DEP005
Published 20 November 2017
FASTFIRSTROW table hint is deprecated
Starting with SQL Server 2008, the FASTFIRSTROW table hint has been deprecated. This feature has been removed in SQL Server 2012.
Use [FAST n] instead. FASTFIRSTROW allows data to begin streaming to the user earlier, at a risk of a cost in performance. OPTION (FAST 1) is equivalent but you can, with this hint, specify the number of ‘fast’ rows.
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