Improving 2D Range Query Performance in SQL Server

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Published on Thu, 30 Dec 2010 07:00:00 UT Indexed on 2010/12/31 6:58 UTC
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When using the BETWEEN operator on multiple columns, you are likely using a 2D range query. Such queries perform very poorly in SQL Server. This article examines rewriting these queries for improved performance.
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