Microsoft KB Archive/870972

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FIX: The performance of a DML operation that fires a trigger may decrease when the trigger execution plan recompiles repeatedly

Article ID: 870972

Article Last Modified on 11/2/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Standard Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Workgroup Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (Windows)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Developer Edition
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition 64-bit

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Bug #: 470083 (SQL Server 8.0)

Article contents

• Summary
• Symptoms
• Resolution

• Hotfix information

• Prerequisites

• Restart information

• Hotfix file information

• Status
• More Information
• References

SUMMARY

This article describes the following about this hotfix release:

• The issues that are fixed by this hotfix package.
• The prerequisites for installing the hotfix package.
• Whether you must restart your computer after you install the hotfix package.
• Whether the hotfix package is replaced by any other hotfix package.
• Whether you must make any registry changes.
• The files that are contained in the hotfix package.

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SYMPTOMS

When you run a data manipulation language (DML) statement such as an UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE statement that fires a trigger, the Microsoft SQL Server program recompiles the trigger execution plan to improve the performance of the trigger execution. However, the repeated recompilation of the trigger execution plan may decrease the performance of the trigger execution.

The repeated recompilation of the trigger execution plan may occur when the following conditions are true:

• You run the DML statement multiple times.
• The number of rows that are affected by the DML statement differs every time that the DML statement is run.

For a list of previous hotfixes, see the "Microsoft SQL Server 2000 post-Service Pack 3 or Microsoft SQL Server 2000 post-Service Pack 3a hotfixes" section in the following Microsoft Knowledge Base article:

290211 How to obtain the most recent SQL Server 2000 service pack

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RESOLUTION

Service pack information

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Microsoft SQL Server 2000. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the latest SQL Server 2000 service pack

Hotfix information

Prerequisites

This hotfix requires Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3 (SP3). For additional information about how to obtain SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 3, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290211 How to obtain the most recent SQL Server 2000 service pack

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Restart information

You do not have to restart your computer after you apply this hotfix.

Note After you apply this hotfix, you must restart your SQL Server 2000 program that is running on your computer.

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Hotfix file information

This hotfix contains only those files that are required to correct the issues that this article lists. This hotfix may not contain all the files that you must have to fully update a product to the latest build.

The English version of this hotfix has the file attributes (or later file attributes) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

    Date         Time   Version       Size       File name
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   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    664,128  Autoplt.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     78,400  Console.exe      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    315,968  Custtask.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     33,340  Dbmslpcn.dll     
   08-Apr-2004  09:12                   786,432  Distmdl.ldf
   08-Apr-2004  09:12                 2,359,296  Distmdl.mdf
   10-Oct-2003  06:18                       180  Drop_repl_hotfix.sql
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0  1,905,216  Dtspkg.dll       
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    528,960  Dtspump.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0  1,557,052  Dtsui.dll        
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    639,552  Dtswiz.dll       
   10-Oct-2003  06:18                   747,927  Instdist.sql
   10-Oct-2003  06:18                     1,581  Inst_repl_hotfix.sql
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    352,828  Isqlw.exe        
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     82,492  Itwiz.exe        
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     90,692  Msgprox.dll      
   19-May-2004  11:13  8.11.40209.0     209,408  Mssdi98.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     62,024  Odsole70.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:15  2000.80.954.0     25,144  Opends60.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     57,904  Osql.exe         
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    279,104  Pfutil80.dll     
   10-Oct-2003  06:07                   550,780  Procsyst.sql
   08-Apr-2004  09:12                    12,305  Qfe469315.sql
   08-Apr-2004  09:12                    19,195  Qfe469571.sql
   17-Jun-2004  02:42                 1,105,167  Replmerg.sql
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    221,768  Replprov.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    307,784  Replrec.dll      
   16-Jun-2004  14:07  2000.80.954.0    159,813  Replres.rll
   10-Oct-2003  06:18                 1,087,150  Replsys.sql
   10-Oct-2003  06:18                   986,603  Repltran.sql
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    287,304  Rinitcom.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     78,416  Sdiclnt.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     66,112  Semmap.dll       
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     57,916  Semnt.dll        
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    492,096  Semobj.dll       
   16-Jun-2004  14:44  2000.80.954.0    172,032  Semobj.rll
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     53,832  Snapshot.exe     
   11-Mar-2004  14:40                   117,834  Sp3_serv_uni.sql
   18-Jun-2004  14:13  2000.80.954.0     28,672  Sqlagent.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    311,872  Sqlagent.exe     
   18-Jun-2004  14:13  2000.80.954.0    168,001  Sqlakw32.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     33,344  Sqlctr80.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0  4,215,360  Sqldmo.dll       
   18-Jun-2004  14:14                    25,172  Sqldumper.exe    
   16-Jun-2004  13:54  2000.80.954.0     28,672  Sqlevn70.rll
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    180,792  Sqlmap70.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    188,992  Sqlmmc.dll       
   16-Jun-2004  14:52  2000.80.954.0    479,232  Sqlmmc.rll
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    401,984  Sqlqry.dll       
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     57,920  Sqlrepss.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0  7,581,777  Sqlservr.exe     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    590,396  Sqlsort.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     45,644  Sqlvdi.dll       
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    106,588  Sqsrvres.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     33,340  Ssmslpcn.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     82,492  Ssnetlib.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     25,148  Ssnmpn70.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    123,456  Stardds.dll      
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0    158,240  Svrnetcn.dll     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     76,416  Svrnetcn.exe     
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     49,228  Ums.dll          
   18-Jun-2004  14:14  2000.80.954.0     98,872  Xpweb70.dll      

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STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

This problem was first corrected in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4.

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MORE INFORMATION

This hotfix update improves the thresholds at which the execution plan of a trigger is recompiled. For thresholds improvement to take effect, you must enable SQL Server trace flag 9055 after you install this hotfix. To enable trace flag 9055 for an instance of SQL Server, use one of the following methods:

• Run the following Transact-SQL statement in SQL Query Analyzer on the instance of SQL Server:

  DBCC TRACEON (9055, -1)

• Add -T9055 to the SQL Server startup parameters.

Steps to reproduce the behavior

To reproduce a scenario that causes a trigger execution plan recompilation, follow these steps:

1. Start SQL Query Analyzer, and then connect to an instance of SQL Server 2000.

2. Create a table and an update trigger on the table. Name the table as cache_test and name the update trigger as cache_test_update. To do this, run the following Transact-SQL statements:

   use pubs
   go
   set nocount on
   go
   if exists (select 1 from sysobjects where id = object_id('dbo.cache_test'))
   drop table dbo.cache_test
   go
   create table dbo.cache_test
   (
   id int not null,
   descr varchar(30) not null,
   rowcreateddt datetime not null default getdate(),
   rowcreatedby varchar(30) not null default right(system_user,30),
   testcolumn varchar(30) null,
   primary key (id)
   )
   go
   
   create trigger dbo.cache_test_update
   on dbo.cache_test
   for update
   as
   if exists ( select 1 from inserted where id = 98654 )
   print 'test'
   return
   go

3. Insert some records in the cache_test table, and then remove all elements from the procedure cache. To do this, run the following Transact-SQL statements:

   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 1,'Descr 1','Test 1'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 2,'Descr 2','Test 2'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 3,'Descr 3','Test 3'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 4,'Descr 4','Test 4'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 5,'Descr 5','Test 5'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 6,'Descr 6','Test 6'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 7,'Descr 7','Test 7'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 8,'Descr 8','Test 8'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 9,'Descr 9','Test 9'
   insert into cache_test (id, descr, testcolumn) select 10,'Descr 10','Test 10'
   go
   
   dbcc freeproccache

4. Update a single row in the table cache_test, and then see the plan for this single row update that is in the cache. To do this, run the following Transact-SQL statements:

   update cache_test
   set testcolumn = 'testing '+cast(id as varchar)
   where id between 1 and 1
   go
   
   select SetOpts,UseCounts,* from master..SyscacheObjects where ObjId=Object_ID('cache_test_update') order by SetOpts, CacheObjType
   go

   You notice an output that is similar to the following:
   

   SetOpts UseCounts bucketid cacheobjtype     objtype  objid      dbid dbidexec uid refcounts usecounts pagesused lasttime maxexectime avgexectime lastreads lastwrites setopts langid dateformat status sqlbytes sql
   5371    1     10394    Compiled Plan    Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   2     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          5371    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update
   5371    1     10394    Executable Plan  Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   1     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          5371    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update

5. Update four rows in the cache_test table, and then see the plan for this multiple-row update that is in the cache. To do this, run the following Transact-SQL statements:

   update cache_test
   set testcolumn = 'testing '+cast(id as varchar)
   where id between 1 and 4
   go
   
   select SetOpts,UseCounts,* from master..SyscacheObjects where ObjId=Object_ID('cache_test_update') order by SetOpts, CacheObjType
   go

   You will notice an output that is similar to the following:
   

   SetOpts UseCounts bucketid cacheobjtype     objtype  objid      dbid dbidexec uid refcounts usecounts pagesused lasttime maxexectime avgexectime lastreads lastwrites setopts langid dateformat status sqlbytes sql
   4347    1     10394    Compiled Plan    Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   2     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          4347    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update
   4347    1     10394    Executable Plan  Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   1     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          4347    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update
   5371    1     10394    Compiled Plan    Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   2     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          5371    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update
   5371    1     10394    Executable Plan  Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   1     1         1     0    0       0           0     0          5371    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update

6. Update five rows) in the cache_test table, and then see the plan for this multiple-row update that is in the cache. To do this, run the following Transact-SQL statements:

   update cache_test
   set testcolumn = 'testing '+cast(id as varchar)
   where id between 1 and 5
   go
   
   select SetOpts,UseCounts,* from master..SyscacheObjects where ObjId=Object_ID('cache_test_update') order by SetOpts, CacheObjType
   go

   You notice an output that is similar to the following:
   

   SetOpts UseCounts bucketid cacheobjtype     objtype  objid      dbid dbidexec uid refcounts usecounts pagesused lasttime maxexectime avgexectime lastreads lastwrites setopts langid dateformat status sqlbytes sql
   4347    1     10394    Compiled Plan    Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   2     1         1         0    0       0           0     0          4347    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update
   4347    2     10394    Executable Plan  Trigger  1029578706 5    5        1   1     2         1         0    0       0           0     0          4347    0      1          0   34  cache_test_update

   
   If you compare this output with the output in step 5, you may notice the following conditions that could lead to the decrease in performance of the trigger execution:

   • The execution plan that corresponds to the multiple row update in the output of step 5 is deleted. This behavior occurs because the execution plan that corresponds to the multiple row update is recompiled to create a new execution plan.
   • Even though the execution plan appears to have been recompiled, the usecounts column indicates that the Executable Plan has been used two times. That is not correct.
   • Additionally, the execution plan that corresponds to the single row update has been deleted from the cache.

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REFERENCES

For more information, visit the following Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) Web site:

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa175244(SQL.80).aspx

For additional information about the naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages

For additional information about the terminology that Microsoft uses when correcting software after it is released, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

263889 SQL blocking due to COMPILE locks

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Additional query words: Triggers Execution Plan Recompile Multiple Row Update

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbtrigger kbqfe kbsqlserv2000presp4fix kbhotfixserver KB870972

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