TheSQLGuru (3/14/2013)
You have been going round and round with this for over 2 weeks now. May I suggest that you get a performance tuning professional on board to really help you diagnose and correct the problem(s) you are encountering? Seems somewhat silly to hunt-and-peck on a forum for production problems that a good tuner could pinpoint and resolve in a matter of hours (or at worst a day or two)!!
Kevin, for what it is worth the MS product team has since confirmed to us that this is in fact a defect. While I am unable to confirm what Don is experiencing is related to the same defect, the behavior is strikingly similar. To your point however, I would escalate the case with MS, perhaps use the SR we already have open as a starting/reference point.
Tommy
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