I have several applications that use SSIS packages and I want to be able to store all the configurations together in a single table when I deploy. When a package executes I need a way of specifying the "application" and having SSIS automatically handle the package configuration based on the application.
2012-08-21
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Here’s a technique that uses a view with a unique index and a dummy table with only two rows to trick SQL Server into enforcing your business rules.
2012-08-20
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The 2012 SQLServerCentral party at the PASS Summit is on and will once again include the awards ceremony for the Exceptional DBA of 2012. Get your tickets now.
2012-08-20 (first published: 2012-08-02)
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In the third of her SSIS Basics articles, Annette Allen shows you how to use Variables in your SSIS Packages, and explains the functions of the system-defined variables.
2012-08-20
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Replacing multiple spaces with a single space is an old problem that people use loops, functions, and/or Tally tables for. Here's a set based method from MVP Jeff Moden.
2012-08-17 (first published: 2009-11-16)
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As the name suggests we have taken the current Row Count Transform that is provided by Microsoft in the Integration Services toolbox and we have recreated the functionality and extended upon it. There are two things about the current version that we thought could do with cleaning up Lack of a custom UI You have to type the variable name yourself In the Row Count Plus Transformation we solve these issues for you.
2012-08-17
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2012-08-17 (first published: 2012-08-13)
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2012-08-16
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Marcin Policht explores a method of running SSIS packages that relies on the dtexec.exe utility.
2012-08-16
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With contributions from MVPs and the SQL Server community, the SQL Monitor team at Red Gate has put together a custom metrics site, SQL Monitor Metrics, to accompany the release of SQL Monitor 3.2. The site hosts T-SQL scripts which can be imported directly to SQL Monitor for custom metric monitoring.
2012-08-15
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Hi, We have low latency high volume system. I have a table having 3...
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I run this code to create a table:
When I check the length, I get these results:
A table name is limited to 128 characters. How does this work?