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Service Broker - Asynchronous/Multi threaded File Upload

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The code and slides from my presentation from today (Service Broker - Asynchronous processing in SQL )are now online.

The code is on codplex http://www.codeplex.com/MultiThreadedSQL,

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Service Broker - Reliable processing

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I have just finished my presentation on asynchronous process/parallel processing using Service Broker at the Microsoft Technology Conference in Ireland. I was a bit tentative after deciding last night, after a few guinesses and whisky (thanks Barry), to add a new feature to my presentation, failure.

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Are you using service broker?

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I ask this because the SB newsgroup hasn't had a post for over 3 weeks. Which suggests not many people are using it?

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Free 2GB SQL Server USB Keys

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We are holding the next UK SQL User group meeting in Central London on the 26th April from 6pm - 9pm (later if you fancy a drink)

The eveneing will have a SQL event and BI event running side by side with 8 presenters and loads of giveaways including t-shirts, books and USB keys.

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Developer Day 4 Demo - Now available

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The demo files associated with are now available.

Make sure you read the description first as it includes how to deploy the demo.

http://sqlblogcasts.com/files/folders/servicebrokerdemos/entry1472.aspx

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Asynchronous Processing in SQLServer 2005

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My presentation from Developer Day 4 is now available here http://sqlblogcasts.com/files/folders/servicebrokerpresentations/default.aspx

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Developer Day 4

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If you've never been to a developer day then your missing a great day.

The day is split into a number of tracks with 5 sessions in each track. All the sessions are given by non-microsoft people and are generally based on real life experience, which makes the content great.

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Service Broker - Always check @@rowcount

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If you're using service broker you will may be using activation to have a stored procedue read messages off a queue. If you are make sure you are aware that you activation procedure will be activated at times even when they're are no messages.

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SB - Its expensive to start a conversation

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I've just mentioned Remus's post on service broker procedures. The other thing that came up when looking at the conversation group size was the time it took to load the queue. This set of figures shows the load time, the first is the number of conversations and the second the number of messages per conversation, and the final number, the time it took in seconds.

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Getting performance out of service broker procedures

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Remus has written a great article on use of activation SPs and the way of achieving the best performance.

http://blogs.msdn.com/remusrusanu/archive/2006/10/14/writing-service-broker-procedures.aspx

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TSQL turning into C#

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Following my previous post about the requirement of semi-colons when using service broker statements, I have raised a suggestion to improve the "Incorrect syntax near ..." error message.

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Service Broker - Enabling Service Broker requires exclusive database access

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If your trying to enable service broker and it is just hanging then you must have other connections accessing your database.

The enabling of service broker requires a database update lock, this is only possible if there are no other connections in the database. This is because a connection to database will place a shared lock on the database top make sure no one drops it. However this shared lock will block the update lock required to enable service broker.

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Service Broker - Dont forget your semi colons

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If you don't know semi colons have been made mandatory in some areas of SQL 2005 and it is likely that it will be required for many more going forward.

Of all the areas I've touched in SQL 2005 Service Broker is the most sensitive to the use of semi colons.

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Service Broker - Objects reside in each database

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One thing you learn very early on with Service Broker is that even though Services and Contracts at first may appear to be server wide configuration, they are actually database objects.

This makes sense as the service broker objects relate to a function i.e. application and the level of granularity for backing up and maintaining such a function is a database.

However the difference between normal objects and Service Broker objects (apart from the case sensitivity) is that when you create Service Broker objects you can't specify the database or a schema. This means you have to be in the database you want to create the objects w