Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
2008-10-11
73 reads
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Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
2008-10-11
76 reads
Data Farming
Another spy story involving data that's not true, and perhaps not plausible, but it makes Steve Jones think about data shadows.
2008-10-11
74 reads
Creating Functions for Stored Procedures
With the advent of so many new technologies in the Microsoft space, a DBA needs to learn more and more about many of them that aren't a part of SQL Server. Alex Grinberg brings us a technique he has used to create ADO functions for your stored procedures.
2008-10-10
13,696 reads
Extending SSIS Part 2 - SSIS Programmatically / Dynamically Building Packages
We bring you part 2 of a series on SSIS programming from Ira Whiteside and Actuality Business Intelligence. This article shows you how to dynamically build a package using code.
2008-10-10
18,534 reads
Database Encryption in SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition
This white paper compares TDE with these other encryption methods for application developers and database administrators. While this is not a technical, in-depth review of TDE, technical implementations are explored and a familiarity with concepts such as virtual log files and the buffer pool are assumed.
2008-10-10
2,702 reads
Parent-child dimensions in SQL Server 2005
Retrieving a hierarchy with recursive relationships can be difficult in SQL. Easily implement these relationships with a parent-child dimension using Analysis Services MDX.
2008-10-10
3,842 reads
Scheduling SSIS Packages - SQL School Video
In this new SQL School video, MVP Brian Knight shows how you can schedule your SSIS packages to execute at a specific time or on a recurring schedule.
2008-10-09
5,524 reads
XML Import Solution
This article explores how we can import XML into SQL Server using a powerful open source tool called XMLStarlet
2008-10-09
10,726 reads
Database Health
What's in a database health report? Steve Jones asks what you might want to put in one for this Friday's poll.
2008-10-09
71 reads
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Adding new column with DEFAULT
Which number will the COUNT() return after executing the following statements:
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS #test; CREATE TABLE #test (id INT) INSERT INTO #test (id) SELECT * FROM GENERATE_SERIES(1, 3) AS gs ; ALTER TABLE #test ADD flag BIT CONSTRAINT DF_#test_flag DEFAULT 0; go UPDATE #test SET flag = 0 WHERE id = 1 UPDATE #test SET flag = 1 WHERE id = 2 INSERT INTO #test (id) VALUES (4) SELECT COUNT(*) FROM #test AS t WHERE flag = 0See possible answers