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Asked: 2026-05-27T02:27:35+00:00

I’m having problems with this query: SELECT col1, col2,col3,…,coln FROM MyTable WHERE col1 =

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I’m having problems with this query:

SELECT col1, col2,col3,...,coln FROM MyTable
WHERE col1 = @value1
AND
(
ISNULL(col2,'c') = ISNULL(@value2,ISNULL(col2,'c'))
OR
ISNULL(col3,'c') = ISNULL(@value2,ISNULL(col3,'c'))
)
 AND coln = 'valueN'

I have to stop the execution, it’s so slow. But editing:

SELECT col1, col2,col3,...,coln FROM MyTable
WHERE col1 = @value1
AND
(
ISNULL(col2,'c') = ISNULL(@value2,ISNULL(col2,'c'))
)
AND coln = 'valueN'

This query is faster. Can someone help me? How can I replace the or statement or replace the query but validating col1 and col2?.
Thanks.

UPDATE:

Thank you very much guys. Really my query does not use ‘=’ but use ‘Like’, sorry about that. However I use your suggestions to build my query and it works fine:

SELECT col1, col2,col3,...,coln FROM MyTable
WHERE col1 like '%' + @value1 + '%'
AND
(
 (@value2 IS NULL)
 OR
  (col2 IS NOT NULL AND col2 LIKE '%' + @value2 + '%')
 OR
 (col3 IS NOT NULL AND col3 LIKE '%' + @value2 + '%')
)
 AND coln = 'valueN'

I use this query with a page where I have many fields to filter a search and I need that a col2 textbox apply to col3 in database too, I want to mean, only one textbox for name1 and name2 in database.

Sorry about my wrong question and thanks for your suggestions.

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  1. Editorial Team
    ISNULL(col2,'c') = ISNULL('value2',ISNULL(col2,'c'))

    is the same as

    col2 = 'value2' or (col2 is null and 'value2' is null)

    Replace the occurrences and you will most likely have a better performance.

    Update

    There’s one fundamental difference between this solution and the one proposed by @onedaywhen: when the value provided in 'value2' (which I suppose is just a parameter assembled into a SQL string) is NULL, OP only wants to bring back only records where col2 is NULL. Take a closer look into OP’s logic, you will see that there. OP’s logic always filters: when the parameter is NULL, OP wants records where col2 is NULL.

    @onedaywhen’s solution brings every record when the parameter is NULL. Although this is a very common query, it’s not what OP is looking for.

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