Função com valor de tabela versus função de valores escalares para valor de retorno único

Minha discussão com Jonatha Dickinson (veja a resposta dele) me levou a fazer alguns testes rápidos:

Acontece que a sub-seleção escalar pura e incorporada não é tão ruim. Consultar apenas um valor é o mais rápido . Como esperado, a Função Escalar é ruim. Quanto mais campos forem devolvidos pelo TVF, melhor será o ganho de desempenho relativo.

A única resposta certa é:A função escalar é a pior e um TVF multi-linha é - na maioria das vezes - mais lento que o inline. Qualquer abordagem ad hoc tende a ser mais rápida .

Mas eu poderia configurar casos especiais para todas as situações (exceto a função escalar), onde uma abordagem era a mais rápida.

Conclusão:(como sempre :-) ) Depende...

Dica:O melhor é deixar isso ir contra um grande banco de dados com muitas tabelas e colunas.

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CountColumnScalar(@TableSchema AS VARCHAR(100),@TableName AS VARCHAR(100))
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected]);
END
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CountConstraintScalar(@TableSchema AS VARCHAR(100),@TableName AS VARCHAR(100))
RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
    RETURN(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected]);
END
GO

CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CountAllTVF(@TableSchema AS VARCHAR(100),@TableName AS VARCHAR(100))
RETURNS TABLE
RETURN SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected] GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS ColCounter
             ,(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected] GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS ConstraintCounter    ;
GO
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.CountAllTVF_multiline(@TableSchema AS VARCHAR(100),@TableName AS VARCHAR(100))
RETURNS @tbl TABLE (ColCounter INT,ConstraintCounter INT)
AS
BEGIN
INSERT INTO @tbl
SELECT (SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected] GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS ColCounter
      ,(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS c WHERE [email protected] AND [email protected] GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS ConstraintCounter;
RETURN;
END
GO

DECLARE @time DATETIME=GETDATE();
SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME
     ,(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c WHERE c.TABLE_SCHEMA=t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND c.TABLE_NAME=t.TABLE_NAME ) AS ColCounter
     ,(SELECT COUNT(*) FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS c WHERE c.TABLE_SCHEMA=t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND c.TABLE_NAME=t.TABLE_NAME ) AS ConstraintCounter
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t;
PRINT 'pure embedded scalar sub-select: ' + CAST(CAST(GETDATE()[email protected] AS TIME) AS VARCHAR(MAX)); SET @time=GETDATE();


SELECT TABLE_SCHEMA,TABLE_NAME
     ,dbo.CountColumnScalar(t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME ) AS ColCounter 
     ,dbo.CountConstraintScalar(t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME ) AS ConstraintCount 
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t
PRINT 'scalar function: ' + CAST(CAST(GETDATE()[email protected] AS TIME) AS VARCHAR(MAX)); SET @time=GETDATE();


SELECT t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME
      ,colJoin.ColCount
      ,conJoin.ConstraintCount 
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t
INNER JOIN (SELECT COUNT(*) As ColCount,c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME 
            FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.COLUMNS AS c 
            GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS colJoin ON  colJoin.TABLE_SCHEMA=t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND colJoin.TABLE_NAME=t.TABLE_NAME
INNER JOIN (SELECT COUNT(*) As ConstraintCount,c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME 
            FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.CONSTRAINT_COLUMN_USAGE AS c 
            GROUP BY c.TABLE_SCHEMA,c.TABLE_NAME) AS conJoin ON  conJoin.TABLE_SCHEMA=t.TABLE_SCHEMA AND conJoin.TABLE_NAME=t.TABLE_NAME
PRINT 'JOINs on sub-selects: ' + CAST(CAST(GETDATE()[email protected] AS TIME) AS VARCHAR(MAX)); SET @time=GETDATE();

SELECT t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME
      ,ColCounter.*
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t
CROSS APPLY dbo.CountAllTVF(t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME) AS ColCounter
PRINT 'TVF inline: ' + CAST(CAST(GETDATE()[email protected] AS TIME) AS VARCHAR(MAX)); SET @time=GETDATE();


SELECT t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME
      ,ColCounter.*
FROM INFORMATION_SCHEMA.TABLES AS t
CROSS APPLY dbo.CountAllTVF_multiline(t.TABLE_SCHEMA,t.TABLE_NAME) AS ColCounter
PRINT 'TVF multiline: ' + CAST(CAST(GETDATE()[email protected] AS TIME) AS VARCHAR(MAX)); SET @time=GETDATE();
GO

DROP FUNCTION dbo.CountColumnScalar;
DROP FUNCTION dbo.CountAllTVF;
DROP FUNCTION dbo.CountAllTVF_multiline;
DROP FUNCTION dbo.CountConstraintScalar;