Creating a Maintenance Plan in SSMS - SQL School Video
Maintaining your database server is something every DBA or developer needs to do. This video shows how to setup a basic maintenance plan.
2008-11-11
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Using Data Viewers - SQL School Video
Integration Services is a great system for performing ETL operations between databases. In this video we show how you can use Data Viewers to determine if you are correctly transforming data.
2008-11-06
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Using Break Points in SSIS - SQL School Video
MVP Brian Knight brings us a look at how you can easily debug your Integration Services packages.
2008-11-04
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SSIS Configuration Files - SQL School Video
This edition of SQL Server examines the various options available in Integration Services configuration files.
2008-10-30
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Restoring a Full Database in SSMS - SQL School Video
This SQL School video will show you how to use Management Studio to restore a database in SQL Server 2005.
2008-10-28
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Parameterizing an Execute SQL Task - SQL School Video
In this SQL School video, MVP Brian Knight dives into the Execute SQL task in Integration Services. You will learn how to add parameters to this task to customize its behavior.
2008-10-23
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Multi Select Parameters in SSRS - SQL School Video
Diving deeper into Reporting Services with this SQL School video, MVP Brian Knight shows how to create a report with a multi-select parameter, allowing the user to select multiple items for inclusion in the report.
2008-10-21
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Row Count Transform - SQL School Video
Integration Services contains a tremendous number of ways to transform and work with data. MVP Brian Knight dives into the Row Count transform in this edition of SQL School. This shows how you can monitor the number of rows in a transform.
2008-10-16
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Showing OLAP Data in SSRS - SQL School Video
Reporting Services makes it easy to get data from a variety of sources, including Analysis Services cubes. In this SQL School video, Brian Knight shows how to use an SSAS cube as the dataa source for your reporting needs.
2008-10-14
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Scheduling SSIS Packages - SQL School Video
In this new SQL School video, MVP Brian Knight shows how you can schedule your SSIS packages to execute at a specific time or on a recurring schedule.
2008-10-09
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Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT I
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37What is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 3;See possible answers