I am running McAfee ePO and SQL Server 2000 on a dual Xeon 900Mhz box
currently. It is slow. I am going to be ordering 2 new servers, 1 for
ePO and 1 for SQL Server 2000. Anybody have any suggestions for the
SQL Server's hardware specs. Thanks,
Chris
I have this SP that takes several varchar columns and concatinates them all together then inserts them into a text field. I do this with a cursor which was the quickest way to get it done when it was setup...
However when I moved the process to a 2005 server (on the same physical server) the process drastically slowed down. On 2000 the process took about 7 min to handle all 350k+ rows with the processors hanging around 20-40%... On 2005 it took over 30 min (not sure how long it would take cause I killed the process) and the processors stay above 98%...
I have rewritten the process to use a while loop instead of the cursor (I wanted to do this anyways) and it had no effect. At this rate (about 1 row a second) it will take forever and this process runs everyday.
Any ideas??
Here is the procedure...
declare @srch_field varchar(8000)
declare @row int, @productid varchar(25)
DECLARE @title varchar(150), @actors_keyname varchar(1200), @directors_name varchar(400)
Declare @genres varchar(700), @theme varchar(1500), @type varchar(1500), @studio_desc varchar(100)
DECLARE @media_format varchar(50), @artist_name varchar(100), @dev_name varchar(100)
DECLARE @flags varchar(256), @starring varchar(256), @esrb varchar(100), @esrb_desc varchar(500)
DECLARE @ptrval varbinary(16), @text varchar(max)
declare @productlist table(product_id varchar(25), IDNUM int identity)
insert into @productlist (product_id)
select product_id
from music_load..globalsearch
select @row = @@rowcount
while @row > 0
begin
select @productid = product_id
from @productlist
where idnum = @row
SELECT @title = rtrim(title) ,
@actors_keyname = actors_keyname ,
@directors_name = directors_name,
@genres = genres ,
@theme = theme ,
@type = type ,
@studio_desc = studio_desc,
@media_format = media_format ,
@artist_name = artist_name,
@dev_name = dev_name,
@flags = flags ,
@starring =starring ,
@esrb = esrb ,
@esrb_desc = esrb_desc
FROM globalsearch
where product_id = @productid
Set @srch_field = isnull(@title,'')
if @actors_keyname is not null and @actors_keyname <> 'unknown'
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@actors_keyname)
if @directors_name is not null and @directors_name <> 'unknown'
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@directors_name)
if @genres is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + (ltrim(rtrim(replace(@genres, 0,''))))
if @theme is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + (ltrim(rtrim(replace(@theme, 0,''))))
if @type is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + (ltrim(rtrim(replace(@type, 0,''))))
if @studio_desc is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@studio_desc)
if @media_format is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@media_format)
if @artist_name is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@artist_name)
if @dev_name is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@dev_name)
if @flags is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@flags)
if @starring is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@starring)
if @esrb is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@esrb)
if @esrb_desc is not null
Set @srch_field = @srch_field + ' ~ ' + rtrim(@esrb_desc)
update globalsearch
set srch_field = @srch_field
where product_id = @productid
SELECT @ptrval = TEXTPTR(srch_field),
@text = credits
FROM globalsearch
where product_id = @productid
UPDATETEXT globalsearch.srch_field @ptrval NULL NULL @text
SELECT @ptrval = TEXTPTR(srch_field),
@text = track
FROM globalsearch
where product_id = @productid
UPDATETEXT globalsearch.srch_field @ptrval NULL NULL @text
set @row = @row - 1
end
Greetings all,I have a SQL Server 2005 Database for a product based solution which needs to be initialized with some basic info before it get's shipped along with the product. For example, the default admin password and assigning it to the Administrator role (Membership API). Additionally some other application specific info.My first thought would be to create a command line utility which would be executed just once that reads a text file definining what needs to go where and blow this into an empty database. I discovered the SSEUtil which could be handy but I understand this tool works only with SQL Express.Can someone suggest a strategy for handling this scenario?Thanks in advance!
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i am working on a website that will be storing millions of images. i have read various advantages/disadvantages of saving the images on sql vs. file system.
i would like to keep all the data in one location (sql server in this case), so what i had in mind is following:i am going to save the original image data on a sql server. now, the website user can view a (multiple) thumbnail version(s) of the original image and the orig. image itself, so instead of getting the original image from sql and resizing it everytime, i was going to create a file(s) on a sep. server with the resized image(s) that would be called instead (think of it as file-cache). this would reduce the load on the sql server drastically since all the thumbnails (and orig. image) would have the file version of themselfes and would be loaded from the separate server. this way i could have all my data on a sql server, have thumbnail images on an "image server" and everything should be fine with the exception of the increased disk space. Also, i would not have to worry about having 2 backups since i have all the data on sql and each image/thumbnail would be file-cached on it's first call. if the file-cache of the image is not available for whatever reason i would just load straight from the db.
i would appreciate any suggestions on this.
thanks :)
Hi all,
I know there's been quite a bit of discussion on WHETHER to run antivirus software on a SQL box(http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=1764423&SiteID=1).
If I do decide to run it, does anyone have suggestions of specific antivirus software that have worked well and did not cause significant performance problems?
Thanks in advance.
--Jim
I am running Windows Server 2003 R2 standard Edition with SP1, using IIS, and SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. Server running 4 core processors with 4CGB of RAM. I have not changed any entries to the boot.ini or with SQL Server to take advantage of the memory. I am looking for the best way to utilize the hardware in the machine????
This is dedicated DB server under split server configuration
Would it be useful if swith to /3g for AWE enabled option for sp_configure?
Please suggest me the best configuration methods if any
Thanks in advance,
Folks I have recently had the misfortune of moving to SQL Server Managment Studio as per our upgrade to SQL 2005. There is no doubt that SQL Server Management is a major disappoinment compared to Enterprise manager.
The UI is the biggest disaster I have ever seen. Getting rid of the SQL Query analyzer tool was a TERRIBLE idea. The UI is buggy and unfriendly. It is a major POS. I hope someone in the SQL Dev team is listening / reading this post (hellooooo anybody homeee......)
Now that I have vented my frustration ...
I wanted to know any atlernatives to the SQL Server Management Studio. There are plenty of 3rd Party tools out there I wanted to find out from this forum which popular 3rd Party tools are most developers using
Thanks for bearing with me.
Hi guys , is there any ways/suggestions for strengthen up the security for SQL server 2005 ? Due to several attacks from unknown places to my database's server , so I would like to get a way for increase the SQL security. Hope able to gather some info from web as well. Thx a lot guys.
Best Regards,
Hans
Hi,
Basically the above is a very common requirement, please comment on my solution which I've arrived at by searching through the web; -
In summary I have used 3 SSIS components these are "Flat File Source", "Derived Column" and "SQL Server Destination".
1) File Connections Manager Editor
1.1) Within File Connections Manager Editor; -
Name the data type e.g. "INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE_SRC"
and assign a type to the data type e.g. string[DT_STR]
1.2) Click on the Preview button to ensure the expected text is assigned to the expected data type.
2) Derived Column Transformation Editor
2.1) Assign Derived Column Name, e.g.
INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE
2.2) Select <add as new column> within Derived Column.
2.3) Enter the conversion Expression, e.g. ; -
2.3.1)
(SUBSTRING(INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE_SRC,8,2) + "/" + SUBSTRING(INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE_SRC,5,2) + "/" + SUBSTRING(INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE_SRC,1,4))
2.3.2)
Since the above conversion is such a common task I suggest that Service Pack 3 of SQL Server 2005 delivers the following functionality; -
STRINGTODATE ('YYYYMMDD',INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE_SRC)
2.4) Select "database timestamp [DT_DBTIMESTAMP] " as Data Type.
2.5) Within the Mappings tab of the SQL Destination Editor have; -
Input Column as INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE and
Destination Column as INTERCHANGE_NET_APP_DATE.
Please comment on the above, I will then pass on my suggestion to Microsoft.
Thanks in advance,
Kieran.
here is my schema...
Board of Zoning Appeals
Parcel#
BZACase#
ApplicantID
OwnerID
DateFiled
Size
Zoning
VU (Variance of Use)
BZACase#
ProposedUse
Comments
VDS (Variance of Developmental Standard)
BZACase#
OrdinanceReq
RequestedDim
ProposedUse
Comments
SE (Special Exception)
BZACase#
CurrentUse
ProposedUse
OrdinanceReq
RequestedDim
Comments
Applicant
ApplicantID
FirstName
LastName
CompanyName
Line1
Line2
City
State
Zip
PhoneNum
Owner
OwnerID
FirstName
LastName
CompanyName
Line1
Line2
City
State
Zip
PhoneNum
Now i know what im doing with the applicantID and ownerID...but the BZAcase# is a number/unique identifier that looks like this....2007-VU-000, 2007-VU-001, 2007-VU-003....so my question is
1. how do i get the last three numbers to increment each time a new application is created?
2. how do i retrieve the last record in the table???
3. Do you have any other suggestions?? i have to have the number and what type of form they applied for in the "case#"???
I am requesting suggestions to solve my problem.
Background: We are changing the way we pay commissions to our rep groups. We used to pay when the order was placed, now we want to pay when the invoice is paid.
Problem: The commision information is currently stored in the customer order, not in the invoice. These orders get deleted a couple weeks after the order was completed (shipped).
I want to create another, rather dynamic, table/structure that will store the order number and the commission percentage.
This info in this table should:
Be deleted: if the order has been deleted and the invoice either does not exist or was payed some period of time ago (maybe 6 months)
Be updated: if the customer order has been updated (i.e. the commission was changed)
Be inserted: if the order exists but the order number is not in the new table.
That is it in a nutshell.
Thanks,
Brian
hi
i have written a procedure for stock report.
its working fine. please go through the sp and give me some Suggestions. please tell me where i need to improve my code. thanks
Note: User is required to execute this procedure daily.
i am taking the sum of issues,purchases,returns,physical adjustments for each and every product from last updated date to today's date and storing it in a table i,e stock_Dump. from this table i generate the date wise stock report
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.spUpdateStock
@strReturn varchar(70) output
AS
BEGIN
declare @maxDt smalld atetime
if exists(Select * from Stock_Dump where Txn_Date=
Convert(varchar,Getdate(),101))
BEGIN
set @strReturn='Stock Table already generated
for the day. cannot generate it again'
END
ELSE
BEGIN
TRUNCATE TABLE Stock_Dump_Temp
select @maxDt=max(Txn_Date) from Stock_Dump
/* insert (Opening stock) Closing stock for all
all the products from last max Date*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,
Closing_Stock as Opening_Stock ,
0,0,0,0,0,0,0 from Stock_Dump Where
Txn_Date=Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101)
/* Issues*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,
Sum(Qty) as Issue_Qty,0,0,0,0,0,0 from Issue_Details
Where Issue_No IN(Select Issue_No from Issue_Hdr
Where Issue_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Issue_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* Goods receipt*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,0,
Sum(Qty) as Purchase,0,0,0,0,0 from Dlv_note_Details
Where Dlv_Note_No IN(Select Dlv_Note_No from
Dlv_Hdr Where Dlv_Note_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Dlv_Note_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* Rejection after receipt*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,0,
0,Sum(Qty) as Rejected,0,0,0,0 from
Rejection_Details Where Rejection_No IN
(Select Rejection_No from Rejection_Hdr Where
Rejection_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Rejection_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* Issues returns*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,0,
0,0,Sum(Qty) As Issue_Returns,0,0,0 from
Issue_Return_Details Where Issue_R_No
IN(Select Issue_R_No from Issue_Return_Hdr
Where Return_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Return_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* Physical Stock + */
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,0,
0,0,0,Sum(Var_Qty) as Phy_Qty_P,0,0 from
Physical_Details Where Var_Qty>0 and Txn_No
IN(Select txn_No from Physical_Hdr Where
Txn_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Txn_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* Physical -*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump_Temp Select Product_code,
convert(varchar,GetDate(),101) as Txn_Date,0,0,
0,0,0,0,Sum(Var_Qty) as Phy_Qty_M,0 from
Physical_Details Where Var_Qty<0 and Txn_No
IN(Select txn_No from Physical_Hdr Where
Txn_Date > Convert(varchar,@maxDt,101) and
Txn_Date <= Convert(varchar,getdate(),101))
Group by Product_Code
/* insert all the records into actual table i,e Stock_dump from Stock_dump_temp (temporory table)*/
INSERT INTO Stock_Dump Select Product_code,Txn_Date,
Sum(Opening_Stock) as Opening_Stock,Sum(Issue_Qty) as
Issue_Qty,Sum(purchase) as Purchase,Sum(Rejected) as
Rejected,Sum(Issue_Returns) as Issue_returns,
Sum(Phy_Qty_P) as Phy_Qty_P,Sum(Phy_Qty_M) as
Phy_Qty_M,0 as Closing_Stock from Stock_Dump_Temp
Group By ProducT_Code,Txn_Date
/* update closing stock*/
UPDATE Stock_Dump Set
Closing_Stock=abs((Opening_Stock+Purchase+Issue_Returns+Phy_Qty_P)-(Issue_Qty+Rejected+Phy_Qty_M))
Where Txn_Date=Convert(varchar,Getdate(),101)
/* delete unwanted records */
DELETE From Stock_Dump Where Opening_Stock=0 and
Issue_Qty=0 and Purchase=0 and Rejected=0
and Issue_Returns=0 and Phy_Qty_M=0 and Phy_Qty_P=0
set @strReturn='Stock Table Update Successfully'
return
END
END
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
suji
I have a database which contains more than 20000 stored procedureswhich were created withansi nulls off. This i found out using the querySELECT name,AnsiNullsOn FROM(SELECT name, OBJECTPROPERTY(id, 'ExecIsAnsiNullsOn') AS AnsiNullsOnFROM sysobjects WHERE type = 'P' ) A WHERE AnsiNullsOn=0Is there any way that i can set this property to 1 for all the storedprocedures i have??I know the alternate method is to drop the procedure and execute thescripts again with AnsiNullsOn = 1.Is there any other simple ways?? It will be very helpful for me..
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I want to transform textfiles to sql server set based and not row based.what would be the best way to transfer.
let me know.
Hello all!
I have this simple sp.
SELECT VisName
FROM tblVis
WHERE (VisID = 1)
Now I have lets say VISID 1 to 50. I'm using this SP to change the text on a button. Now I have 50 buttons. So I run this SP, then I run this in my vb.net code
Code Snippet
Dim constr As New SqlConnection(PVDBConn)
Try
'Variable to hold the results
Dim results As String = String.Empty
cmdUpd = New SqlCommand("SelVis1Name", constr)
cmdUpd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
constr.Open()
'Set results to the value returned from ExecuteScalar()
results = CType(cmdUpd.ExecuteScalar(), String)
constr.Close()
'Set our buttons text to that value
Button1.Text = results
Catch ex As Exception
MsgBox(ex.Message.ToString)
End Try
At any time, when I start my program, I may need to label 10 buttons, or up to 50. Now I will have this number in a text file. Can I grab that number from a text file, and pass it into a SP?
And can I write this SP only once, to work for more than one label per time. Or do I have to write this sp 50 times?
TIA!
Rudy
I have a database that will be used by two or more organizations. I would like to use pass phrase encryption to encrypt a couple of columns.
I'm looking for suggestions on how I might set up the db to let the organization change the pass phrase that is used for their encryption?
I don't really want to hard code it into stored procedures or select statements with parameters. I will be using SSL if that should make a difference with what you suggest.
Any thoughts are appreciated.
Thank you
I have two stored procedures (l'll call them P1 & P2). P1, after a lot of processing, creates a temporary table that is used by P2 after an "exec P1" is done. I've separated the logic into two stored procedures because, ultimately, other sprocs will need the output of P1.
I get an error if I use #tempTable as the output table in P1 because it no longer exists after P1 finishes. ##tempTable works, but I'm concerned about concurrency issues. Any suggestions on what construct(s) I should be using?
Thanks in advance!
Hi All,
I am new to SQL Server but have been doing database programming since last 3 years. I recently attended MOC (Microsfot Official Curriculum) training on SQL Server and have started to use at my company. I am comfortable with SQL but want to dig deeper into T-SQL side. I searched on the Internet but not many good books available in that either they are ranked very low or are very old i.e. written around 1999/2000 or covers SQL Server 2000 as a whole. Can anybody suggest me any T-SQL book which was written recently and focuses purely or majorly on T-SQL?
Thanks to all for your time and advice in advance.
Regards:
Prathmesh
I'm looking for some help on how i should index this table.
current table has about 500k records in it.
the fields in the table are:
member_num (varchar(12), not null)
first_name (varchar(20), null)
last_name (varchar(20), null)
ssn (varchar(50), null)
address1 (nvarchar(200), null)
address2 (nvarchar(200), null)
city (nvarchar(200), null)
state (nvarchar(200), null)
zip (nvarchar(100), null)
phone1 (nvarchar(50), null)
all of the fields are searchable through an asp.net webform.
my first stab at this consisted of creating a clustered index on member_num and then creating a separate index for each of the remaining fields.
What I have.
I have a spreadsheet that is used in 4 or more locations on a daily basis by 1-3 ppl per locations. The spreadsheet is used to gather Quality Control information. So everyday there are a couple of spreadsheets from each system that is used to generate weekly and monthly reports. This is becoming to much work and I would like to automate the process.
What I have access to.
I currently run a Sharepoint 2007 Server for all our collaboration and document needs.
I also have the ability to setup any sql server.
What I want.
I want the QC techs in each system to be able to upload the data at the end of each day and be done with it. This way they do not have email or do a weekly report.
I would prefer to use Sharepoint and create reports weekly and monthly that can be pulled just by going to a site.
I'm knowledgeable in Sharepoint and Excel. I have some skills in VBA. I haven't dealt with SQL any, but willing to learn.
Also I'm knowledgeable in Microsoft Access as well.
Any suggestions on how I could accomplish this would be appreciated.
TIA
Hi Guys,
Well, as a VB/VBA applications developer I'm not well prepared for this, but it looks like I will be riding herd on a production SQL Server.
TSQL I know well enough to get along, but where can I get a fast fix on all the logins, security, and process management info? Today we had a DTS package crash overnight and it took me forever to figure out that it had left half a dozen tables locked. (Note that the scripts for the DTS package are being re-written as we speak with use of transactions and NOLOCK.) Meanwhile tech support was handling a whole mess of grumpy users.
Are there any books you would recommend as resources/references? Is there a particular author who is good at writing the stuff you really need to know in English that can be read by a mere mortal like I? I am fond of the Microsoft resources/help files but I'd like to have somthing that holds highlighter and post-it flags a bit better. Not to mention something that focuses more on the beast as a whole rather than the minutia at length.
Thanks for any suggestions!
I have a set of tables with about the same structure
dataID, recordID, 15 other columns
dataID is unique but is never referenced in queries
recordID is one of the most referenced columns but only has a cardinality of about 30%
The current structure has a clustered PK on (dataID,recordID)
Someone suggested reversing the clustered PK to (recordID,dataID) because of the number of references to recordID but that didn't seem to boost performance any
After staring at this for a while I came up with something but I'd like some advice whether it makes sense or not.
create a non-clustered PK on dataID
create a non-unique clustered index on recordID
Let me know if any other information is needed. Thanks
I would be teaching an applied database course to buisness majorundergrads. I'm looking for a book that introduces database conceptsusing SQLServer as the database. I would really appreciate if you couldrecommend me a few such books.ThanksNemo
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The Background:
I have a SQL Serever with more than 10 million records.
I have to update/delete/insert records on a daily basis.
I am using the standard edition of SQL Server.
The tables are constantly having data inserted into them and the server has different jobs running all day long.
My Problem:
I cannot create index on my database and the database is getting really slow as each month/year passes.
Any/All suggestions are welcomed.
Hi All,
Need some suggestions for senior management for DR Purposes:
Background:
WSS/MOSS2007 is being used as a Document Management solution.
17 Servers geographically dispersed around the UK. Each server runs WSS 3, SQL Server 2005 and IIS. Each server is linked into a PiP cloud via 2MB MPLS.
At each location; We are looking at 20 core databases; each pre-sized to 10GB. If I take one site as an example, the previous nights backup totalled 135GB.
The company has taken a centralised view on backup's, so SQL Server Data and Log files are replicated using Double-Take to a central location where by the files are taken onto tape daily (Full backup of all files).
As a precaution, I take a Full SQL Server backup daily and also Tran Logs every 4 hours locally and keep it there for 2 days; however if the site goes boom I loose those, so for this purpose; please forget they exist.
As I expect; when I restore the mdf and ldf files from tape, I will get errors when I attach those files into SQL Server for transactional inconsistencies which I'm well aware of.
Other options I've considered are:
1) DB Mirroring. Not a bad option, but still have to get the DB to the Mirror Server in the first place. Also DB Mirroring is not recommended for more than 10 mirrored databases.
2) Log Shipping. Same issue as above; Have to get the data here in the first place. Then once Log Shipping is setup; if I have a failure; I need to start the whole lot off again.
3) Transactional Replication. Issue is with the initial replication getting the data from A to B, then if I need to use it in a DR situation; I will get issues saying this table is being used for replication. This can be worked around, but it's a not a quick process...
4) 3rd Party Backup Compression. E.G. Litespeed; Redgate SQL Backup, etc. Good; Tests have shown a 42% compression for us, however if I refer to the earlier example of 135GB, this compresses to 81GB. Throw in the theoretical max for a 2MB link of 19GB / 24 Hours, this would take 4 Days to copy.
Other thoughts I've come up with are:
A) Split the tables into different file groups; not sure how easy this would be as the DB's and Tables already exist.
B) Full/Diff/Tran. Still have the issue of scheduling the full backup over the weekend and taking 4 days to get here.
C) Local Tape Backups. Issue is relying on someone to change the tape on a daily basis. It's not centrally managed and how do we restore in a DR situation ?
Could someone give me some pointers please?
Thanks
Steve
SQL DBA.
Hi folks, I have a very typical database for an ASP.net application. There is a table which will contain a hierarchical data..much like files-folders structure of a file system.
But we know that the table will be a giant one in production. There will be a huge collection of data need to persist in it. we are already facing some performance problem with some queries during the QA/test machine.
Currently there is a table which is keeping all file and folder information and another table maintaing their hierarchy relation using two column namely, parentID and childID.
My first question is, would it be better to keep this hierarchy relation into the same table rather using a different one? (much like managerID and empID in AdventureWorks sample?)
My Second question, what is the best way to design this kind of structure to get the highest performance benifit?
All kind of thoughts will be appreciated much! thanks
I am working with an application currently that stores the majority of its data in the following schema.
factid1 int,
factid2 int,
factid3 int,
factid4 int,
Value decimal 14,4
To extract data from this table we are using a 4 table join to each of the factid's
Our where clause in this query is based on (where factid1 = something)
So we have a composite clustered index led by factid1.
Our plan is to reduce the size of this table by introducing the kind of schema, we would like to introduce this to keep the table size to a minimum and hopefully increase the performance of our extracts from this table.
factid4 int
intersectid int
value decimal 14,4
And then the intersect table with fact2,fact2,fact3 combinations
factid1 int
factid2 int
factid3 int
intersectid
This kind of schema reduces the size of this table substantially but performance of our extract is very poor.
Does anyone have any suggestions on schemas that will give us high performance?
Or does anyone think that the original schema will outperform any alternative schema.
Greetings all,
I'm a developer tasked with securing up a SQL Server 2005 SP2 database. I'm not exactly a DBA but I'm giving it my best shot. I was hoping someone could offer some suggestions/tips on how I could approach this task. The amount of documentation on this type of thing is somewhat overwhelming. I'm a little pressed for time and was hoping someone could offer some help. Maybe even provide some feedback as if I'm in the "weeds" or not.
Ok, here's the deal...
At the moment I am using Windows authentication. From what I have read this is the preferred method over SQL authentication. I'd like to continue using this approach if possible.
The database can be has 3 principals
1. ASP.NET (Network Service on Windows Server 2003)
2. Windows Service running on the host server
3. A Data Access Layer assembly running on some other server
All the principals access the db using stored procedures only. Each uses a subset of all the stored procedures, some of them overlap.
My initial though was this:
For the ASP.NET I would perform the following:
1. sp_grantlogin [NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE]
2. sp_grantdbaccess [NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE]
3. Grant Execute on [For each sproc used] to [NT AUTHORITYNETWORK SERVICE]
For The Windows Service and the Data Access Layer principal, I was thinking something like this:
1. Create a separate windows login for each principal
2. Create a db login for each principal login From Windows
3. Grant execute on each of the sprocs used for each role
Question: How do I Deny Select, Insert, Update and Delete privs for all tables regardless of the principal (public user)?
Again, any help and or suggestions would greatly be appreciated.
Thank!
Hello,
I have a matrix with a dynamic number of columns (1-10). The trouble is that hiding one ore more columns still leaves space reserved for all 10 columns, which is ugly. This is because the size of the TextBox that oversees the columns is not dynamic, and it is set to the size of all 10 text boxes.
In other words, a matrix with 5 columns looks like this:
Item Total
Col1 Col2 Col3 Col4 Col5 Total
5 5 5 5 5 25
While a matrix with 2 columns (the last 3 have visibility set to false) looks like this:
Item Total
Col1 Col2 Total
5 5 25
I am going crazy trying to solve this one. Does anyone have any ideas at all that can help me? Merging all the columns into a single column would not work well for me, as each column is a drill-down for the others. And making each column small (.1in), doesn't work either because there is no "no-wrap" property.
ANY suggestions would be appreciated. How have others dealt with this issue?
Michael
Hi
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
I have two tables
First Table is called "Team" see columns and data below
TeamId, TeamName, MemberId
1, White Team, 1
2, Grey Team, Null
Second Table is called "Members" see columns and data below
MemberId, Name
1, Jim Smith
I want to display both tables in a gridview as follows
TeamId, TeamName, MemberId, Name
1, White Team, 1, Jim Smith
2, White Team , Null, Null
I'm using the following sql procedure to do this
Select
Team.TeamId,
Team.TeamName,
Team.MemberId,
Meember.Name
From Team
Inner Join Members on Members.MemberId = Team.MemberId
My Problem is that this select statement returns the first row but not the second row. The reason for this is the second row's memberId is Null. However, I still need to display this row even if the data is some of the data is null.
Can anyone point out the correct sql statement for this?
I have started working with MS SQL Server 2000 recently. I have a scenario in which I require to know within the given period of time ( say 5 mins) , which all tables from a particular database got modified. I do not want to write a trigger for each and every table for all the 13 databases , my application deals with. I have even tried the following query:
declare @curdate datetime
select @curdate=getdate()
select name, refdate from sysobjects
where xtype = 'U' and refdate =@curdate
But nope it does not help me, since refdate is something else. Can anybody tell me how can you figure out from sysobjects when was a particular object last accessed , even this would serve my purpose.
I have trying to get this done via profiler. My applications api's connect to the database under some credentials which i do not know since I do not have access to source code ( i am doing black box testing). So I can't even put a trace on one particular user account. What I am doing currently is trapping all store procedure events..., but then its too much of work...
Hence I wanted to know , is there any way out for the situation where given a database name and a time span we can find out the tables modified/accessed within that time span from that database ???
Hi All,
I work for a telco. We've got a table in a database which shows phone calls made by customers and when they made them.
I need to generate a list of customers who have made phonecalls last month and have NOT had a five days in a row without making any calls.
Can any of you help? I'm not sure how to tackle this one without getting a very bloated and inelligent solution. Basically, the only solution I can think of is generating 31 tables, one for each day and then just checking calls made on each day.
Has anyone got a better idea?
I'm using SQL Server 2000.
Thanks
Dave