How to run SSIS Project as a SQL Job
In this piece by Pilip Horan, learn how to create an SSIS catalog and run a project as a SQL Agent Job.
2017-01-06 (first published: 2015-05-11)
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Philip Horan
Automate Your Backup and Restore Tasks
A new article that shows how you can automate a basic function that many environments need: the backup of a production database and the restore on a development system.
2015-12-16 (first published: 2010-10-05)
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How to FTP a Dynamically Named Flat File
Learn how you can dynamically name a file in SSIS and then send it using the FTP task.
2015-05-04
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Restoring On Top I
I am doing development work on a database and want to keep a backup so I can reset my database. I make some changes and want to restore over top of my changes. When I run this code, what happens?
USE Master BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO USE DNRTest GO CREATE TABLE MyTest(myid INT) GO USE master RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACESee possible answers