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Author Dead spots in a dataset?
Steven J. Serenska

2005-05-31, 7:23 am

Paul:

Thanks very much. I will try these out.

[Also, sorry for posting the original message in the wrong thread. I
must have clicked Reply instead of Compose. All followups will be made
to this thread.]

Paul Horan[TeamSybase] wrote:
> "Steven J. Serenska" < sjs@RemoveTheseWords
Banksurance.com> wrote in

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>
> <snip>
>
subject line above for humorous purposes. Can[color=darkred]
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>
>
> Before you start your application, run the following two statements

in ISQL:

> call sa_server_option( 'request_level_loggi
ng', 'SQL');
> call sa_server_option( 'request_level_log_f
ile',

'<drive\path\filename.txt>');
>
> Now run the application, and note where you are (what the retrieval

arguments are) when it gets "slow".
>
> call sa_server_option( 'request_level_loggi
ng', 'None');
> call sa_server_option( 'request_level_log_f
ile', '');
>
> In that .txt file, you'll see all the SQL that the server was asked

to process. What you can do at this point, is find
> the "slow" queries, cut them to the clipboard, paste them back into

ISQL, and select Get Plan. It will show you exactly
> what access plan it chose to process the query. Compare the slow

plan to the fast plan, and see if that doesn't
> illuminate the problem. You might also take the Index Consultant for

a spin - it can recommend additional indexes that
> might help.
>
> You may need to run CREATE STATISTICS on some (or all) of the tables

involved in the query.
>


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