Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this
particular file there are around 2 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
2013-11-05
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Blog Posts
A Rickety Stairway to SQL Server Data Mining, Part 14.5: The Predict Method
By Steve Bolton
…………In order to divide the Herculean task of describing custom algorithms into bite-sized chunks, I omitted discussion of...
2013-11-04 (first published: 2013-10-30)
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A tour of the transaction log : Part 2 DELETE operations
In the last Tour of the Transaction Log we looked at how INSERT operations behave in the transaction log.
In this...
2013-11-04
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Cumulative Update – 10 for SQL Server 2012 RTM Is Now Available !
The 10th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2012 RTM is now available. Cumulative Update 10 contains all the hotfixes...
2013-11-04
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Cumulative Update – 9 for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 Is Now Available !
The 9th cumulative update release for SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 2 is now available for download at the...
2013-11-04
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Do You Need A Log Recovery Tool?
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post dispelling the myth that the simple recovery model disables the transaction...
2013-11-04
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New Performance Tips eBook Out from Red Gate
Not too long ago Red Gate asked for quick tips on SQL Server performance intended for developers. I sent a...
2013-11-04
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Speaker of the Month, November 2013
Yeah, I’m a couple of days late. Tough. My blog. My rules.
Speaking of rules. Speaker of the Month is chosen...
2013-11-04
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SQL Server – Deploying Multiple SSIS Packages into SQL Server Using Command Prompt Utility – DTUTIL
Though there are several ways for importing SSIS packages into SQL Server either by creating a stored procedure or using...
2013-11-04
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UK SQL Relay 2013 R2 Plus Travel Info for London and Southampton
Throughout November, SQL Relay R2 2013 is taking place in the UK. This is the 2nd series of events this year. SQL Relay is a series of 1 day...
2013-11-04
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Blogs
A New Word: los vidados
By Steve Jones
los vidados – n. the half-remembered acquaintances you knew years ago, who you might...
In-Person CISA Training – April 13-16, 2026
By Brian Kelley
I will be leading an in-person Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) exam prep class...
EightKB 2026
EightKB is back again for 2026! The biggest online SQL Server internals conference is...
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Odd Sequences
What values are returned from this code?
CREATE SEQUENCE NumericSequence
AS NUMERIC(5,1)
START WITH 1.0
INCREMENT BY 0.1;
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
GO
SELECT NEXT VALUE FOR NumericSequence
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