Hi everyone,

Let's say I have a VIEW that is created by some complex joins - This
VIEW is used by many of the application's function. Let's call this
"VIEW_1".

"VIEW_1" select queries are already created using "with (nolock)".

Let's say a new system requirement comes in - I notice that it may be
better if i create another view "VIEW_2" based on "VIEW_1".

eg:

create view VIEW_2
as
(
select blah blah from VIEW_1 where blah='lala' .....etc etc etc...
)

For such cases, what are the performance issues I should watch out
for? WIll there be any performance issues? Should I be doing this in
the first place?

In SQL 2005 mgmt studio, how do I view the execution paths and
timings?

Please advise.

Thanks.

If your query completes in some reasonable time and does not take too much
resources that may be needed for other users then it is not a problem.

You can take a look at the performance and resources used by your query by
using all or some of these:

set statistics io on
set statistics time on
set statistics profile on
set statistics xml on

You can also display the graphic execution plan in SSMS by using the buttons
'Include Actual Execution Plan' or 'Display Estimated Execution Plan'. Text
and XML execution plans are also available.

You can also use some DMVs or SQL Server predefined reports (like
Performance - Top Queries by Total CPU Time ) to compare your query with some
other queries running on the instance.

Hope this helps,

Ben Nevarez
Senior Database Administrator
AIG SunAmerica



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