ID" in?

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