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Hi All,

i have a very long query in sql with some nested if else conditions. basic syntax is like below.

SQL
if @somevarialbe = 'A'
BEGIN
Select something from table whre condition = 'A'
END
ELSE 
BEGIN 
IF @othervariable = 'B'
BEGIN
Select something from table whre condition = 'B'
END
ELSE 
BEGIN
Select something from table whre condition = 'C'
END
END


basically my query is very long and identical except these conditions, i am not sure how can i optimize this in a better way

What I have tried:

i have try using exec and create a dynamic query to execute my query. but still the query is taking the same time to fetch around 50000 records for different conditions.

DECLARE @strQuery varchar(max)
SET @strQuery = 'SELECT something from table where '

DECLARE @WhereCondition varchar(500)

if @somevariable = 'A'
BEGIN
SET @WhereCondition = 'condition = A'

Exec CONCAT(@strQuery ,@WhereCondition)
END
Posted
Updated 7-Mar-16 23:20pm

1 solution

The whole thing can be replaced with
SQL
SELECT something from table where condition = @somevariable

Consider putting an index on condition if the query is taking a while.

However without seeing the rest of your query we can't help beyond general advice. Have a look at these CodeProject articles

Top 10 steps to optimize data access in SQL Server: Part I (use indexing)[^]
SQL Server Performance Tips and Guidelines[^]
How to analyse SQL Server performance[^]
 
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