Parallelizing Slow Parts of the Data Flow - Part 1 - Preparation
It's quite common to have parts of your Data Flow that are slow, and there are some techniques you can use to improve performance of those parts. One of...
2011-09-06
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Parallelizing Slow Parts of the Data Flow - Part 1 - Preparation
It's quite common to have parts of your Data Flow that are slow, and there are some techniques you can...
2011-09-06
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Inserting Records AND Getting The Identity in SSIS - Part 2
Since I posted a ways back on retrieving the identity value for inserts in SQL Server Integration Services, I've learned many things - one of which is an inline solution for...
2011-08-29
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Inserting Records AND Getting The Identity in SSIS - Part 2
Since I posted a ways back on retrieving the identity value for inserts in SQL Server Integration Services, I've learned many things - one of which is an inline solution for...
2011-08-29
54 reads
Inserting Records AND Getting The Identity in SSIS - Part 2
Since I posted a ways back on retrieving the identity value for inserts in SQL Server Integration Services, I've learned many things...
2011-08-29
7,074 reads
Presenting Upserts to PASS AppDev VC
Hopefully this crowd knows a little about what they're getting into! John Jakubowski (blog|twitter) has graciously asked me to present on upsert strategies with SSIS. What are "upserts"? A...
2011-07-18
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Presenting Upserts to PASS AppDev VC
Hopefully this crowd knows a little about what they're getting into! John Jakubowski (blog|twitter) has graciously asked me to present on upsert strategies with SSIS. What are "upserts"? A...
2011-07-18
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Presenting Upserts to PASS AppDev VC
Hopefully this crowd knows a little about what they're getting into! John Jakubowski (blog|twitter) has graciously asked me to present...
2011-07-18
1,142 reads
What is Pipeline Backpressure?
First - I'll get the "what's a pipeline got to do with Integration Services" question out of the way. The "pipeline" I'm referring to here is the word commonly...
2011-07-07
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What is Pipeline Backpressure?
First - I'll get the "what's a pipeline got to do with Integration Services" question out of the way. The "pipeline" I'm referring to here is the word commonly...
2011-07-07
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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