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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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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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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This is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to mention a great tool for beginners to learn how to program. ...
2011-08-24
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On a few occasions, I have opened up my PerformancePoint scorecard on SharePoint to see an error staring at me:
So...
2011-08-22
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Source tables change over time. A data mart or data warehouse that is based on those tables needs to reflect these...
2011-08-19
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Microsoft SharePoint Online is a cloud-based service that is part of the recently released Microsoft Office 365. For those of us...
2011-08-17
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If you are using a SSIS lookup transformation editor and the reference dataset is large (millions of rows) and you...
2011-08-15
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There is a very interesting new Microsoft program that started back in January, called the SSAS Maestro Program. It is a five-day,...
2011-08-12
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Released today, the SQL Server code name ‘Denali’ Community Technical Preview 3 (CTP3) Product Guide download contains the latest datasheets, white...
2011-08-11
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Replaying multiple threads of a captured trace in SQL Profiler is difficult, and you are limited to replaying the workload from...
2011-08-10
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By Will Assaf
I recently reviewed, worked on, and added a similar example to the DATETIMEOFFSET Microsoft...
Database administrators (DBAs) are the backbone of data-driven organizations. If you're looking to break...
By Brian Kelley
Another security fundamentals topic is authentication versus authorization. For those who have a clear...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Backup File Extension
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Comments posted to this topic are about the item The DBAccountant
I run this command in SQL Server 2022. What is the extension of the backup file?
BACKUP DATABASE HerdofTwo TO DISK = 'HerdOfTwo_20240501'See possible answers