|  | Posted by Cory on 09/06/05 19:17 
Hi,
 I have a stored procedure that normalizes data from one database to
 another that is included in a SQL Agent job. The job is started by a
 trigger so that when a table is updated, the job to normalize data
 executes.
 
 This happens once a day in the dead of the night when nothing else is
 happening and the stored procedure takes 2.5 hours to finish. Strangely,
 to run the same stored procedure from Query Analyzer takes only 20
 minutes to do the same thing. The job is executed as the same user that
 logs in to Query Analyzer.
 
 Why does running as a job take so much longer than running it manually.
 At the time the job is run, there is absolutely nothing else to create
 waits or deadlocks. A profiler trace shows that each statement runs
 quickly but then it sits and twiddles its thumbs between statements.
 Performance monitor shows little disk activity and only 2% to 5%
 processor utilization.
 
 Any ideas?
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