Alternative approaches for Recursive CTE in SQL server. The data is 1 million records. need to calculate the current value based on previous value and iterate through Million records. Please suggest a methods which performs better than Recursive CTE

roopa g 20 Reputation points
2024-12-24T08:30:28.83+00:00

here is the query for your reference. Thanks! Alternative approaches for Recursive CTE in SQL server. The data is 1 million records. need to calculate the current value based on previous value and iterate through Million records. Please suggest a methods which performs better than Recursive CTE

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  1. LiHongMSFT-4306 29,516 Reputation points
    2024-12-25T01:53:37.3033333+00:00

    Hi @roopa g

    need to calculate the current value based on previous value

    Regarding the alternative way, you might use window function LAG to get previous rows.

    To improve performance, please ensure that your table is properly indexed.

    Best regards,

    Cosmog


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