asyncronous sql queries?

  • I'm working on a sproc that needs to run several independent select statements. So let's say I have 3 select statements like this:

    select * from x into #x

    select * from y into #y

    select * from z into #z

    Let's say each select statement takes 2s to complete. If I run the sproc as shown above then the total query time would be 6s. However, if I was able to run the queries asyncronously/simultaneously then I could exec the sproc in 2s total. Is there a way to do something like this in T-SQL?:

    select * from x into #x async

    select * from y into #y async

    select * from z into #z async

  • Service Broker would allow for this, however you would not be able to use temp tables.



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  • Same comment for SSIS: it's straightforward to do, but you wouldn't be able to use temp tables for that.

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  • Keep in mind, though, that you could use non-temp table names in tempdb. Tables will have slightly less overhead in tempdb.

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  • By setting the property RetainSameConnection = True on the Connection Manager, temporary tables created in one Control Flow task can be retained in another task. You would have X number of Control Flow tasks execute in parallel, each populating a temp table for use in a subsequent task.

    How to create a temporary table in SSIS control flow task and then use it in data flow task?

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5631010/how-to-create-a-temporary-table-in-ssis-control-flow-task-and-then-use-it-in-dat

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  • Eric M Russell (9/14/2016)


    By setting the property RetainSameConnection = True on the Connection Manager, temporary tables created in one Control Flow task can be retained in another task. You would have X number of Control Flow tasks execute in parallel, each populating a temp table for use in a subsequent task.

    How to create a temporary table in SSIS control flow task and then use it in data flow task?

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5631010/how-to-create-a-temporary-table-in-ssis-control-flow-task-and-then-use-it-in-dat

    I have done that, worked well in SSIS.

  • Lynn Pettis (9/14/2016)


    Eric M Russell (9/14/2016)


    By setting the property RetainSameConnection = True on the Connection Manager, temporary tables created in one Control Flow task can be retained in another task. You would have X number of Control Flow tasks execute in parallel, each populating a temp table for use in a subsequent task.

    How to create a temporary table in SSIS control flow task and then use it in data flow task?

    http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5631010/how-to-create-a-temporary-table-in-ssis-control-flow-task-and-then-use-it-in-dat

    I have done that, worked well in SSIS.

    Absolutely - using it within the same SSIS package and performing not just the prep but also whatever you were planning to do to the temp files. For some reason I was fixated on simply prepping the data using SSIS. Prep + whatever DML required the prep is a much better solution.

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