can dbcc showcontig slow things down/ lock tables cont'd

Thanks Tom. Does WITH FAST mean that the tables won't be locked, or that
they will be locked for a shorter period of time?
TIA, ChrisR
Yes. Shared locks are put up when you run it. Try using WITH FAST and do
only one table at a time. You get less info, but it's the stuff you need.
Tom
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Not really any more to ask.
TIA, ChrisR
" A fast scan does not read the leaf or data level pages of the index. "
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._dbcc_46cn.asp
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> Thanks Tom. Does WITH FAST mean that the tables won't be locked, or that
> they will be locked for a shorter period of time?
> TIA, ChrisR
>
>
> Yes. Shared locks are put up when you run it. Try using WITH FAST and do
> only one table at a time. You get less info, but it's the stuff you need.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Columnist, SQL Server Professional
> Toronto, ON Canada
> www.pinpub.com
> .
> "ChrisR" <noemail@.bla.com> wrote in message
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> sql2k sp3a
> Not really any more to ask.
> TIA, ChrisR
>
>
|||Thanks Adam. I saw that, and the way I read it is that it won't lock my
tables up. But before I fire this off in production during the middle of the
day, I wanted to confirm my thoughts?
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>" A fast scan does not read the leaf or data level pages of the index. "
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de..._dbcc_46cn.asp
>
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> Adam Machanic
> SQL Server MVP
> http://www.datamanipulation.net
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>
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|||FAST makes the operation faster as the leaf level doesn't have to be read. As for locking FAST
doesn't make a difference (table S lock). For non-heaps, you will have table IS lock instead when
using FAST.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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"ChrisR" <noemail@.bla.com> wrote in message news:OgEFzkMqFHA.544@.TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Tom. Does WITH FAST mean that the tables won't be locked, or that they will be locked for a
> shorter period of time?
> TIA, ChrisR
>
>
> Yes. Shared locks are put up when you run it. Try using WITH FAST and do
> only one table at a time. You get less info, but it's the stuff you need.
> --
> Tom
> ----
> Thomas A. Moreau, BSc, PhD, MCSE, MCDBA
> SQL Server MVP
> Columnist, SQL Server Professional
> Toronto, ON Canada
> www.pinpub.com
> .
> "ChrisR" <noemail@.bla.com> wrote in message
> news:OJY7r9BqFHA.2588@.TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> sql2k sp3a
> Not really any more to ask.
> TIA, ChrisR
>
>
|||It will still acquire shared locks.
Adam Machanic
SQL Server MVP
http://www.datamanipulation.net
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> Thanks Adam. I saw that, and the way I read it is that it won't lock my
> tables up. But before I fire this off in production during the middle of
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> day, I wanted to confirm my thoughts?
>
> "Adam Machanic" <amachanic@.hotmail._removetoemail_.com> wrote in message
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|||Oops, a mistake in my post:
For heaps, FAST doesn't make difference (S table lock).
For non-heaps, FAST takes table IS instead of table S.
Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
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> FAST makes the operation faster as the leaf level doesn't have to be read. As for locking FAST
> doesn't make a difference (table S lock). For non-heaps, you will have table IS lock instead when
> using FAST.
> --
> Tibor Karaszi, SQL Server MVP
> http://www.karaszi.com/sqlserver/default.asp
> http://www.solidqualitylearning.com/
> Blog: http://solidqualitylearning.com/blogs/tibor/
>
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