Re: SOT: READ UNCOMMITTED

2011-10-01 Thread John M Bliss
Thanks. I'll give that a try... On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Jochem van Dieten wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:45 PM, John M Bliss wrote: > > type 1 - about 1-5 SELECTS per second that have to run as fast as > possible > > *always* (< 1 second) > > > My question is: if the goal is to m

Re: SOT: READ UNCOMMITTED

2011-10-01 Thread Jochem van Dieten
On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 11:45 PM, John M Bliss wrote: > type 1 - about 1-5 SELECTS per second that have to run as fast as possible > *always* (< 1 second) > My question is: if the goal is to make sure type 1 remains as fast as > possible, will it help/hurt to also declare "SET TRANSACTION ISOLATI

Re: SOT: READ UNCOMMITTED

2011-09-30 Thread Mike Chabot
I recommend doing this as an optimization technique, as long as you are aware of the tradeoff you are making. The default database settings are optimized for ACID transactional safety, but most Web sites don't need this level of safety unless you are handing financial transactions. Most of the NoS

SOT: READ UNCOMMITTED

2011-09-30 Thread John M Bliss
We have a fairly high-traffic ACF 8 site where SQL Server database gets hit with two types of queries: type 1 - about 1-5 SELECTS per second that have to run as fast as possible *always* (< 1 second) type 2 - about 100-500 "other" queries per day that are allowed to run "slower" (5-20 seconds). (