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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>I went thru and noticed the “Run as
User” field was not consistent throughout all steps.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>When I ran the job again, all steps ran
for about a second each.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>I then created a job that contained only
1 step, and it took the full 30 minutes to run.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>After going back and forth for a while,
it seems that when the sproc contains code to execute a package, it pretty much
skips it in the job. The sproc that ran normally contained an action
query, but the sproc that didn’t do anything contained xp_cmdshell code
to run a DTS package.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Is there a special way to set up a job
that runs DTS packages?</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Mark</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> DJK(John) Robinson
[mailto:djkr@msn.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, August 11, 2003
10:17 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> dba-sqlserver@databaseadvisors.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE:
[dba-SQLServer]Running a Job</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>OK - and 30 minutes would
certainly be noticeable!</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>I'm working a bit in the
dark, of course, but what I would check next is that each Jobstep is running in
the database you expect (on the General tab) and, on its Advanced tab, that its
"Run as User:" is the one you intend.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Have you, for instance
developed the jobstep's SP in one database and then transferred it to the
production DB? ... perhaps not catering for dummy/earlier versions,
permissions, or somesuch?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Does each SP run OK in QA
in a similar environment?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>(Clutching at straws,
really, but just thinking of mistakes I have made!)</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>John</span></font></p>
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.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Boyd<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 11 August 2003 14:17<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver@databaseadvisors.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE:
[dba-SQLServer]Running a Job</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>John
–</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>It
tells me that all steps have succeeded.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>I know
the sprocs aren’t running because normally they each take about 30
minutes to run.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>When I
run the sprocs in a job, they each run for about a second, then return
successful.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Mark</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> DJK(John) Robinson
[mailto:djkr@msn.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, August 09, 2003
4:20 AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver@databaseadvisors.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE:
[dba-SQLServer]Running a Job</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>Mark</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>In the
Job History, have you checked whether any/all of the individual job <strong><b><font
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial'>steps</span></font></b></strong>
have succeeded?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:blue'>John</span></font></p>
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1.0in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Boyd<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> 08 August 2003 19:15<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver@databaseadvisors.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE:
[dba-SQLServer]Running a Job</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Eric
–</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>The
job history is telling me it succeeded, but I can tell the sprocs in the steps
didn’t execute.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 color=blue
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;color:blue'>Mark</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b> Eric Barro
[mailto:ebarro@afsweb.com] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 08, 2003
12:06 PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver@databaseadvisors.com<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> RE: [dba-SQLServer]Running
a Job</span></font></p>
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face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";
color:blue'>Mark,</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 color=blue
face="Lucida Sans Unicode"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Lucida Sans Unicode";
color:blue'>Check the Job History details to see if it succeeded or failed.</span></font></p>
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<p style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'>---<br>
Eric Barro<br>
Senior Systems Analyst<br>
Advanced Field Services<br>
(208) 772-7060<br>
<a href="http://www.afsweb.com/" target="_blank">http://www.afsweb.com</a> </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:
1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>-----Original
Message-----<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>From:</span></b>
dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-sqlserver-bounces@databaseadvisors.com]<b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Mark Boyd<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, August 08, 2003 8:52
AM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> SQLServerList<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [dba-SQLServer]Running a
Job</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>I am attempting to run a job thru
SQL2000 Enterprise Mgr.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>This job consists of 6 steps, each
containing a sproc in the command.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>When I go to run the job, it
finishes successfully in about 5 seconds, but doesn’t seem to run any of
the sprocs.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Each step looks like the following:
execute spSproc.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Am I missing something?</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Any ideas?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Mark Boyd</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>Sr. Systems Analyst</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoAutoSig style='margin-left:1.5in'><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>McBee Associates, Inc.</span></font></p>
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