LEFT JOIN Significantly faster than INNER JOIN

Question

I have a table (MainTable) with a bit over 600,000 records. It joins onto itself via a 2nd table (JoinTable) in a parent/child type relationship:

Answer 1

Try this one. Same result, different approach:

SELECT c.ID, p.ID 
FROM
(SELECT   Child.ID, JoinTable.ParentID
FROM     MainTable
AS       Child
JOIN     JoinTable
      ON Child.ID = JoinTable.ID) AS c
INNER JOIN 
(SELECT   Parent.ID, JoinTable.ID
FROM     MainTable
AS       Parent
JOIN     JoinTable
      ON Parent.ID = JoinTable.ParentID
     AND Parent.SomeOtherData = Child.SomeOtherData) AS p
ON c.ParentID = p.ID

If it does not help, use cte:

;WITH cte AS
(SELECT   Child.ID, JoinTable.ParentID
FROM     MainTable
AS       Child
JOIN     JoinTable
      ON Child.ID = JoinTable.ID)
SELECT cte.ID, Parent.ID
FROM cte INNER JOIN 
MainTable
AS       Parent
      ON Parent.ID = cte.ParentID
     AND Parent.SomeOtherData = cte.SomeOtherData