How can I increase the maximum number of parallel connections when exporting to Oracle via

Hi to everybody,
When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
enormous slow down.
Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
simultaneous connections to Oracle?
Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
Greetings,
David GrantBy default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dtsdsgnr/dtsdsgnr2_60mp.asp
(the last option on the General tab of package properties).
--
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi to everybody,
> When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
> I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
> connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
> exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
> to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
> this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
> enormous slow down.
>
> Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
> SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
> suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
> Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
> simultaneous connections to Oracle?
>
> Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
> Greetings,
> David Grant|||In addition to Dejan's excellent advice, note that you will need to look at how optimal hiking the tasks in parallel actually is.
If you are running on a 4 way then hiking this value to 20 would not be a good thing and you would see a lot of context switches as
things come in and off the processors. I would start with CPU Count -1
Allan Mitchell MCSE,MCDBA, (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
www.SQLDTS.com - The site for all your DTS needs.
www.SQLIS.com - SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
www.Konesans.com
"Dejan Sarka" <dejan_please_reply_to_newsgroups.sarka@.avtenta.si> wrote in message news:%23RTgwCFRFHA.204@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
> at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dtsdsgnr/dtsdsgnr2_60mp.asp
> (the last option on the General tab of package properties).
> --
> Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
> Associate Mentor
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
> "David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.com...
>> Hi to everybody,
>> When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
>> I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
>> connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
>> exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
>> to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
>> this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
>> enormous slow down.
>>
>> Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
>> SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
>> suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
>> Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
>> simultaneous connections to Oracle?
>>
>> Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
>> Greetings,
>> David Grant
>

How can I increase the maximum number of parallel connections when exporting to Oracle via

Hi to everybody,
When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
enormous slow down.
Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
simultaneous connections to Oracle?
Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
Greetings,
David Grant
By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sgnr2_60mp.asp
(the last option on the General tab of package properties).
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.c om...
> Hi to everybody,
> When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
> I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
> connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
> exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
> to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
> this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
> enormous slow down.
>
> Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
> SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
> suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
> Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
> simultaneous connections to Oracle?
>
> Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
> Greetings,
> David Grant
|||In addition to Dejan's excellent advice, note that you will need to look at how optimal hiking the tasks in parallel actually is.
If you are running on a 4 way then hiking this value to 20 would not be a good thing and you would see a lot of context switches as
things come in and off the processors. I would start with CPU Count -1

Allan Mitchell MCSE,MCDBA, (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
www.SQLDTS.com - The site for all your DTS needs.
www.SQLIS.com - SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
www.Konesans.com
"Dejan Sarka" <dejan_please_reply_to_newsgroups.sarka@.avtenta.si > wrote in message news:%23RTgwCFRFHA.204@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
> at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sgnr2_60mp.asp
> (the last option on the General tab of package properties).
> --
> Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
> Associate Mentor
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
> "David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.c om...
>

How can I increase the maximum number of parallel connections when exporting to Oracle via

Hi to everybody,
When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
enormous slow down.
Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
simultaneous connections to Oracle?
Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
Greetings,
David Grant
By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sgnr2_60mp.asp
(the last option on the General tab of package properties).
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.c om...
> Hi to everybody,
> When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
> I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
> connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
> exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
> to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
> this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
> enormous slow down.
>
> Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
> SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
> suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
> Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
> simultaneous connections to Oracle?
>
> Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
> Greetings,
> David Grant
|||In addition to Dejan's excellent advice, note that you will need to look at how optimal hiking the tasks in parallel actually is.
If you are running on a 4 way then hiking this value to 20 would not be a good thing and you would see a lot of context switches as
things come in and off the processors. I would start with CPU Count -1

Allan Mitchell MCSE,MCDBA, (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
www.SQLDTS.com - The site for all your DTS needs.
www.SQLIS.com - SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
www.Konesans.com
"Dejan Sarka" <dejan_please_reply_to_newsgroups.sarka@.avtenta.si > wrote in message news:%23RTgwCFRFHA.204@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
> at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...sgnr2_60mp.asp
> (the last option on the General tab of package properties).
> --
> Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
> Associate Mentor
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
> "David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.c om...
>

How can I increase the maximum number of parallel connections when exporting to Oracle

Hi to everybody,
When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
enormous slow down.
Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
simultaneous connections to Oracle?
Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
Greetings,
David GrantBy default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change this
at
2_60mp.asp" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d... />
2_60mp.asp
(the last option on the General tab of package properties).
Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
Associate Mentor
www.SolidQualityLearning.com
"David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.com...
> Hi to everybody,
> When exporting to Oracle from SQL Server using Import/Export Wizard,
> I've discovered that SQL Server only creates 4 simultaneous
> connections to Oracle. Obviously this fact prevents SQL Server from
> exporting the tables in a parallel way. Instead, the tables are forced
> to wait until one of the 4 connections gets free to export and due to
> this fact the performance of the export operation suffers from an
> enormous slow down.
>
> Even though I create new connections in the DTS Designer (up to 20),
> SQL Server 2K continues only using the same 4 ones which makes me
> suspect that there must be a hidden option somewhere to change this.
> Is there any way in SQL Server 2K to increase the number of maximum
> simultaneous connections to Oracle?
>
> Thank your from beforehand for reading my post.
> Greetings,
> David Grant|||In addition to Dejan's excellent advice, note that you will need to look at
how optimal hiking the tasks in parallel actually is.
If you are running on a 4 way then hiking this value to 20 would not be a go
od thing and you would see a lot of context switches as
things come in and off the processors. I would start with CPU Count -1
Allan Mitchell MCSE,MCDBA, (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
www.SQLDTS.com - The site for all your DTS needs.
www.SQLIS.com - SQL Server 2005 Integration Services.
www.Konesans.com
"Dejan Sarka" <dejan_please_reply_to_newsgroups.sarka@.avtenta.si> wrote in message news:%23R
TgwCFRFHA.204@.TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> By default, DTS executes only 4 tasks concurrently. Check how to change th
is
> at
> nr2_60mp.asp" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...>
nr2_60mp.asp
> (the last option on the General tab of package properties).
> --
> Dejan Sarka, SQL Server MVP
> Associate Mentor
> www.SolidQualityLearning.com
> "David Grant" <icebold54@.hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:18503386.0504181032.2b96883c@.posting.google.com...
>

How can I find out who is running dangerous queries

I recently discovered that some one (or application) updated all the
rows in the database. Looks like a query was missing a where clause.
It was probably one of the applications, but reviews of the code show
that a where clauses is always used, or so it appears. Anyway, I set
up a trigger to capture every update to a particular table that
recorded who did what and when. I created the trigger (on insert and
update) on a table and in it I use the new fn_get_sql function that
comes with SQL Server 2000 SP3. It looks like this:

----------
CREATE TRIGGER Update_Last_Modified ON [dbo].[MYTABLENAME]
FOR UPDATE, INSERT
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON
DBCC TRACEON (2861)

DECLARE @.Qry nvarchar(4000)

DECLARE @.handle binary(20)

SELECT @.handle = sql_handle
FROM master..sysprocesses
WHERE spid = @.@.SPID

SET @.QRY = (SELECT CONVERT(nvarchar(4000), [text]) FROM
::fn_get_sql(@.handle))

UPDATE MYTABLENAME
SET DATE_LAST_MODIFIED = GETDATE(),
LAST_COMMAND = @.QRY,
LAST_USER = SYSTEM_USER
FROM inserted
WHERE MYTABLENAME.UID= Inserted.UID
END

-----------

It was previously coded to use DBCC INPUTBUFFER, and it worked fine,
but I was limited to the first 255 characters of the command, which
prevented me from seeing the critical parts, like the where clause!
When I modified the trigger to use fn_get_sql, all I ever see is the
entire text of the create trigger command. Maybe I should use an
entirely different approach. I'm open to ideas.

Thanks very much in advance for your help!

Miles

_________________Miles (milesfeinberg@.hotmail.com) writes:
> It was previously coded to use DBCC INPUTBUFFER, and it worked fine,
> but I was limited to the first 255 characters of the command, which
> prevented me from seeing the critical parts, like the where clause!
> When I modified the trigger to use fn_get_sql, all I ever see is the
> entire text of the create trigger command. Maybe I should use an
> entirely different approach. I'm open to ideas.

Yes, the idea with fn_get_sql is to get the currently executing statement
of a procedure. And for a process that introspects itself, the current
statement will be the statement it queries sysprocesses. So in your
case DBCC INPUTBUFFER is a better bet.

--
Erland Sommarskog, SQL Server MVP, sommar@.algonet.se

Books Online for SQL Server SP3 at
http://www.microsoft.com/sql/techin.../2000/books.asp