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i is not equal to 0, 1 or 2SELECT artistName FROM Music_Artist A WHERE btActive = 1 ORDER BY artistName ASC

A : 0.01 seconds
select TRIM(REPLACE ( ArtistName, 'The ', '' )) alteredArtistName, Max(G.FK_Music_Genre ) FK_Music_Genre, Max( ArtistName ) artistName, Count( PK_Music_Video ) videoCnt, max( Thumbnail_medium ) AS thumbNail, max( artistPopularity ), max( dtRecorded ) from Music_Link_Artist_Genre G LEFT JOIN Music_Artist A on G.FK_Music_Artist = A.PK_Music_Artist LEFT JOIN Music_Video V ON V.FK_Music_Artist = A.PK_Music_Artist WHERE G.FK_Music_Genre=1 and A.btActive=1 group by PK_Music_Artist order by A.artistName ASC

B : 3.80 seconds
select TRIM(REPLACE ( ArtistName, 'The ', '' )) alteredArtistName, Max(G.FK_Music_Genre ) FK_Music_Genre, Max( ArtistName ) artistName, Count( PK_Music_Video ) videoCnt, max( Thumbnail_medium ) AS thumbNail, max( artistPopularity ), max( dtRecorded ) from Music_Link_Artist_Genre G LEFT JOIN Music_Artist A on G.FK_Music_Artist = A.PK_Music_Artist LEFT JOIN Music_Video V ON V.FK_Music_Artist = A.PK_Music_Artist WHERE G.FK_Music_Genre=1 and A.btActive=1 group by PK_Music_Artist order by A.artistName ASC

D : 7.80 seconds