An SSIS package that is executed on an ad hoc basis can be run from Business Intelligence Development Studio easily enough, but a package that is going to be run on a regular schedule is best executed through a batch file using the DTExec.exe command line utility.
2018-08-31 (first published: 2016-03-14)
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Brent shows you how the table joins work and points out some neat data distribution issues.
2018-08-31
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PowerShell is the preferred scripting tool used by Windows and Active Directory administrators. It can also be used to administer SQL Server or even just export data. In this article, Greg Moore demonstrates how to use the PowerShell cmdlet Invoke-SQLCMD to export data from SQL Server.
2018-08-30
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Error converting data type varchar to numeric may occur when trying to import data that looks like numbers, but doesn't act like a number. Read how to solve this issue.
2018-08-29
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Learn how you can get a SQL Server 2017 container working with Docker and Windocks.
2018-08-28
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Marcin Policht provides an overview of a number of new features that facilitate Azure SQL Database business continuity.
2018-08-28
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NoSQL databases like MongoDB are gaining popularity, but using the right tools for the job at hand is most important. In this article, Phil Factor demonstrates how to work with a MongoDB database and how to use PowerShell with MongoDB so that the process can be automated.
2018-08-27
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Learn how trusted foreign keys (FK) can help or hurt performance.
2018-08-24 (first published: 2016-03-08)
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Erik points out a few things that SQL Server should offer to configure by default.
2018-08-24
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Creating resources in Azure, while not difficult, can be time consuming if you use the manual steps. One way to automate the process is by using JSON templates to save time and enforce standards. In this article, Brian Flynn describes how to create JSON templates for deploying a network with virtual machines.
2018-08-23
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By James Serra
Organizations increasingly want Snowflake and Microsoft Fabric to coexist without duplicating data or fragmenting...
By Steve Jones
In a previous post, I deployed a model to a database using SQL Compare...
By SQLPals
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Hello SSC Community, I am running into and issue with SSIS creating a text...
Hello SSC Community, I am running into and issue with SSIS creating a text...
Hello SSC Community, I am running into and issue with SSIS creating a text...
I have this table in my SQL Server 2022 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CityList] ( [CityNameID] [int] NOT NULL IDENTITY(1, 1), [CityName] [varchar] (30) , [Country2] [char] (3), [stateprovince2] [char] (2), [Country] [char] (3), [stateprovince] [char] ) ON [PRIMARY] GOI decide to drop the stateprovince2 and country2 columns. What code should I use? See possible answers