FIX: You experience slow performance when you join local partitioned views with a table in SQL Server 2000 (892935)

RESOLUTION

Hotfix information

A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that is described in this article. Only apply it to systems that are experiencing this specific problem. This hotfix may receive additional testing. Therefore, if you are not severely affected by this problem, we recommend that you wait for the next SQL Server 2000 service pack that contains this hotfix.

To resolve this problem immediately, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

Prerequisites

You must install SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3a. For more information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Additionally, this hotfix requires that you also have SQL Server 2000 hotfix build 2000.80.977 installed. For more information about SQL Server 2000 Post SP3a hotfix build 2000.80.977, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

888007 You receive a "The product does not have a prerequisite update installed" error message when you try to install a SQL Server 2000 post-S888007 hotfix

Restart information

You do not have restart the computer after you apply this hotfix.

Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.SQL Server 2000, 32 bit versions

   Date         Time   Version         Size       File name
   -----------------------------------------------------------
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    664,128  Autoplt.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     78,400  Console.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    332,352  Ctasksui.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    315,968  Custtask.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0  1,905,216  Dtspkg.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    528,960  Dtspump.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     41,536  Dtsrun.exe       
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0  1,557,052  Dtsui.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    639,552  Dtswiz.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    352,828  Isqlw.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     82,492  Itwiz.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     90,692  Msgprox.dll
   31-Dec-2004  19:16  8.11.41022.0      226,304  Mssdi98.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     62,024  Odsole70.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:37  2000.80.1003.0     25,144  Opends60.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:23                     17,576  Opends60.lib
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     57,904  Osql.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    143,940  Qrdrsvc.exe      
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    221,768  Replprov.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    307,784  Replrec.dll      
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    287,304  Rinitcom.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     78,416  Sdiclnt.dll      
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     66,112  Semmap.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     57,916  Semnt.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    492,096  Semobj.dll       
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     53,832  Snapshot.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:35  2000.80.1003.0     28,672  Sqlagent.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    311,872  Sqlagent.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:35  2000.80.1003.0    168,001  Sqlakw32.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  19:28                      4,352  Sqlakw32.lib
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,344  Sqlctr80.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    815,676  Sqldata.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0  4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36                     25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    156,224  Sqlmaint.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    180,792  Sqlmap70.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    188,992  Sqlmmc.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    401,984  Sqlqry.dll       
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     57,920  Sqlrepss.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0  7,721,041  Sqlservr.exe     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    590,396  Sqlsort.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     45,644  Sqlvdi.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    106,588  Sqsrvres.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,340  Ssmsgnet.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,340  Ssmsqlgc.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     33,340  Ssmssnet.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     82,492  Ssnetlib.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    123,456  Stardds.dll      
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0    158,240  Svrnetcn.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     76,416  Svrnetcn.exe
   21-Jan-2005  21:37  2000.80.1003.0     49,228  Ums.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     74,304  Xplog70.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:36  2000.80.1003.0     98,872  Xpweb70.dll
   21-Jan-2005  21:39                      6,473  Hotfix1.inf
   21-Jan-2005  21:39                      2,524  Hotfix2.inf
   31-Dec-2004  19:15  8.0.21213.0       352,256  Msvcr71.dll      
   31-Dec-2004  19:15  2000.80.796.0      57,904  Osql.exe         
   31-Dec-2004  19:15  2000.80.534.0     127,548  Sqdedev.dll      
   31-Dec-2004  19:15  2000.80.194.0     180,290  Sqlunirl.dll     
   21-Jan-2005  19:24  2000.80.1003.0    159,813  Replres.rll
   21-Jan-2005  21:25  2000.80.1003.0    172,032  Semobj.rll
   21-Jan-2005  19:17  2000.80.1003.0     28,672  Sqlevn70.rll
   21-Jan-2005  19:38  2000.80.1003.0    479,232  Sqlmmc.rll

SQL Server 2000, 64 bit version

   Date         Time   Version         Size        File name      Platform
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      56,832  Dbmslpcn.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:11  2000.80.1003.0     528,960  Dtspump.dll      
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     185,856  Msgprox.dll    IA-64
   31-Dec-2004  19:10  8.11.41022.0       742,912  Mssdi98.dll    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     151,040  Odsole70.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:13  2000.80.1003.0      27,136  Opends60.dll   IA-64
   21-Jan-2005  21:46                      19,880  Opends60.lib
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     148,992  Osql.exe       IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     353,280  Qrdrsvc.exe    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     534,528  Replprov.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     769,024  Replrec.dll    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     650,240  Rinitcom.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     160,768  Semmap.dll     IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     132,608  Semnt.dll      IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      88,576  Snapshot.exe   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:11  2000.80.1003.0      10,240  Sqlagent.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0   1,055,232  Sqlagent.exe
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      90,112  Sqlboot.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      32,256  Sqlctr80.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     812,032  Sqldata.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0  13,845,504  Sqldmo.dll     IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12                      39,936  Sqldumper.exe
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     493,568  Sqlmaint.exe
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      23,040  Sqlmap70.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     152,064  Sqlrepss.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:13  2000.80.1003.0  25,266,688  Sqlservr.exe
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     616,960  Sqlsort.dll    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     120,320  Sqlvdi.dll     IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     227,328  Sqsrvres.dll   IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      53,760  Ssmslpcn.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      59,904  Ssmsqlgc.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     256,000  Ssnetlib.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0      20,992  Ssnmpn70.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     430,080  Svrnetcn.dll
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     185,856  Svrnetcn.exe
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     183,296  Xplog70.dll    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:12  2000.80.1003.0     187,392  Xpweb70.dll    IA-64
   22-Jan-2005  05:15                       5,065  Hotfix1.inf
   31-Dec-2004  19:10  2000.80.962.0       57,904  Osql.exe       x86
   31-Dec-2004  19:10  2000.80.760.0      269,824  Sqdedev.dll
   21-Jan-2005  22:00  2000.80.1003.0     146,432  Replres.rll
   21-Jan-2005  21:47  2000.80.1003.0      19,968  Sqlevn70.rll

Note Because of file dependencies, the most recent hotfix that contains these files may also contain additional files.

MORE INFORMATION

The following code is a demonstration to reduce the partition view to select from only the relevant partition table:

Example:
SELECT * 
FROM 
( SELECT 
i.TxVal AS TxVal, 
1 AS CntClick, 
c.[DateTime] AS DateTimeStart,
ti.DateTimeEnd AS DateTimeComplete, 
i.[DateTime] AS MeasureDateTimeComplete 
FROM dbo.VW_Clicks c 
INNER JOIN dbo.TxImprint ti ON (c.ClickID = ti.ClickID) 
INNER JOIN dbo.VW_Imprint i ON (ti.TxImprintID = i.ID) 
WHERE c.UserID IS NOT NULL 
) t1 
WHERE t1.DateTimeStart BETWEEN '20041001 09:00:00' AND '20041008 10:00:00' 
AND t1.DateTimeComplete BETWEEN '20041001 09:00:00' AND '20041008 10:00:00'
AND t1.MeasureDateTimeComplete BETWEEN '20041001 09:00:00' AND '20041008 10:00:00'

The data is partitioned by year and by month, and dbo.VW_Clicks and dbo.VW_Imprint are the partitioning views. The execution plan shows that the correct partition table is chosen. However, a table scan is used to collect the data from the underlying tables:

StmtText
--------
Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]=[Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]))
|--Compute Scalar(DEFINE:([Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]=[Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime], [Impressions_20041001_20041101]. [TxVal]=[Impressions_20041001_20041101].[TxVal]))
|--Hash Match(Inner Join, HASH:([ti].[TxImprintID])=([Impressions_20041001_20041101].[ID]), RESIDUAL:([ti].[TxImprintID]=[Impressions_20041001_20041101].[ID]))
|--Hash Match(Inner Join, HASH:([ti].[ClickID])=([Clicks_20041001_20041101].[ClickID]), RESIDUAL:([ti].[ClickID]=[Clicks_20041001_20041101].[ClickID]))
| |--Clustered Index Seek(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[TxImprint].[PK_TxImprint] AS [ti]), SEEK:([ti].[DateTimeEnd] >= 'Oct 1 2004 9:00AM' AND [ti].[DateTimeEnd] <= 'Oct 8 2004 10:00AM') ORDERED FORWARD)
| |--Table Scan(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Clicks_20041001_20041101]), WHERE:(([Clicks_20041001_20041101].[UserID]<>NULL AND [Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]>='Oct 1 2004 9:00AM') AND [Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]<='Oct 8 2004 10:00AM'))
|--Table Scan(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Impressions_20041001_20041101]), WHERE:([Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]>='Oct 1 2004 9:00AM' AND [Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]<='Oct 8 2004 10:00AM'))

If you change the partitioning views so that they only select from the single partition tables by using only one select statement left, no union all, the execution plan is different. It now uses NL joins, index seeks, and filters instead of using hash match and table scans:

StmtText
--------
Parallelism(Gather Streams)
|--Filter(WHERE:([Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]>='Oct 1 2004 9:00AM' AND [Impressions_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]<='Oct 8 2004 10:00AM'))
|--Bookmark Lookup(BOOKMARK:([Bmk1003]), OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Impressions_20041001_20041101]))
|--Nested Loops(Inner Join, OUTER REFERENCES:([ti].[TxImprintID]) WITH PREFETCH)
|--Filter(WHERE:(([Clicks_20041001_20041101].[UserID]<>NULL AND [Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]>='Oct 1 2004 9:00AM') AND [Clicks_20041001_20041101].[DateTime]<='Oct 8 2004 10:00AM'))
||--Bookmark Lookup(BOOKMARK:([Bmk1000]), OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Clicks_20041001_20041101]))
||--Nested Loops(Inner Join, OUTER REFERENCES:([ti].[ClickID]) WITH PREFETCH)
||--Sort(ORDER BY:([ti].[ClickID] ASC))
| ||--Clustered Index Seek(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[TxImprint].[PK_TxImprint] AS [ti]), SEEK:([ti].[DateTimeEnd] >= 'Oct 1 2004 9:00AM' AND [ti].[DateTimeEnd] <= 'Oct 8 2004 10:00AM') ORDERED FORWARD)
||--Index Seek(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Clicks_20041001_20041101].[ID_Clicks_20041001_20041101]), SEEK:([Clicks_20041001_20041101].[ClickID]=[ti].[ClickID]) ORDERED FORWARD)
|--Index Seek(OBJECT:([Repro_LPV].[dbo].[Impressions_20041001_20041101].[ID_Impressions_20041001_20041101]), SEEK:([Impressions_20041001_20041101].[ID]=[ti].[TxImprintID]) ORDERED FORWARD)

For more information about the naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages

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