The Trash Destination and this article came from early experiences of using SSIS and community feedback at the time. When developing a package it is very useful to have a destination adapter that does nothing but consume rows with no setup requirement. You often want run a package part way through development, or just add a path so you can set a Data Viewer.
2008-05-29
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When searching meta-data to find an occurance of a particular string or pattern it is difficult to look everywhere. This procedure helps you find what you are looking for.
2008-05-28
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This component needs little explanation. It generates random integer (DT_I4) and string (DT_WSTR) data and places them in the pipeline. You specify how many columns of each you would like and for any string columns you pass a fixed length value. You then need to specify how many rows in total you require to be generated.
2008-05-28
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Last time, we discussed Table inheritance, which allowed us to easily reduce redundancies in our table design by creating "base" or "super" tables that contain columns and relations that "sub-tables" automatically inherit.
2008-05-28
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As the number of different software/technologies increases exponentially, does specializing limit an IT professional's ability to move around?
2008-05-28
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As the number of different software/technologies increases exponentially, does specializing limit an IT professional's ability to move around?
2008-05-28
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As the number of different software/technologies increases exponentially, does specializing limit an IT professional's ability to move around?
2008-05-28
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This white paper I will explain how exactly this new feature works, why you may or may not consider using it, and how to get started using it.
2008-05-27
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Encryption Keys validation for Reporting Services always being in force whether service is running or not.
2008-05-27
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Accessing your SQL Server without Enterprise Manager or Management Studio can be a difficult task without a custom application. Especially if you are not in the office. Jacob Sebastian brings us an open source application that can make this much easier for DBAs.
2008-05-27 (first published: 2007-06-27)
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