SQL: Query timeout expired - sql

Question

I have a simple query for update table (30 columns and about 150 000 rows).
For example:
UPDATE tblSomeTable set F3 = #F3 where F1 = #F1
This query will affected about 2500 rows.
The tblSomeTable has a trigger:
ALTER TRIGGER [dbo].[trg_tblSomeTable]
ON [dbo].[tblSomeTable]
AFTER INSERT,DELETE,UPDATE
AS
BEGIN
declare #operationType nvarchar(1)
declare #createDate datetime
declare #UpdatedColumnsMask varbinary(500) = COLUMNS_UPDATED()
-- detect operation type
if not exists(select top 1 * from inserted)
begin
-- delete
SET #operationType = 'D'
SELECT #createDate = dbo.uf_DateWithCompTimeZone(CompanyId) FROM deleted
end
else if not exists(select top 1 * from deleted)
begin
-- insert
SET #operationType = 'I'
SELECT #createDate = dbo..uf_DateWithCompTimeZone(CompanyId) FROM inserted
end
else
begin
-- update
SET #operationType = 'U'
SELECT #createDate = dbo..uf_DateWithCompTimeZone(CompanyId) FROM inserted
end
-- log data to tmp table
INSERT INTO tbl1
SELECT
#createDate,
#operationType,
#status,
#updatedColumnsMask,
d.F1,
i.F1,
d.F2,
i.F2,
d.F3,
i.F3,
d.F4,
i.F4,
d.F5,
i.F5,
...
FROM (Select 1 as temp) t
LEFT JOIN inserted i on 1=1
LEFT JOIN deleted d on 1=1
END
And if I execute the update query I have a timeout.
How can I optimize a logic to avoid timeout?
Thank you.

Answer 1

This query:
SELECT *
FROM (
SELECT 1 AS temp
) t
LEFT JOIN
INSERTED i
ON 1 = 1
LEFT JOIN
DELETED d
ON 1 = 1
will yield 2500 ^ 2 = 6250000 records from a cartesian product of INSERTED and DELETED (that is all possible combinations of all records in both tables), which will be inserted into tbl1.
Is that what you wanted to do?
Most probably, you want to join the tables on their PRIMARY KEY:
INSERT
INTO tbl1
SELECT #createDate,
#operationType,
#status,
#updatedColumnsMask,
d.F1,
i.F1,
d.F2,
i.F2,
d.F3,
i.F3,
d.F4,
i.F4,
d.F5,
i.F5,
...
FROM INSERTED i
FULL JOIN
DELETED d
ON i.id = d.id
This will treat update to the PK as deleting a record and inserting another, with a new PK.

Answer 2

Thanks Quassnoi, It's a good idea with "FULL JOIN". It is helped me.
Also I try to update table in portions (1000 items in one time) to make my code works faster because for some companyId I need to update more than 160 000 rows.
Instead of old code:
UPDATE tblSomeTable set someVal = #someVal where companyId = #companyId
I use below one:
declare #rc integer = 0
declare #parts integer = 0
declare #index integer = 0
declare #portionSize int = 1000
-- select Ids for update
declare #tempIds table (id int)
insert into #tempIds
select id from tblSomeTable where companyId = #companyId
-- calculate amount of iterations
set #rc=##rowcount
set #parts = #rc / #portionSize + 1
-- update table in portions
WHILE (#parts > #index)
begin
UPDATE TOP (#portionSize) t
SET someVal = #someVal
FROM tblSomeTable t
JOIN #tempIds t1 on t1.id = t.id
WHERE companyId = #companyId
delete top (#portionSize) from #tempIds
set #index += 1
end
What do you think about this? Does it make sense? If yes, how to choose correct portion size?
Or simple update also good solution? I just want to avoid locks in the future.
Thanks