If a table has two xml columns, will inserting records be a lot slower?

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Published on 2010-03-19T13:31:57Z Indexed on 2010/03/19 13:41 UTC
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Is it a bad thing to have two xml columns in one table? + How much slower are these xml columns in terms of updating/inserting/reading data?

In profiler this kind of insert normally takes 0 ms, but sometimes it goes up to 160ms:

declare @p8 xml
set @p8=convert(xml,N'<interactions><interaction correct="false" score="0" 
id="0"    gapid="0" x="61" y="225"><feedback/><element id="0" position="0"  
elementtype="1"><asset/></element></interaction><interaction correct="false" 
score="0" id="1" gapid="1" x="64" y="250"><feedback/><element id="0" position="0" 
elementtype="1"><asset/></element></interaction><interaction correct="false"
score="0" id="2" gapid="2" x="131" y="250"><feedback/><element id="0" position="0" 
elementtype="1"><asset/></element></interaction></interactions>')

declare @p14 xml
set @p14=convert(xml,N'<contentinteractions/>')
exec sp_executesql N'INSERT INTO    
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes]([dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[PackageSessionId],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[TreeNodeId],[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[Duration],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[Score],[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[ScoreMax],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[Interactions],[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[BrainTeaser],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[DateCreated],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[CompletionStatus],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[ReducedScore],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[ReducedScoreMax],
[dbo].[PackageSessionNodes].[ContentInteractions])
VALUES     (@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesPackageSessionId,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesTreeNodeId,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesDuration,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesScore,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesScoreMax,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesInteractions,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesBrainTeaser,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesDateCreated,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesCompletionStatus,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesReducedScore,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesReducedScoreMax,
@ins_dboPackageSessionNodesContentInteractions)
;
SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() as new_id

This is the table:

CREATE TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes](
[PackageSessionNodeId] [int] IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
[PackageSessionId] [int] NOT NULL,
[TreeNodeId] [int] NOT NULL,
[Duration] [int] NULL,
[Score] [float] NOT NULL,
[ScoreMax] [float] NOT NULL,
[Interactions] [xml] NOT NULL,
[BrainTeaser] [bit] NOT NULL,
[DateCreated] [datetime] NULL,
[CompletionStatus] [int] NOT NULL,
[ReducedScore] [float] NOT NULL,
[ReducedScoreMax] [float] NOT NULL,
[ContentInteractions] [xml] NOT NULL,
 CONSTRAINT [PK_PackageSessionNodes] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED 
(
[PackageSessionNodeId] ASC
)WITH (PAD_INDEX  = OFF, STATISTICS_NORECOMPUTE  = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF,
 ALLOW_ROW_LOCKS  = ON, ALLOW_PAGE_LOCKS  = ON) ON [PRIMARY]
) ON [PRIMARY]

GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes]  WITH CHECK ADD  CONSTRAINT   
[FK_PackageSessionNodes_PackageSessions] FOREIGN KEY([PackageSessionId])
REFERENCES [dbo].[PackageSessions] ([PackageSessionId])
ON UPDATE CASCADE
ON DELETE CASCADE
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] CHECK CONSTRAINT 
[FK_PackageSessionNodes_PackageSessions]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes]  WITH CHECK ADD  CONSTRAINT  
[FK_PackageSessionNodes_TreeNodes] FOREIGN KEY([TreeNodeId])
REFERENCES [dbo].[TreeNodes] ([TreeNodeId])
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] CHECK CONSTRAINT 
[FK_PackageSessionNodes_TreeNodes]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] ADD  CONSTRAINT 
[DF_PackageSessionNodes_Score] DEFAULT ((-1)) FOR [Score]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] ADD  CONSTRAINT 
[DF_PackageSessionNodes_ScoreMax]  DEFAULT ((-1)) FOR [ScoreMax]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] ADD  CONSTRAINT 
[DF_PackageSessionNodes_DateCreated]  DEFAULT (getdate()) FOR [DateCreated]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] ADD  CONSTRAINT 
[DF_PackageSessionNodes_ReducedScore]  DEFAULT ((-1)) FOR [ReducedScore]
GO

ALTER TABLE [dbo].[PackageSessionNodes] ADD  CONSTRAINT 
[DF_PackageSessionNodes_ReducedScoreMax]  DEFAULT ((-1)) FOR [ReducedScoreMax]
GO

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