SQL Workaround - response (9) by kelvsdotph

ah yes, i think i saw things like that dieter on my previous project.  
Anyway, an update to everyone.  I was advised by my partner to just make recommendation of a structural change since modifying the query will only be more taxing.  The performance gain I got from above was very negligible either I wasn't a good query writer or the design is not applicable anymore.
Thanks to everyone who helped :)