Optimizing Execution Plans for Parameterized T-SQL Queries Containing Window Functions

Question

EDIT: I\'ve updated the example code and provided complete table and view implementations for reference, but the essential question remains unchanged.

Answer 1

You could always go the CROSS APPLY way.

ALTER VIEW [dbo].[ViewOnBaseTable]
AS
SELECT
    PrimaryKeyCol,
    ForeignKeyCol,
    ForeignKeyRank,
    DataCol
FROM (
    SELECT DISTINCT
        ForeignKeyCol
    FROM dbo.BaseTable
) AS Src
CROSS APPLY (
    SELECT
        PrimaryKeyCol,
        DENSE_RANK() OVER (ORDER BY PrimaryKeyCol) AS ForeignKeyRank,
        DataCol
    FROM dbo.BaseTable AS B
    WHERE B.ForeignKeyCol = Src.ForeignKeyCol
) AS X