2012-02-28 (first published: 2010-10-20)
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Articles
Automated Script-generation with Powershell and SMO
Phil Factor demonstrates how to generate T-SQL scripts for databases, selected database objects, or table contents from PowerShell and SMO.
2012-02-28
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How to join a local table to a remote table by way of a linked server
Distributed queries on linked servers are not the greatest idea from a performance standpoint, but they can be quite useful.
2012-02-27
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Point in Time Recovery Using New Timeline Feature in SQL Server 2012
SQL Server backups are key to recovering from a disaster or some type of data failure, but the real magic happens when the backup is restored. In this tip we look at a new enhancment in SQL Server 2012 for point in time recovery using the new timeline feature.
2012-02-27
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SQL Saturday #109 - Silicon Valley
Come to a free day of training on Mar 3, 2012 in Mountain View, CA
2012-02-27
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SQL Saturday #123 - Western Cape
Come to a free day of SQL training on Mar 3 in Tyger Valle, Western Cape in South Africa.
2012-02-27
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Using SSIS to Maintain the File System
Integration Services is one of the more flexible tools available on the SQL Server platform. Jason Brimhall shows us a way to remove old files, either backups or flat files, after a configurable period of time.
2012-02-24
7,238 reads
SSAS - Best Practices and Performance Optimization
There are several aspects that can take a toll on performance for your Analysis Services cubes. Some problems could be related to the source systems, some could be because of poor design of your cube and MDX queries and some could be related to network issues.
2012-02-24
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2012-02-23 (first published: 2010-10-13)
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SQL Server 2012 SSIS – Sending files using FTP Task
This article will show you how to configure the FTP task in SSIS send files to remote server using the FTP protocol.
2012-02-23
7,636 reads
Blogs
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