SqlBulkTool is a command line utility that is used to quickly create a mirror of a database. It reads its configuration from an XML file containing source and destination command strings and a list of all the tables to mirror and then handles the work of copying the database in an automated and highly parallelized way.
2006-07-17
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This is an entry level look at how temp tables work in SQL along with some tips about how to use them effectively.
2006-07-14 (first published: 2004-02-11)
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This is the second of a two-part article that explores the language features of SQL Full-text Search (SQL FTS), an component of SQL Server 7 and above that allows fast and efficient querying of large amounts of unstructured textual data. Part I dealt with index time language options, covering how words or tokens are broken from the text stream emitted from the iFilters and stored in the index.
2006-07-14
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Performance tuning often seems like it can be more of an art than a science. However there are a number of fundamentals that can help you tune most of the queries that you will write or have issues with their performance. Don Peterson brings us a look at how he tuned a query in the real world to avoid a conversion that can cause a query to run slower.
2006-07-13
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In Part I and Part II of this series, we saw how to install the SQL Server 2005 Data Service component. In this section of this series, I am going to illustrate how to install SQL Server 2005 Database Services and SQL Server Analysis Services on a host machine using an .ini file.
2006-07-13
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Reporting Services has proven itself to be an amazing platform on which to develop all types of reports. Author Asif Sayed brings us some .NET code for using Reporting Services to return data recursively in a report.
2006-07-12
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In this video demonstration, you'll quickly learn how to create a basic cube using the Cube Wizard upon a data warehouse. Brian walks through the entire process in this 10 minute video to get you started with creating a browsing a cube. Free registration required.
2006-07-12
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In this section of this series, I am going to illustrate how to install SQL Server 2000 Database Services on a server using various command line switches.
2006-07-12
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Our first SSIS class in July is sold out, but we've got another in August and one in October as well.
2006-07-11
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How much time do you spend developing your career? Are you actively looking to improve your professional skills? Andy Warren takes a look at how you can focus yourself and a few ideas for your employer as well.
2006-07-11
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By Vinay Thakur
This blog series on Audit/Compliance/Security, this is first blog where we would discuss about...
In the previous post, we've built a SQL Server 2025 sandbox in an OrbStack...
By Steve Jones
Thanks to everyone for attending my talk today at Day of data Baton Rouge...
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