When to use T-SQL or SSIS for ETL
When doing ETL, you have the choice of using T-SQL or SSIS. What things should you consider when deciding which...
2011-08-29
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Hi Everybody,
Congratulation to Yair Gutman who won a free ticket to the Advanced Programming in SQL Server 2008 R2 Course...
2011-08-28
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How to write data from user-defined function
Writing data from within user-defined function is not permitted. You cannot use any INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE/MERGE statement because they’re “side-effecting” for SQL...
2011-08-28
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JAX Code Camp 2011 Review and Slide Deck
Yesterday, my wife (twitter: @sherrilmcdonald) and I spoke at JAX Code Camp 2011 in Jacksonville, Florida. The event was well...
2011-08-28
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New Dell Precision M4600 Mobile Workstation
After a very long wait, I finally received my new company laptop this past week, which is a very fast...
2011-08-28
1,869 reads
SQL Saturday #91
This weekend I attended my 5th SQL Saturday, SQL Saturday #91 in Omaha. Every SQL Saturday I have attended has...
2011-08-28
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Answer to the Quiz
Hi Everybody,
Congratulation to Yair Gutman who won a free ticket to the Advanced Programming in SQL Server 2008 R2 Course...
2011-08-27
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Storage Checklist FAQ
In a new data centre build, storage system or new equipment, the DBA should have an input into the architecture...
2011-08-27
1,355 reads
Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Explained
Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), formally called by its code name “Project Madison”, is an edition of Microsoft’s SQL Server...
2011-08-26
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On the Road Again – SQL Saturday #90
I’m leaving this morning for Oklahoma City for SQL Saturday #90. This is my first time traveling to Oklahoma City...
2011-08-26
965 reads
Blogs
5 Starter Projects for Your AI and Data Engineering Portfolio
Reading tutorials is fine. Shipping something is better. If you are trying to break...
The Book of Redgate: Taking Breaks
By Steve Jones
We work hard at Redgate, though with a good work-life balance. One interesting observation...
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
By Arun Sirpal
Fourth in a series on Ai and databases. What Read-Only Advisory Actually Means A...
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Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers