>Hi,
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>I'm using a remote view to select 80000 records from a SQL 2K server. I have to retrieve 80,000 because I have to review each of the records. After getting the records I scan the results which works find and is very fast. However,(my problem) the DBA has informed me that request is hard on the server.
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>So does anybody have a suggestion on how I might better do this and keep the DBA happy?
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John,

Regardless of how this is approached, the problem is in the traffic coming across the wire. Without knowing what exactly it is that you're doing, it's a bit tough to say what the best approach is. Is this something that might be done via a stored procedure and T-SQL?