Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services - Sample Chapter
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2010-02-09
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Articles
Introducing SQL Server 2008 and 2008 R2 Integration Services
The latest release of SSIS strengthens its position as one of the primary foundations of Business Intelligence, delivering a powerful framework for solutions that combine data from disparate sources, facilitating its analysis and reporting. Join Marcin Policht as he reviews its general characteristics.
2010-02-09
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Sending SSIS Errors to the Windows Event Log
In a previous post I explained how to trap for errors in your Script Task and Components and send the information to the SSIS...
2010-02-09
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A guide to recover a database out from Suspect mode
This is a guide to bring back a database back from Suspect status. This covers common causes and the steps to resolve the situation.
2010-02-08
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PASS Virtualization Presents: SQL Meets Virtual CPUs, Memory, and Storage
Upcoming webcasts in February on the 9th and 10th of the month.
2010-02-08 (first published: 2010-02-04)
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Performing SSAS Database Backup
In this post, we will look the steps to backup a SQL Server Analysis Server Database.
After logging to the Analysis Services,
in...
2010-02-08
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SQL Server Third Party Application Requirements Document / Checklist
In August 2009 I wrote a tip concerning checklists for third-party applications running against Microsoft SQL Server. I thought it was a good time to revisit the topic and provide an added bonus: a requirements document that you can download and customize for your own uses.
2010-02-08
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TSQL Challenge 23 - Calculate the uptime and downtime of a system by reading the data from an audit log
It is again time to play with some date/time values. This challenge involves reading the audit log entries generated by a monitoring application and create a report that shows the up-time and down-time of a system that the application is monitoring.
2010-02-08
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SSIS 101: Object Variables, ResultSets, and Foreach Loop Containers
SQL Server MVP and SSIS guru, Andy Leonard, discusses Integration Services and some of the tasks and containers that he uses quite often.
2010-02-05 (first published: 2008-08-21)
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Don Syme: Geek of the Week
It came as a surprise to many of us when Microsoft pulled from it's hat a rabbit in the form of an exciting, radical, language that offers an effective alternative to the Object-oriented orthodoxy. The creative force behind this language, F#, turns out to be a brilliant Cambridge-based Australian called Don Syme, already well known for his work on generics in .NET. F# has taken the specialised power of ML and OCaml and developed a versatile general-purpose .NET language. We sent Richard Morris across the road to investigate.
2010-02-05
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