Question

Using SQL Server 2008R2, I have here is a simple query:

SELECT *
FROM ItemData  
WHERE FREETEXT(Title, '"' + @OriginalSearchTerm + '"')   
AND  ( WebsiteID=@WebsiteID AND GeoCity = @GeoCity  AND GeoState = @GeoState )  
ORDER BY ItemListID DESC 

This is all fine when there is a valid value for @GeoCity and @GeoState. However there will be scenarios where @GeoCity = -1 and/or @GeoState = -1.

I would rather not write entire separate queries for these cases, although this would work just fine.

How can I optimize the current query to do just this?

Thanks.

Answer 1

— This might be more efficient as OR statement executes block for each OR statement.

SELECT *
FROM ItemData  
WHERE FREETEXT(Title, '"' + @OriginalSearchTerm + '"')   
AND  ( WebsiteID=@WebsiteID AND 
    (GeoCity = ISNULL(@GeoCity,-1)) AND
    (GeoState = ISNULL(GeoState,-1))
ORDER BY ItemListID DESC