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 Posted by ZeldorBlat on 11/17/05 18:16 
>I have a sql server database with 1.7 million records in a table, with 
>about 30 fields 
> 
>When I run select * from tablename it can take over 5 minutes. 
> 
>How can I get this time down or is it normal? 
> 
 
Perfectly normal. 
 
What exactly are you trying to do?  If you just want to export every 
row in the table to a csv file or something, use BCP or DTS.  If you 
only want certain rows (or fields) then I would adjust the query 
accordingly.
 
  
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