update IIS Log table?

• bp

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  October 14, 2003 at 11:48 am

  #106734

  Our IIS Server is logging website hits to SQL Server. We are trying to figure out best way to export certain records from this table into another table every 5 minutes. So far, we came up with two options:

  1) in a separate table, store the ID of the last record in the IIS Log table that was exported. Every 5 minutes, export the records that are greater than the last exported ID.

  2) pick one of the columns in the log table to be the "Exported" flag column. After exporting a record from the log table, update that record as exported.

  We are leaning towards #2 but am unsure about any locking issues. AKAIK, IIS only inserts records into that table, never update.

  Any ideas or thoughts?

  Thanks in advance,

  Billy

• K. Brian Kelley

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  October 14, 2003 at 11:54 am

  #478192

  I would go with #1.

  #1:

  1 Operation to read all rows > #

  1 Operation to update a single row

  #2:

  1 Operation to read all rows not flagged

  1 Operation to update all rows not flagged

  An index can be put on ID. It's all but useless on the flag (since you'll only have two values).

  K. Brian Kelley

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• bp

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  October 14, 2003 at 12:26 pm

  #478201

  I see... thanks... the query cost of option 1 is 15% compared to 85% of option 2...

  USE TEMPDB

  GO

  SET NOCOUNT ON

  CREATE TABLE TABLE_A(THE_ID INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT PK_TABLE_A PRIMARY KEY, THE_VALUE CHAR(1), IS_EXPORTED bit);

  SET NOCOUNT OFF

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',0)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',0)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',0)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',0)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',0)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',1)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',1)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',1)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',1)

  INSERT INTO TABLE_A(THE_VALUE, IS_EXPORTED) VALUES('X',1)

  select * from table_a where the_id > 6;

  select * from table_a where IS_EXPORTED = 1;

  DROP TABLE TABLE_A

  go