high number of executions in execution plan

  • Is there general guide line on how to reduce number of executions on a portion of query? I will try to post the actual query also.

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  • sqldba_newbie (6/27/2012)


    Is there general guide line on how to reduce number of executions on a portion of query? I will try to post the actual query also.

    I assume you're seeing something along the lines of "Estimated # of rows: 1, # of executions 5 billion" or something equivalent?

    It usually comes due to the join type that's being used by the optimizer. You don't typically go after the optimizer at that level, it's too discreet and I think Paul White might be the only person I'm familiar with (outside of Microsoft employees) who has a chance at going after the engine intricacies at that level.

    If you're seeing a significant issue with your performance, drop the schema, sqlplan, and query off here and we'll all take a few pokes at it and see what we can find. I wouldn't necessarily go directly after # of executions, though. I'd go after the object(s) at a generic level that's requiring the executions and see what I could alter to allow for a cleaner approach.


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