8 Ways to Export SQL Results To a Text File
This tip will show eight ways to export the results of a query to a text file.
2017-10-06 (first published: 2016-10-26)
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SQL Server Integration Services SSIS 2016 Tutorial
SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the integration and ETL (extract – transform – load) tool in the Microsoft Data Platform stack. SSIS is typically used in data warehousing scenarios, but can also be used in common data integration use cases or just to move data around. SSIS is used behind the scenes in the Maintenance Plans of SQL Server and in the Import/Export wizard.
2017-10-06
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The Basics of Good T-SQL Coding Style – Part 4: Performance
There are several obvious problems with poor SQL Coding habits. It can make code difficult to maintain, or can confuse your team colleagues. It can make refactoring a chore or make testing difficult. The most serious problem is poor performance. You can write SQL that looks beautiful but performs sluggishly, or interferes with other threads. A busy database developer adopts good habits so as to avoid staring at execution plans. Rob Sheldon gives some examples.
2017-10-05
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Understanding Azure Data Factory – A Cloud Based Integration Service
Azure Data Factory is a cloud based data integration service. This helps you to define, schedule and manage data pipelines to transfer and transform the data from disparate on premise and cloud data sources. Read on to learn more.
2017-10-04
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Azure DWH part 17: ADF:Import Data from SQL Server on-premises to ASDW
In this article we will learn to use Data Factory to import table from SQL Server to Azure SQL Data Warehouse.
2017-10-03
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Data in Motion and Data at Rest
Microsoft (StreamInsight), and Azure Stream Analytics represent a very different model for processing data. They are concerned with processing complex event streams of data (CEPs) from such things as sensors to deduce significant patterns and apply filters. Joe Celko discusses the background to an intriguing technology of complex event processing to establish the difference between data at rest, and data on the move.
2017-10-03
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Should DBAs learn Linux?
Brent Ozar looks at the similarities between SQL Server on Linux and SQL Server on Windows Core from back in 2012, and asks whether DBAs should bother learning it.
2017-10-02
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SQL Prompt Tip: how to control when the suggestion box pops up
By default, SQL Prompt shows code auto-completion suggestions automatically, and continuously. 90% of the time this is exactly what you want, but there are other times where you just need a bit of space - Phil Factor shows how.
2017-10-02
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Implementing SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure
Deploying IaaS solutions in Microsoft Azure offers benefits that leverage agility, resiliency, and scalability built into the underlying platform. However, when dealing with business-critical workloads, customers typically want to also provide high-availability and disaster recovery capabilities in a manner that they can control. Trying to implement this approach in the cloud by following the procedures applicable in on-premises datacenters frequently presents challenges. This article focuses on these differences in the context of deployment of SQL Server Failover Clustering in Azure.
2017-09-29
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Guide to Create a SQL Central Management Server
This post is going to walk you through the process of creating an SQL Management Server.
2017-09-28
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