I would like to call this as how efficiently you can obtain counting rows in SSIS package. Usual thought would come is @@rowcount or COUNT_BIG functions, but this is not that efficient way to obtain the results. SSIS provides the snippet within its components such as using Row Count component, for this you have to create a variable of integer ...

When it comes to resolving table fragmentation, the basic checkout you perform is to run DBCC INDEXDEFRAG or even run DBCC DBREINDEX statements. As per the default configuraiton SQL Database Engine allocates a new extent to an allocation unit only when it cannot quickly find a page in an existing extent with sufficient space to hold the row being ...

You may be aware the DML and DDL triggers can be nested up to 32 levels, because any reference to such trigger code counts as one-level in the nesting limit. Even though it is possible to control whether AFTER triggers can be nested through the nested triggers server configuration option. So how it can be escaped using CLR and how procedural and ...

Its a general assumption that whenever performance is degraded, the finger will be pointed to SQL Server, pretty easy eh!? If you look at any of the SQL Server related forums then 3 in 10 questions asks same question and nothing but shove blame on SQL Server. It is always better to be proactive than reactive, when it comes to identifying and ...

Recently I have been stumped by not cliaming unused space correctly even though after delete handful of rows on a table. You may be aware using SP_SPACEUSED will get you details such as : Column name Data type Description database_name nvarchar(128) Name of the current database. database_size varchar(18) Size of the current database in megabytes. ...

This was the question from SSP forums, I’m trying to rebuild few fragmented indexes on a table that is updated on regular basis. The “dbcc showcontig” gave this result: Table: 'Confidential' (999999999); index ID: 5, database ID: 5 LEAF level scan performed. - Pages Scanned................................: 86 - Extents ...

The following pages were recently modified. Source: Knowledge Base Product: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition, SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition & SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition Notification Contents: New and All Modifications FIX: Error message when you try to edit a SQL Server Agent job or a maintenance plan by using SQL ...

Long ago, not long ago.... No doubt that many of you might have gone through the error above within your SQL environment, also I see many forum posts out there to resolve the issue. The bottom line of this issue is Hardware and no other issue can contribute such a problem. So this is where DBA's role is enhanced to take care of SQL Server hardware ...

With the SQL Server 2000 DTS has very good capability of treating the huge processes as transactions, let's assume these parameters: DTS Package with ''Use Transactions'' and ''Commit on successful package completion'' boxes checked. No transaction related boxes checked in the Workflow Properties of each Package step. So the question is given ...

Yet another important factors that every DBA needs to concerned about table & index fragmentation within their SQL Server environment. Refer to the a rticle about DetectTableFragmentation in both 2000 and 2005 version. Fragmentation occurs due to updates and delets on the table and the golden rule is that to have relevant indexes for better ...