You’ve got a query that is just too slow!
Your challenge
Can you speed up the “Popular Names” query by ONLY making changes to the T-SQL?
Challenge difficulty
This is a 200-300 level challenge. If you have encountered this exact problem before, it could be a “quick solve,” but I’ve tested this on some smart folks who took a while to crack it!
Scripts
Grab the scripts at https://github.com/LitKnd/SQLWorkbooks/tree/main/speed_up_popular_names_sqlchallenge