Mwp.Reid at Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
Mwp.Reid at Queens-Belfast.AC.UK
Tue Feb 4 15:00:01 CST 2003
Will ask one of our DBAs. If it goes on a server one of them will have used it. Martin Quoting Ron Moore <rmoore at comtechpst.com>: > Martin, Been down that road too many times! I've fully explored the use > of > multi-value ODBC drivers for Informix. They work very well on other > platforms. We're stuck with a low-end server! I had hoped to make > our > legacy systems an open DB, to no avail. In the interim, I've created > various 'utilities' that captures screen display and dump txt and launch > MS > apps, use code to format, chart, etc. > > Informix is a great DB environment, just not for us. If we are > upgrading > the server, why not upgrade the app (says upper management) > Thanks Again, > Ron > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of > Mwp.Reid at Queens-Belfast.AC.UK > Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 3:21 PM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Pushing A2K Data to SQL2K - S-L-O-W!: > > > This is a shot in the dark as I know nothing about the source db. Is > it > possible that you are pulling out more than the tables for example > catalogs > or > other descriptive data. > > The OLEDB Provider and DTS is supposed to work well but I have as I said > no > direct experience of it. > > > Martin > > > > Quoting Gustav Brock <gustav at cactus.dk>: > > > Hi Ron > > > > > Hi Gustav, No, I haven't tried, and I'm still learning the > new, > > mostly > > > undocumented, schema of the new app. Do you think the indexes > account > > for a > > > large chunk of the five hours? Being new to SQL, would I have to > > manually > > > record and recreate the indexes, or can I store the index 'defs' > > > temporarily? > > > > Sorry, I'm not an expert on SQL Server, so I can't give you any > smart > > tips. > > The index dropping/recreation is a general tip when appending large > > amounts of (known or otherwise validated) records to a large table. > > > > /gustav > > > > > > > Have you tried dropping the indexes on the target table during the > > > appending? > > > Of course, recreate them afterwards. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >