Performance tuning on String search using PATINDEX.












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I have the following query to search the string using the PATINDEX.



Query:



SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............
FROM OPENQUERY([LinkDB],'SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............ FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]')
WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1'


Data Details:




DATABASE : LinkDB

Columns : 60

Data : 10 Millions

INDEX : [Employee Number],[Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name]




Statistics:




Query : Above query

Rows : 90,505

Time taken : 00:02:45











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    I have the following query to search the string using the PATINDEX.



    Query:



    SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............
    FROM OPENQUERY([LinkDB],'SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............ FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]')
    WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1'


    Data Details:




    DATABASE : LinkDB

    Columns : 60

    Data : 10 Millions

    INDEX : [Employee Number],[Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name]




    Statistics:




    Query : Above query

    Rows : 90,505

    Time taken : 00:02:45











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      I have the following query to search the string using the PATINDEX.



      Query:



      SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............
      FROM OPENQUERY([LinkDB],'SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............ FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]')
      WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1'


      Data Details:




      DATABASE : LinkDB

      Columns : 60

      Data : 10 Millions

      INDEX : [Employee Number],[Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name]




      Statistics:




      Query : Above query

      Rows : 90,505

      Time taken : 00:02:45











      share|improve this question
















      I have the following query to search the string using the PATINDEX.



      Query:



      SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............
      FROM OPENQUERY([LinkDB],'SELECT [Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name],[Employee Middle Name],[Gender]............ FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]')
      WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1'


      Data Details:




      DATABASE : LinkDB

      Columns : 60

      Data : 10 Millions

      INDEX : [Employee Number],[Employee First Name],[Employee Last Name]




      Statistics:




      Query : Above query

      Rows : 90,505

      Time taken : 00:02:45








      sql-server tsql sql-server-2008-r2






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          You can try with adding the WHERE clause to the query. Note, I have change the code a little bit to make it work with my environment:



          SELECT *
          FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers]')
          WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[FirstName]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[LastName]),'0') >= '1'

          SELECT *
          FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers] WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[FirstName]),''0'') + ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[LastName]),''0'') >= ''1''')


          You can see, in your case we have remote scan, then filter. In the second, the filter pass is missing:



          enter image description here



          Also, if you can add an indexes, you can add index on first and last name and try first selecting only the rows that need to be returned:



          CREATE TABLE #EmployeesFiltered 
          (
          [EmployeeID] INT
          );

          INSERT INTO #EmployeesFiltered ([EmployeeID])
          SELECT [EmployeeID]
          FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]
          WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1';

          SELECT *
          FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee] A
          INNER JOIN #EmployeesFiltered B
          ON A.[EmployeeID] = B.[[EmployeeID];


          Even if you are not allowed to rely the indexes ordering, you will work with smaller amount of data, when the indexes is read (you need only to read all users IDs, first and last names. Then having the IDs, just filter the clustered index.






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            You can try with adding the WHERE clause to the query. Note, I have change the code a little bit to make it work with my environment:



            SELECT *
            FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers]')
            WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[FirstName]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[LastName]),'0') >= '1'

            SELECT *
            FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers] WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[FirstName]),''0'') + ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[LastName]),''0'') >= ''1''')


            You can see, in your case we have remote scan, then filter. In the second, the filter pass is missing:



            enter image description here



            Also, if you can add an indexes, you can add index on first and last name and try first selecting only the rows that need to be returned:



            CREATE TABLE #EmployeesFiltered 
            (
            [EmployeeID] INT
            );

            INSERT INTO #EmployeesFiltered ([EmployeeID])
            SELECT [EmployeeID]
            FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]
            WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1';

            SELECT *
            FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee] A
            INNER JOIN #EmployeesFiltered B
            ON A.[EmployeeID] = B.[[EmployeeID];


            Even if you are not allowed to rely the indexes ordering, you will work with smaller amount of data, when the indexes is read (you need only to read all users IDs, first and last names. Then having the IDs, just filter the clustered index.






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              You can try with adding the WHERE clause to the query. Note, I have change the code a little bit to make it work with my environment:



              SELECT *
              FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers]')
              WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[FirstName]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[LastName]),'0') >= '1'

              SELECT *
              FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers] WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[FirstName]),''0'') + ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[LastName]),''0'') >= ''1''')


              You can see, in your case we have remote scan, then filter. In the second, the filter pass is missing:



              enter image description here



              Also, if you can add an indexes, you can add index on first and last name and try first selecting only the rows that need to be returned:



              CREATE TABLE #EmployeesFiltered 
              (
              [EmployeeID] INT
              );

              INSERT INTO #EmployeesFiltered ([EmployeeID])
              SELECT [EmployeeID]
              FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]
              WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1';

              SELECT *
              FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee] A
              INNER JOIN #EmployeesFiltered B
              ON A.[EmployeeID] = B.[[EmployeeID];


              Even if you are not allowed to rely the indexes ordering, you will work with smaller amount of data, when the indexes is read (you need only to read all users IDs, first and last names. Then having the IDs, just filter the clustered index.






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                You can try with adding the WHERE clause to the query. Note, I have change the code a little bit to make it work with my environment:



                SELECT *
                FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers]')
                WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[FirstName]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[LastName]),'0') >= '1'

                SELECT *
                FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers] WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[FirstName]),''0'') + ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[LastName]),''0'') >= ''1''')


                You can see, in your case we have remote scan, then filter. In the second, the filter pass is missing:



                enter image description here



                Also, if you can add an indexes, you can add index on first and last name and try first selecting only the rows that need to be returned:



                CREATE TABLE #EmployeesFiltered 
                (
                [EmployeeID] INT
                );

                INSERT INTO #EmployeesFiltered ([EmployeeID])
                SELECT [EmployeeID]
                FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]
                WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1';

                SELECT *
                FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee] A
                INNER JOIN #EmployeesFiltered B
                ON A.[EmployeeID] = B.[[EmployeeID];


                Even if you are not allowed to rely the indexes ordering, you will work with smaller amount of data, when the indexes is read (you need only to read all users IDs, first and last names. Then having the IDs, just filter the clustered index.






                share|improve this answer















                You can try with adding the WHERE clause to the query. Note, I have change the code a little bit to make it work with my environment:



                SELECT *
                FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers]')
                WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[FirstName]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%emil%',[LastName]),'0') >= '1'

                SELECT *
                FROM OPENQUERY([RMVNSQL01INST1],'SELECT [login], [FirstName], [LastName] FROM [smModel_20180807_UpdateTests_CORE].dbo.[SecurityUsers] WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[FirstName]),''0'') + ISNULL(PATINDEX(''%emil%'',[LastName]),''0'') >= ''1''')


                You can see, in your case we have remote scan, then filter. In the second, the filter pass is missing:



                enter image description here



                Also, if you can add an indexes, you can add index on first and last name and try first selecting only the rows that need to be returned:



                CREATE TABLE #EmployeesFiltered 
                (
                [EmployeeID] INT
                );

                INSERT INTO #EmployeesFiltered ([EmployeeID])
                SELECT [EmployeeID]
                FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee]
                WHERE ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee First Name]),'0') + ISNULL(PATINDEX('%Jack%',[Employee Last Name]),'0') >= '1';

                SELECT *
                FROM [LinkDB].dbo.[Employee] A
                INNER JOIN #EmployeesFiltered B
                ON A.[EmployeeID] = B.[[EmployeeID];


                Even if you are not allowed to rely the indexes ordering, you will work with smaller amount of data, when the indexes is read (you need only to read all users IDs, first and last names. Then having the IDs, just filter the clustered index.







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