Creating Dynamic Outputs in SSIS to an SQL Database
This article shows how you can dynamically split data based on transaction type to its own destination table using Integration Services.
2010-11-10
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Articles
Live Blogging from the PASS Summit
Tim Mitchell is the SQLServerCentral correspondent at the 2010 PASS Summit.
2010-11-10
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An Overview of Extended Events in SQL Server 2008
In this tip we look at Extended Events for SQL Server 2008 and how they are different from earlier tracing and troubleshooting methods.
2010-11-10
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MS SQL Server 2011 aka Denali, Next Version of SQL Server - CTP 1 Now available!
Ladies and Gentlemen, SQL Server 2011, aka Denali, CTP 1 is now available as public download :
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=6a04f16f-f6be-4f92-9c92-f7e5677d91f9
Although, I'm not attending...
2010-11-10
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A Brute Force Way to Compress a Database
There are a handful of scripts out there to compress all of of the objects in your SQL 2008 database...
2010-11-09
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Return to Sender: Identity Values and Triggers
By quickly and easily obtaining the identity value, the OUTPUT clause of an INSERT statement can obtain the auto-generated identity value of a row, and so will allow the application to immediately reference the new row or add rows to another table that use the identity value as a foreign key reference.
2010-11-09
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No free lunch in the Orchard
Phil Factor finds much to admire in Microsoft's new Orchard application but is frustrated by a design decision that seems to limit its use to low-volume applications, with less stringent security requirements.
2010-11-08
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Red Gate releases new SQL Monitor 2.0: The future of monitoring is wherever you are
A two-year project involving a team of 15 people, a Future of Monitoring blog, input from thousands of IT professionals, and hundreds of hours brainstorming about how the world is changing has led to Red Gate’s newly released SQL Monitor.
2010-11-08
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How Stale Are My Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, you typically wouldn’t want your statistics to be aged. At least for tables that are being updated...
2010-11-08
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Retrieving SQL Server Permissions for Disaster Recovery
I'm needing to audit the permissions in my databases, but I want to script them out so I have something to run in case of a recovery situation. I've got the logins, roles, and users handled, but it's the permissions that I want to extract. How can I do this easily?
2010-11-08
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Blogs
Did You Really Name That Default?
By alevyinroc
Ten years (and a couple jobs) ago, I wrote about naming default constraints to...
Monday Monitor Tips: A New Analysis Page
By Steve Jones
We have multiple teams (8) working on Redgate Monitor. Some work on the Standard...
Case Studies: Real-World Success Stories of FinOps Implementation
By HeyMo0sh
Learning any kind of theory is easy, but adapting FinOps and watching it rescue...
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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The Problem Isn't Always Your Query or Schema... Sometimes It's Hidden Assumptions
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Identity Defaults
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Question of the Day
Identity Defaults
What happens when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest
(
id int IDENTITY(10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
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