Merge join and Hash join

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Merge join and Hash join

ghanshyam.kundu

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June 7, 2011 at 4:25 am

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Can any body tell me what is merge join and hash join in sql server and what is the use of that?

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Gail Shaw SSC Guru Points: 1004504 More actions · Answer 1

http://sqlinthewild.co.za/index.php/2007/12/30/execution-plan-operations-joins/

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Grant Fritchey SSC Guru Points: 398910 More actions · Answer 2

Learn, use, and love the Books Online for SQL Server. They really do have almost every possible basic explanation you could ever need. Here's the entry on Join Types in SQL Server.

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