Is there any performance gain using a CTE over a derived table?
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I’ve used CTEs a lot and it does actually appear to run faster in some scenarios. The server was fairly well loaded, the variation in times on runs was pretty significant, and I can’t believe the execution plan was that different, but it still seemed like the ones with the CTE performed better.