2016-06-22
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2016-06-22
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2016-06-01
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SQLXML isn't exactly new technology, but like the even more venerable BCP, it remains the quickest and most reliable way of heaving large quantities of data into SQL Server databases. SQLXML is very versatile, and once set up is wonderfully reliable ETL system, but isn't trivial to learn. Adam Aspin comes to the rescue with a simple guide.
2015-06-23
4,935 reads
When you delete a business transaction from the database, there are times when you might want to keep a record of the data for posterity. In this article, Dwain Camps looks at a tidy means of doing just that.
2015-01-08
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2014-08-15
1,896 reads
Have you received an XML file that must be migrated into a production database? Today’s workshop dives into an ad hoc method of processing relational datasets delivered in an XML file format.
2014-04-24
4,424 reads
An introduction to the XML Schema Collection and XML validation.
2014-04-17
19,560 reads
2014-01-28
1,775 reads
A stored procedure that will parse (shred) the contents of any well-formed XML document into a SQL table.
2015-04-08 (first published: 2013-07-09)
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Exporting data to XML format using SSIS initially seems like it should be straight forward – just dump it in a flat file and give it a name xml type, however SSIS has no XML destination just an XML source. I had no luck dumping the XML in flat file. My solution was to use a script task which worked well.
2013-06-27
3,831 reads
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
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Microsoft fixed the AVX instruction issue in SQL Server 2025 CU1. The container now...
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