RE: SQL Delete Performance - Why so Horrible?

I think it is very likely that your deletes are doing full table scans
each time.  An index by company could make all the difference in the
world.  We had a situation here this week where an application was doing
some deletes and updates on an audit file based on keys.  Record
processing performance went from 3,500/records per hour to 10,000 per
minute just by adding the proper indexes.  

Jim

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of William Washington
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Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2005 3:35 PM
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Subject: SQL Delete Performance - Why so Horrible?

Hi All,

Why is the SQL DELETE performace so terrible?

I have a file with 1,500,000 records.  When I do:

DELETE FROM filename WHERE company = pCompany

in a stored procedure running in batch, it takes nearly 30 minutes!  Of
course, an SQL DROP or a CL "CLRPFM" works within seconds, but I really
must check the company before deleting.

Would indexing by company help?

Thoughts?  Ideas?  Thanks.

William

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