Why the second T-SQL query is much faster than the first when calling Reporting Services 2005 in a web application

Question

With the addition of parsers to the subquery, the results were immediately returned in the application.

This is slow execution when calling RS2005 in the vb.net/aspx web application:

SELECT 
    c.TeacherID, u.FName + ' ' + u.lname as Teacher, count(sb.behaviorID) as BxCount, 
    sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
FROM 
    StudentBehaviors sb
join 
    Classes c on sb.classid = c.classid
join 
    StudentDetails std on sb.studentID = std.StudentID and std.RecordIsActive=1
join 
    users u on c.TeacherID = u.UserID
join 
    Behaviors b on sb.behaviorID = b.BehaviorID
join 
    GradeLevels gl on std.GradeID = gl.GradeLevelID
WHERE 
    sb.classdate between @StartDate and @EndDate
    and c.schoolid = @SchoolID
    and std.GradeID=@GradeLevel
GROUP BY 
    c.TeacherID, sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, u.lname, u.FName, 
    std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
ORDER BY 
    u.LName, sb.behaviorID

This is fast:

select a.teacherid, a.teacher,a.bxcount, a.behaviorid,a.behaviorname,a.gradeid, a.gradelevel
from (
    SELECT c.TeacherID, u.FName + ' ' + u.lname as Teacher, count(sb.behaviorID) as BxCount, 
            sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
    FROM StudentBehaviors sb
        join Classes c on sb.classid = c.classid
        join StudentDetails std on sb.studentID = std.StudentID and std.RecordIsActive=1
        join users u on c.TeacherID = u.UserID
        join Behaviors b on sb.behaviorID = b.BehaviorID
        join GradeLevels gl on std.GradeID = gl.GradeLevelID
    WHERE sb.classdate between @StartDate and @EndDate
        and c.schoolid = @SchoolID
        and std.GradeID=@GradeLevel
    group by c.TeacherID, sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, u.lname, u.FName, std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
    ) a
    order by a.teacher, a.behaviorid

They run at the same speed in query windows in SQL Server Management Studio. Why is the difference? Thank.

Answer 1

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BEGIN
    -- Use internal variables to solve parameter sniffing issues
    DECLARE @StartDateInternal AS DATETIME;
    DECLARE @EndDateInternal AS DATETIME;
    DECLARE @SchoolIDInternal AS INT;
    DECLARE @GradeLevelInternal AS INT;

    -- Copy the parameters into the internal variables
    SET @StartDateInternal = @StartDate;
    SET @EndDateInternal = @EndDate;
    SET @SchoolIDInternal = @SchoolID;
    SET @GradeLevelInternal = @GradeLevel;

    -- Now use the internal variables in your query rather than the parameters
    SELECT 
        c.TeacherID, u.FName + ' ' + u.lname as Teacher, count(sb.behaviorID) as BxCount, 
        sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
    FROM 
        StudentBehaviors sb
    join 
        Classes c on sb.classid = c.classid
    join 
        StudentDetails std on sb.studentID = std.StudentID and std.RecordIsActive=1
    join 
        users u on c.TeacherID = u.UserID
    join 
        Behaviors b on sb.behaviorID = b.BehaviorID
    join 
        GradeLevels gl on std.GradeID = gl.GradeLevelID
    WHERE 
        sb.classdate between @StartDateInternal and @EndDateInternal
        and c.schoolid = @SchoolIDInternal
        and std.GradeID = @GradeLevelInternal
    GROUP BY 
        c.TeacherID, sb.behaviorID, b.BehaviorName, u.lname, u.FName, 
        std.GradeID, gl.GradeLevel
    ORDER BY 
        u.LName, sb.behaviorID;

END;