This SSIS package reads the first line of a CSV file to obtain field names, then creates a table based on those field names and loads the remaining lines into the table.
2012-01-10
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Leibniz breaks out of a buyer's dilemma that might defeat a subtler mind.
2012-01-10 (first published: 2010-06-30)
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Rob Sullivan is one of the users who are helping shape the way that SQL Test develops, and here he explains what is going on, and why.
2012-01-10
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This article describes how to use the built in repository for SQL Server Management Studio Templates and how to customize and share a common repository with your team.
2012-01-09
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Bad data always seems to appear when, and where, one least expects it. Sam explains the great value of a defensive approach based on constraints to any team that is developing an application in which the data has to be exactly right, and where bad data could cause consequential severe financial damage. It is perhaps better seen as creating a test-driven database.
2012-01-09
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The challenge is to wrap the text by specified position.
2012-01-09
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The first of a two-part series of articles examining the APPLY operator. Learn the basics of how this operator works and how it can help you solve some tricky problems.
2012-01-06 (first published: 2010-04-12)
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Microsoft Office Word is useful. There, I have confessed it, it's useful to me while I am working with TSQL. It's possibly only the search and replace function that I like but it's wrapped in Word so I have to take it like that. I use it a lot to help me capture the results of a stored procedure.
2012-01-06
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The first part of two parts of a paper discussion the implementation of a "real-world" ETL example using SSIS.
2012-01-05
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Centuries ago, the philosopher Leibniz had a dream that all decisions could be made by machine. Today, his vision comes to life, more or less.
2012-01-05 (first published: 2010-06-23)
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By Steve Jones
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I have this data in the dbo.Commission table in a SQL Server 2022 database.
salesperson commission Brian 12 Brian 16 Andy 7 Andy 14 Andy 21 Steve 20 Steve NULLAll the data is a varchar, and I decide to run this query to get the totals for each salesperson.
SELECT SalesPerson
, AVG(TRY_PARSE(Commission AS int)) AS TotalCommission
FROM commission
GROUP BY SalesPerson
GO
What average commission is calculated for Steve? See possible answers