Sending scheduled SQL query results via HTML e-mail using SSIS
Send SQL query results as HTML-formatted e-mail using SQL Server Integration Services.
2010-09-03 (first published: 2008-04-23)
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Articles
SQLBits - The 7 Wonders of SQL
Last day for early bird registration for the next SQLBits conference on Sept 30th-Oct 2, 2010 at York University. SQLServerCentral has a discount code if you'd like to attend.
2010-09-03 (first published: 2010-07-29)
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Automatic Restart of SSIS packages after Failover or Failure
SSIS makes it possible to minimize work lost by starting after the last successfully executed control flow task upon restarting a failed package. From there, one challenge many seek to overcome is automatically restarting that package at that point without any manual intervention. This would make it possible for your SSIS packages to be running, your cluster to failover, and your SSIS packages to restart and complete without you having to respond to the failover and restart them.
2010-09-03
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SQL or MDX query trace in SSRS - trick of imagination or a real thing?
I sometimes have ghost memories - I remember some things that had never in fact happened. And I was wondering if ...
2010-09-03
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SQL Saturday #50 - East Iowa
Come to a SQL Saturday in Iowa City on Sept 18, 2010 and get a free day of training from the SQL community.
2010-09-03
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Restricting SecurityAdmin on SQL Server 2005/2008
Members of the securityadmin role can escalate to sysadmin rights. Here's how to restrict them back to 2000 levels.
2010-09-02
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DMVs for Query Plan Metadata
Before you can tackle any performance issues with a working database, you need to know which queries to work on first: The ones that are taking the most time in total, and which are the most expensive in terms of cache, CPU and disk. Although SQL Server Management Studio can help, it isn't long before you need an armoury of DMVs to provide you the statistics to find the culprits.
2010-09-02
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How Old Are Your Database Statistics?
Unlike fine wine, database statistics do not improve with age. I recently helped out with a client who was having...
2010-09-02
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Parsing an ADO result set into a comma separated string in SSIS
This article describes a way to parse a result set in SSIS using For each loop container, variables and SQL task.
2010-09-01
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What Every DBA Ought to Know About SQL Server Cursors (and Their Alternatives)
Cursors provide a means of processing through a set of records row-by-row. However, many companies have a policy against using cursors in their SQL Server standards. This article examines the problem with cursors and alternatives to using them.
2010-09-01
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