Using Union ALL or Union kills performance on a stored proc

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Using Union ALL or Union kills performance on a stored proc

Charlottecb

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June 12, 2014 at 4:55 am

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Hi All,
SQL Server 2008 r2...
I have a query which does 3 selects and Union ALLs each to get a final result set. The performance is unacceptable - takes around a minute to run. If I remove the Union All so that the result sets are returned individually it returns all 3 from the query in around 6 seconds (acceptable performance).
Can anyone shed some light on this and is there a way to join the result sets together without using Union All.
Each result set has exactly the same structure returned...
Many, Many thanks.
Query below [for reference]...
WITH cte AS (
SELECT A.[PoleID], ISNULL(B.[IsSpanClear], 0) AS [IsSpanClear], B.[SurveyDate], ROW_NUMBER() OVER (PARTITION BY A.[PoleID] ORDER BY B.[SurveyDate] DESC) rownum
FROM[UT_Pole] A
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Surveyed_Pole] B ON A.[PoleID] = B.[PoleID]
INNER JOIN [UT_Circuit] C ON A.[CircuitID] = C.[CircuitID]
WHEREISNULL(C.[ClientID], 0) = @ClientID
)
-- Also select the search area itself --
SELECT@SearchArea.STGeometryType() AS [GeometryType],
@SearchArea.STAsText() AS [WKT],
'Search Area' AS [Title],
0 AS [ID],
'' AS [BriefDetails],
'' AS [MapObjectType],
0 AS [ThematicValue]
UNION ALL
-- Select any pole objects that intersect the search area --
SELECT A.[Location].STGeometryType() AS [GeometryType],
A.[Location].STAsText() AS [WKT],
A.[PoleID] AS [ID],
'Span Reference:&nbsp' + ISNULL(A.[PoleNumber], 'Unknown Span Reference') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspRegion:&nbsp' + ISNULL(D.[RegionName], 'Unknown Region') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspSub-Area:&nbsp' + ISNULL(E.[SubAreaName], 'Unknown Sub-Area') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspPrimary:&nbsp' + ISNULL(F.[PrimaryName], 'Unknown Primary') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspFeeder:&nbsp' + ISNULL(G.[FeederName], 'Unknown Feeder') + 'cm&nbsp&nbsp&nbspCircuit Name:&nbsp' + ISNULL(B.[CircuitName], 'Unknown Circuit Name') + 'cm&nbsp&nbsp&nbspCircuit #:&nbsp' + ISNULL(B.[CircuitNumber], 'Unknown Circuit Number') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp' + '<a href=' + 'ShowDetailPopup(' + ISNULL(CAST(A.[PoleID] AS VARCHAR(10)), '0') + ');' + '>Full Span Details</a>' AS [BriefDetails],
'Pole' AS [MapObjectType],
CASE ISNULL(Y.[SurveyCount], 0)
WHEN 0 THEN 2
ELSE ISNULL(X.[IsSpanClear], 0)
END AS [ThematicValue]
FROM[cte] X
INNER JOIN [UT_Pole] A ON A.[PoleID] = X.[PoleID]
INNER JOIN [UT_Circuit] B ON A.[CircuitID] = B.[CircuitID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [EP_Client] C ON B.[ClientID] = C.[ClientID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Region] D ON B.[RegionID] = D.[RegionID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Sub_Area] E ON B.[SubAreaID] = E.[SubAreaID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Primary] F ON B.[PrimaryID] = F.[PrimaryID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Feeder] G ON B.[FeederID] = G.[FeederID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [tblPickListItem] H ON B.[VoltageID] = H.[intID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN (SELECTA.[PoleID],
ISNULL(COUNT(A.[SurveyedPoleID]), 0) AS [SurveyCount]
FROM[UT_Surveyed_Pole] A
WHEREA.[SurveyStatusID] > 0
GROUP BY A.[PoleID]) Y ON Y.[PoleID] = A.[PoleID]
WHERE--ISNULL(A.[Location].STIsValid(), 0) = 1
X.[rownum] = 1
AND ISNULL(B.[ClientID], 0) = @ClientID
AND A.[Location].STIntersects(@SearchArea) = 1
UNION ALL
-- Select any tree objects that intersect the search area --
SELECT AA.[Location].STGeometryType() AS [GeometryType],
AA.[Location].STAsText() AS [WKT],
AA.[TreeID] AS [ID],
'Tree Reference:&nbsp' + ISNULL(AA.[ReferenceNumber], 'Unknown Tree Reference') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspRegion:&nbsp' + ISNULL(D.[RegionName], 'Unknown Region') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspSub-Area:&nbsp' + ISNULL(E.[SubAreaName], 'Unknown Sub-Area') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspPrimary:&nbsp' + ISNULL(F.[PrimaryName], 'Unknown Primary') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbspFeeder:&nbsp' + ISNULL(G.[FeederName], 'Unknown Feeder') + 'cm&nbsp&nbsp&nbspCircuit Name:&nbsp' + ISNULL(B.[CircuitName], 'Unknown Circuit Name') + 'cm&nbsp&nbsp&nbspCircuit #:&nbsp' + ISNULL(B.[CircuitNumber], 'Unknown Circuit Number') + '&nbsp&nbsp&nbsp' + '<a href=' + 'ShowTreeDetailPopup(' + ISNULL(CAST(AA.[TreeID] AS VARCHAR(10)), '0') + ');' + '>Full Tree Details</a>' AS [BriefDetails],
'Tree' AS [MapObjectType],
0 AS [ThematicValue]
FROMUT_Tree AA
INNER JOIN [UT_Pole] A ON AA.[PoleID] = A.[PoleID]
INNER JOIN [UT_Circuit] B ON A.[CircuitID] = B.[CircuitID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [EP_Client] C ON B.[ClientID] = C.[ClientID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Region] D ON B.[RegionID] = D.[RegionID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Sub_Area] E ON B.[SubAreaID] = E.[SubAreaID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Primary] F ON B.[PrimaryID] = F.[PrimaryID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [UT_Feeder] G ON B.[FeederID] = G.[FeederID]
LEFT OUTER JOIN [tblPickListItem] H ON AA.[SizeBandID] = H.[intID]
WHERE--ISNULL(AA.[Location].STIsValid(), 0) = 1
ISNULL(B.[ClientID], 0) = @ClientID
AND A.[Location].STIntersects(@SearchArea) = 1 -- Parent Pole intersects the search area --

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

Union all is usually the preferred way, if that's causing problems you could try inserting each resultset into a table variable and querying the table variable.

To say anything useful about your query, we really need to see the execution plan.

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Charlottecb Hall of Fame Points: 3932 More actions · Answer 2

Thanks for the response...

I think I'll just return the 3 datasets and process them in a loop from the front-end...

HanShi SSC-Dedicated Points: 33507 More actions · Answer 3

You could execute the first result with "SELECT...INTO #temptable" into a temptable and subsequently adding the results of the 2nd and 3rd query to this temptable. Return the complete temptable to the frontend, so you don't need to loop there.

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ScottPletcher SSC Guru Points: 101126 More actions · Answer 4

You also need to get rid of all the ISNULL()s in the WHERE clause. You should follow this simple rule:

Never use ISNULL() in a WHERE clause.

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