"donsql22222" wrote:

> I've got a job that has 3 lines and it reports success after it runs.
> DELETE FROM TABLE1 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
> DELETE FROM TABLE2 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
> DELETE FROM TABLE3 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
>
> I then have a separate job for each line below which imports from another
> server using DTS.
> SELECT * FROM TABLE1 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
> SELECT * FROM TABLE2 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
> SELECT * FROM TABLE3 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
>
> The 1st job fails, but the other 2 are ok. I then use QA and execute the
> single statement:
> DELETE FROM TABLE1 WHERE DATE >= '20070115'
> and several thousand records are deleted. huh?
>
> During this process, there is no application or person inserting records
> into the table.
> How can there still be records in the table after the delete job ran? I then
> rerun the job to insert from another server and it succeeds.
>
> This has happened on many servers over the last few months. Any opinions
> greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Don
> SQL 2000
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