Hello all
i am not sure what is going wrong here. i might be missing some basics, going bonkers. need some desperate help to find out the reason for strange behavior. It could be service pack issue, but incase its not...
environment:
VB6.0
sql server 2000 sp3
database is on d drive on 2003 server with more than 10GB free space
database has 1 table t1, around 18 column/fields all varchar with 1 bigint field which is primary key, more than 28 million records
7 indexes on 7 different fields - one each
[in context to example below] field3 varchar(10) - (not primary key, not foreign key, no default) - nonclustered index with fill factor = 90
Example:
connection timeout is set to 100 - using DAO
a) query used in the source - throws timeout / execution cancelled error - select field1, field2 from t1 where field3 like 'ABC 0HZ%'
b) query used in the source - works fine (without Z) - select field1, field2 from t1 where field3 like '0H%'
c) query used in the source - works fine (without %) - select field1, field2 from t1 where field3 like 'ABC XYZ 0HZ' or - select field1, field2 from t1 where field3 = 'ABC XYZ XYZ 0HZ'
Problem:
query a above throws timeout error while using like operator to do a wild search for input data ending with Z
queries b and c works fine
Solutions tried:
- Sql server restarted
- rebuild index - dropped and recreated
- database detached and attached again
- database shrinked after dropping indexesHope the point clear - Any help would be highly appreciated
Thanking you in advance
regards ash