Re: faster count(*) or alternative


"Erland Sommarskog" <esquel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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C10B (tswalton@xxxxxxxxx) writes:
greg - I don't know what a DDL is

DDL = Data Definition Language. That is, CREATE TABLE and CREATE INDEX and
the like.

If I had had a penny for every time someone says DDL in answer, without
the
person asking having no idea what it means, I would be a rich man now.

russ - thanks

What Russ proposed is the same idea that I proposed, but rather than
relying
SQL Server updating an indexed view, he suggested a separate table that
you
update through a trigger.


Indexed view is probably best, I just like having more control.


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