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Feb 5, 2008

sql2k5
sp2

We moved a very tiny db (< 100 mb) from 2000 to 2005 (via attach/ detach) recently and now there are a couple sprocs which take forever to run from the app. Yes, the stats have since been updated as I reorg the indexes weekly. Now here is where it gets really strange, I can run this sproc in 0 seconds via Query Analyzer (QA). In other words I:



Have a developer run it from the app while monitoring in Profiler. There is a setting in the app for a 30 timeout, so after 30 seconds the app blows up and I see the exact code that the developer tried to run.

I can grab that code from Profiler, plop it into QA, and run it. Results are returned instantly. We have done this test a number of times, so I know it's not just a one time thing.
How can this be? The only thing that got changed in the app was the connection string to the new 2005 server.

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Note the code below, running on the version noted.

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@@version = Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - 9.00.3054.00 (X64) Mar 23 2007 18:41:50 Copyright (c) 1988-2005 Microsoft Corporation Standard Edition (64-bit) on Windows NT 5.2 (Build 3790: Service Pack 2)


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from

(

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(

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select filename
from master..sysaltfiles
where dbid = 2
go
select reverse(rtrim(filename)), filename
from sysaltfiles
where dbid = 2
go
select reverse(rtrim(filename))
from sysaltfiles
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Code Snippet
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