sql: DELETE + INSERT vs UPDATE + INSERT

Question

A similar question has been asked, but since it always depends, I\'m asking for my specific situation separately.

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Answer 1

Have you considered using a materialized view (MSSQL calls them indexed views) instead of doing it manually? This could also have other performance benefits as an indexed view gives the query optimizer more choices when its constructing execution plans for other queries that reference the table(s) in the view.