[dba-SQLServer] Output wizard choked

Jim Lawrence jlawrenc1 at shaw.ca
Tue May 22 18:39:56 CDT 2007


Hi Marty:

Thanks for the heads up. I will post a link to the article.

Jim

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MartyConnelly
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Subject: Re: [dba-SQLServer] Output wizard choked

Here is the start of a series of articles on performance tuning SQL
One is a 30:1 increase of speed on INSERTs, another on NOLOCK use

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/columnists/jSebastian/2944.asp

Eric Barro wrote:

>Just google it :)
>
>
>I've found articles on www.sqlteam.com quite helpful. A subscription to
>SQLMag.com has been quite helfpul as well. I also have the Microsoft SQL
>Server 2000 Bible from Wiley Press.
>
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>I gotta get a book for this stuff.
>
>John W. Colby
>Colby Consulting
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
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>SUBSTRING('abcdef', 2, 3) returns bcd
>
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>Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:18 PM
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>
>I tried to set up an export using the export wizard.  It choked because the
>data in the address1 field was larger than the allowed data field width
that
>I entered.  The output file is a fixed width file speced by the customer so
>what there is is what there is.  I saw no place to edit the transform or
>tell it to go ahead and trim the data.  I did save the transform info in a
>DTSX file, though the last time I did that it didn't end up very useful.
>
>What is the SQL Server syntax for returning the first N characters?
>
>Any suggestions.
>
>John W. Colby
>Colby Consulting
>www.ColbyConsulting.com
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Marty Connelly
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