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Checksum Transformation

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sqlis.com

Integration Services (SSIS)

The Checksum Transformation computes a hash value, the checksum, across one or more columns, returning the result in the Checksum output column. The transformation provides functionality similar to the T-SQL CHECKSUM function, but is encapsulated within SQL Server Integration Services, for use within the pipeline without code or a SQL Server connection. As featured in The Microsoft Data Warehouse Toolkit by Joy Mundy and Warren Thornthwaite from the Kimbal Group.

2012-07-18

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Implementing SQL Server's Change Data Capture

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Database Journal

Change Data Capture (CDC)

When SQL Server 2008 was released the Microsoft product group came out with a new feature called "Change Data Capture" that allows you to track the changes that occur to a table. Greg Larsen gives you a primer of how to implement change data capture and how to review the captured information to produce an audit trail of the changes to a database table.

2012-07-17

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Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance

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SimpleTalk

Hardware

Before you even install SQL Server, there a number of preparatory steps you need to take in order to get a new machine with a fresh copy of the operating system completely ready to install SQL Server properly. This is to maximize performance, reliability, and security.

2012-07-16

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File Watcher Task

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sqlis.com

Integration Services (SSIS)

The task will detect changes to existing files as well as new files, both actions will cause the file to be found when available. A file is available when the task can open it exclusively. This is important for files that take a long time to be written, such as large files, or those that are just written slowly or delivered via a slow network link.

2012-07-13

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Do you work with data to support organizational decisions?

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Redgate

Are you a database or BI expert supporting decisions in your company with reports or models using Microsoft tools? We want to hear how you do this and what you think of the trend towards 'self-service' analysis for business users. Share your experiences in a short survey.

2012-07-12

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The PoSh DBA - The Attributes of Advanced Functions

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SimpleTalk

PowerShell

Once you pass that point of just hurriedly writing PowerShell scripts for immediate use and start to write PowerShell functions for reuse, then you'll want a robust set of parameters that allow functions to work just like cmdlets.

2012-07-12

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SQL Server Report Server 2008 R2 Execution Log Reports

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MSSQLTips.com

SQL Server 2008 R2

As you design and deploy more and more reports to your Report Server, how do you review which reports are being run, how often, and how long the reports take to render?

2012-07-11

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Handling Constraint Violations and Errors in SQL Server

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constraints

The database developer can, of course, throw all errors back to the application developer to deal with, but this is neither kind nor necessary. How errors are dealt with is dependent on the application, but the process itself isn't entirely obvious.

2012-07-10

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Software Developer Survey

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2012-07-09

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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services- Using Environments in Package Execution

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Database Journal

Integration Services (SSIS)

SQL Server 2012 Integration Services offers several different options for deploying and storing SSIS packages along with their associated projects, two of which are directly related to two deployment models available in SQL Server Data Tools console. Marcin Policht presents one of these methods, which deals with packages deployed using Project Deployment Model and leverages newly introduced Environments.

2012-07-09

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Additional Articles

Checksum Transformation

Implementing SQL Server's Change Data Capture

Provisioning a New SQL Server Instance

File Watcher Task

Do you work with data to support organizational decisions?

The PoSh DBA - The Attributes of Advanced Functions

SQL Server Report Server 2008 R2 Execution Log Reports

Handling Constraint Violations and Errors in SQL Server

Software Developer Survey

SQL Server 2012 Integration Services- Using Environments in Package Execution

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