Shredding Unicode Japanese characters using SSIS
This articles describes two ways to shred Unicode Japanese character from xls files into SQL Server table using SSIS
2015-03-31
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Shred XML column using SSIS
This article describes a way using SSIS to shred a XML column from a source table into its respective columns in the destination table.
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In SQL Server 2025, I have a database with a Database Masker Key (DMK). I want to back up this key and keep a copy offline. When do I have to open this key before running the backup?
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