order by slows me down

sql2k sp2
Im aware that it normally slows everone down. But Ive got
a view, and when I select top 1 from it without an order
by it returns in 1 second. With order by takes over 4
minutes. Quite a jump. Any ideas?
TIA, ChrisChris,
The Top Engine simply fetches the 1st occurance, satisfying your where
criteria.
When you issue an Order BY Clause it have to construct a virutal table in
Tempdb and then sort and give you the 1st occurance.
To speed up I would look at the index plan and add/tweak the index
satisfying the Order By and Where.
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HTH
Satish Balusa
Corillian Corp.
"chris" <anonymous@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> sql2k sp2
> Im aware that it normally slows everone down. But Ive got
> a view, and when I select top 1 from it without an order
> by it returns in 1 second. With order by takes over 4
> minutes. Quite a jump. Any ideas?
> TIA, Chris