Sp_columns Slow
Dec 3, 2007 In SQL 2005, I'm getting very slow response times with sp_columns. It takes
around 8 seconds to return the results of calling sp_columns.
Any ideas?
Thanks
-Dave
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Sp_columns Not Returnign Anything
Oct 13, 2006Greetings all. I have a bizarre problem. I'm using sp columns to generate an html table with the field information of certain tables in my database. The table names are stored in an SQL Table called 'Manage_Tables' and I have 9 tables shown there. 6 out of the 9 are displaying correctly but the other 3 arent and the problem is coming from teh sp columns procedure that is returning nothing. why does this happen? all the tables are the same and have been created on teh same day by the same user with the rame rights and I have admin rights. Any clue?
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Feb 27, 2008Hi,
When I run sp_columns @table_name = someTable, I get many columns like TABLE_QUALIFIER, TABLE_OWNER and so on.
Is there a easy way to get only a COLUMN_NAME column?
Thanks
Underscore & Sp_columns ?!!
Oct 9, 2000Hi friends,
I got troubles when I tried to pass table name to sp_columns via
@local_variable:
declare @tname as char(50)
set @tname = 'TB_MyTable'
exec sp_columns @tname
result of such script is:
TABLE_QUALIFIER ...[skipped]
-----------------------------------
(0 row(s) affected)
But if I will say:
exec sp_columns 'TB_MyTable'
result will be correct (all neccessary data about columns will be provided)
So, looks like if I pass table name which contains underscore via
@local_variable or SP parameter - result will be wrong.
If table name won't contains underscore - everything works fine and result
of script:
declare @tname as char(50)
set @tname = 'MyTable'
exec sp_columns @tname
will be absolutely correct.
Please, anybody can clarify this situation ???
Thanks in advance,
Michael
Sp_columns Into A Variable
Mar 23, 2004Hello,
I'm using sp_columns and would like to stock the result recordset into a variable (or simply get only the column name into a table variable in sql)
Is there any way to select only the column name and put it into a table variable ?
Thank
Using Sp_columns Stored Procedure Trouble
May 12, 2005Hello,
I'm trying to use the "sp_columns" stored procedure to pull in some
information about a table in my db, but I'm continuing to get the same
error:
ERROR [42000] [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Procedure
'sp_columns' expects parameter '@table_name', which was not supplied.
I'm not sure why, but I've re-written my code several times and can't
figure out just why this error is happening. Here's a snippet of
the code:
Private Function GetDataType(ByVal columnName As String, ByVal table As String) As String
Dim con As New
OdbcConnection(ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.Get("LiquorLiabilityConnection"))
Dim com As New OdbcCommand("sp_columns", con)
com.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure
Dim param As New OdbcParameter("@table_name", table)
param.OdbcType = OdbcType.VarChar
com.Parameters.Add(param)
param = New OdbcParameter("@column_name", columnName)
param.OdbcType = OdbcType.VarChar
com.Parameters.Add(param)
Dim dr As OdbcDataReader
Dim name As String
con.Open()
dr = com.ExecuteReader() 'THIS TRIGGERS THE ERROR
While dr.Read
name = dr("TYPE_NAME")
End While
dr.Close()
con.Close()
Return name
End Function
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Store Return Result From Sp_columns
Oct 31, 2007I excute sp_columns in my Stored Procedure script to get the data type of a table column.
EXEC sp_columns @table_name = 'XXX', @column_name='YYY'
How do i store the column 'TYPE_NAME' in the return row into a variable so that i can use it later in my stored procedure?
Thanks
Hannah
Export Sp_columns Result Into A Temp Table?
Mar 1, 2004Can anyone show me the syntax for exporting the result of sp_columns into a new table?
I've tried using "SELECT EXEC sp_columns...INTO 'column_info'" but I keep getting syntax errors that are unclear to me.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
ab
Sp_columns In SQL2K5 Gives No Rows For Function That Return Table
May 9, 2006Some automated tools use sp_columns to find out the columns for a table, view or UDF that returns table.
In SQL Server 2000 it gives columns back but in SQL Server 2005 it does not, compat level set at 80 and 90.
Does anyone have an idea what id going on here?
Repro script below. I expect the script to return information about the two columns in the table defined in fnTestColumnsFromFunctions().
if exists (select 1
from sysobjects
where id = object_id('dbo.fnTestColumnsFromFunctions')
and type in ('IF', 'FN', 'TF'))
drop function dbo.fnTestColumnsFromFunctions;
go
create function dbo.fnTestColumnsFromFunctions()
returns @TestTable table
(
ttID int,
ttName varchar(50)
)
as
begin
return;
end
go
declare @dbname sysname;
declare @n int;
set @dbname = db_name();
exec @n = dbo.sp_columns
@table_name = 'fnTestColumnsFromFunctions',
@table_owner = 'dbo',
@table_qualifier = @dbname,
@column_name = null,
@ODBCVer = 2;
if exists (select 1
from sysobjects
where id = object_id('dbo.fnTestColumnsFromFunctions')
and type in ('IF', 'FN', 'TF'))
drop function dbo.fnTestColumnsFromFunctions;
go
Why So Slow?
Nov 13, 2003I am writing a data access web page, but I find that the excution speed is too slow.
My data base is just a data table which have five columns: id, code, quantity, price and Date. The data base has about 45000 rows. When I use OSQL or Query function, speed is just fine.
Here is the main code which I think cause the speed slow:
string conn = ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings["connectionstring"];
SqlDataAdapter adapter_2 = new SqlDataAdapter("select * from table",conn);
DataSet ds = new DataSet();
adapter_2.Fill (ds,"table");
DataTable YahooOrders = ds.Tables["YahooOrders"];
DataRow[] product = new DataRow[20000];
.......
foreach (string s in split) // actually the split here has only one string in it
{
product = table.Select ("code like '"+s+"%' and Date >='"+minDate+"' and Date <='"+table.Select("Date = Max(Date)")[0][1].ToString()+"'");
foreach(DataRow myRow in product)
{
int count = Convert.ToInt32(myRow[2]);
itemQuantity = count + itemQuantity;
revenue = Convert.ToDouble(myRow[3]) * count + revenue;
// get product code, ignore repeated code
int myIndex=code.BinarySearch( myRow[1] );
if ( myIndex < 0 )
code.Add(myRow[1]);
}
orderQuantity = product.Length + orderQuantity;
}
The first foreach actually excutes just one time, so it won' t cause any speed problem.
The second foreach' s job is to sum each column of specified rows which is product here.
So, any ideas about this?
Thanks!
Too Slow
Mar 8, 2001All,
Actually from the application the developers are using count(column) to know the no. of rows resulted by a statement which joins many tables but its taking lot of time.
Is there an easy way to get the count of records(result set) of the output.
I cant use sysindexes b'z i need the count of the output genereted by the SQl Statement which joins many tables and retrieves many rows.
Thanks,
Sajai
MS SQL Slow Down
Mar 24, 2006Hi fellas (and girllas),
Got a problem (duh!). My MSSQL Server lags. Now, mind, it doesn't lag all the time. And it seems to be independent of the # of users trying to access the server. And it random clears itself up. And the problem doesn't present itself in SQL MGR, just on the web app we're running on it.
Setup:
SQL Server 2k running on 2k3 w/ IIS & backup exec.
All SQL data files are on a raid5 SCSI U160.
App:
Intranet App developed by us for us. ASP.NET & VB.NET.
Symptoms:
When queried server takes a LONG time to respond. So long infact it has become counter productive. When taking a look at the server, the CPU usage hovers between 50-75% and spikes up to 90% every now and then just for kicks. The memory usage is 2.35gb out of 4gb. To fix this we have to kill and restart all the SQL services.
Any thoughts on what to look at? There're indexes on the required FKs and the heavily queried columns. We're at a loss here.
Thanks for any helpful help!
=Me!
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Anybody has the same or similar problem?
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Code Snippet
CREATE FUNCTION [dbo].[VrniStrukturo] (@id_sod int)
RETURNS TABLE
AS
RETURN
(
WITH tree(id, parent_id, naziv, nivo) AS
(
-- Base case
SELECT
id,
parent_id,
naziv,
1 as nivo
FROM employee
WHERE id = @id_sod
UNION ALL
-- Recursive step
SELECT
e.id,
e.parent_id,
e.naziv,
eh.nivo + 1 AS nivo
FROM employee e
INNER JOIN tree eh ON
e.parent_id = eh.id
)
--SELECT *
SELECT id
FROM tree
--ORDER BY nivo, priimek, ime
);
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and how can I know who is responsible for taking all SQL server resources at that specefic time. What command or what tool can I use pls for this purpose.
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Where do I start to decipher why on Earth this takes more than .01 seconds?
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I need urgent help, about someting:
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Mar 5, 2002Hello,
We have Sql Server installed on the Windows 2000 machine.
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I have a query which has suddenly started responding slow.
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Mar 15, 2001Hi,
Some of my queries are running too slow.It's taking as long as 30secs .Earlier the same query was taking less than 5 secs.
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It is on production server.
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log space used is 4%.
TIA.
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Jan 10, 2000Hi,
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A Very Slow Query
Oct 12, 2000Hi,
I have a query that takes minutes to execute, even through there are about 300,000 records are being processed. I would appreciate any help with optimizing that query.
I have two tables: User and Usage. Table user has two fields: User_Id and Date_Created and a non-clustered index on User_Id. Table usage has two fields also: User_Id and Date_Used and non-clustered index on both fields. The User table is populated when the user registers. The Usage table is populated every time the user opens a document.
Here is what I need to do: get the number of users from the Usage table who opened a document at least once after they have registered during the last 30 days for each day in the time frame, where the time frame varies.
For example, if the time frame is 8/01/00 - 8/31/00, I need to get the following data:
date returns
---- -------
8/01/00 10 (10 users returned to the document between 7/2/00 and 8/1/00)
8/02/00 15 (15 users returned between 7/3/00 and 8/02/00)
.
.
.
8/31/00 20 (20 users returned between 8/1/00 and 8/31/00)
Here is my query:
SELECT [date],
(SELECT count(distinct user_id)
FROM usage u JOIN [user] ON u.[user_id] = [user].[user_id]
WHERE u.[date] BETWEEN usage.[date]-30 AND usage.[date]
AND u.[date]>[user].date_created
GROUP BY usage.[date])returns
FROM usage
WHERE [date] BETWEEN @date1 AND @date2
This query works fine, but too slow. We use MS SQL server 7.0.
Thank you,
Yana