Some times my query is very SLOW ?

Check the following scenarions :
1. Your table may be LOCKED/BLOCKED by some session/resource.
2.Your table may be heavily FRAGMENTED.
3.Your table may have Complex COMPUTED columns.
4.Your table may have Millions of records(It will use more IO).
5.Your table may have more COLUMNS ( If I used '*' ).
6.Your table may have more COLUMN with BLOB like Type.
7.We can use WHERE Clause with Clustered Index (If required)So that optimizer don't want to search all Datapages.
8.If the Table have any INDEX , The FILLFACTOR may be very HIGH. So that the READING and Posting data into cache operation will wait for some more Free space.

The reasons given above may be a one of reason why your query is Slow.

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HI-

To avoid these kinds of situations always create normalize database. it should maintain proper relation like primary key , foreign key and cluster and non cluster index if required. Size of the column also has impact on performance. it should be not more than the required by your application.
Frequently used column should be placed together.

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Lakhan Pal Garg

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Hello,

First of all, never use * in your query rather just specify only fields which you really need. Second, use conditions whenever necessary. Try to filter out values using order by/group by as and when needed.

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Deepika

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