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  • RE: Multiple Queries-Please Help

    GilaMonster (6/13/2012)


    There's a difference between the pages being ~80% full because the fill factor is set to 80 and the pages being on average ~50% full because of page splits....


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  • RE: SP1 Failure, instance will not start, help needed now, please! Thank you.

    I'm not personally feeling all that able to help you on this one, but I've nudged a few of the other long time posters here and hopefully one of them...


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  • RE: Are the posted questions getting worse?

    This person has an urgent problem with a SQL 2k8R2 upgrade gone south on the master db. He's polite and feels it's very urgent, and is pretty thorough. ...


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  • RE: SSIS no longer writes data to file

    Awesome news and thanks for posting back with your solution, hopefully it'll help someone else one day.

    I've seen that before, but usually only when you've got a linebreak of some...


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  • RE: Multiple Queries-Please Help

    That is... not how I learned the term Internal Fragmentation. My apologies for the confusion. Thank you for the clarifications.

    The idea, however, that internal fragmentation on a page...


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  • RE: Multiple Queries-Please Help

    SueTons (6/12/2012)


    Hi, I know that deleting a row can cause fragmentation since it creates free space within a page, also inserting can cause fragmentation due to page splits. A...


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  • RE: Multiple Queries-Please Help

    opc.three (6/12/2012)


    GilaMonster (6/12/2012)


    3. Deletes don't cause fragmentation.

    I thought that deletes were a major cause of internal fragmentation, though not necessarily external fragmentation.

    For the direct mechanics of the delete internally, this...


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  • RE: Cumulative Total

    Search this site for an article by Jeff moden called 'Quirky Update'. Also other sources using "running totals" or "Cumulative Update" as your keywords. They'll help walk you...


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  • RE: Importing Multiple csv files into one SQL Table

    Jeff Moden (5/19/2012)


    Evil Kraig F (5/18/2012)


    BAH! Go back to Cobol you Luddites!

    P.S. Heh... that's gotta be your 6 talking because your mouth knows better. How do you...


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  • RE: SSIS does not support Non-MS ODBC drivers

    Simply the first hit I found on my first google attempt:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/b/mattm/archive/2008/03/03/connecting-to-mysql-from-ssis.aspx

    There's a ton out there. Just google 'ODBC SSIS driver'. Pick your concerned software if you have one...


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  • RE: The Danger of Custom Software

    I'd say there's two sides to this particular coin. As an example, Indie Game Development can be a perfect place to admire the contrasts in the choices.

    For example, there's...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: Using hardcoded values is SSIS

    Sure. This is a bit of psuedocode using 3 columns but it'll give you the gist:

    INSERT INTO NewTable

    (ColA, ColB, ColC)

    SELECT

    ot.ColA,

    'Static1',

    'Static2'

    FROM

    OldTable AS ot


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  • RE: SSIS does not support Non-MS ODBC drivers

    Incorrect. If it's a functional Windows ODBC driver, it will function. Now, what you need to do to make it function will depend on the driver, it's personal...


    - Craig Farrell

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  • RE: SSIS no longer writes data to file

    n.heyen (6/12/2012)


    I use the same OLE DB connection for the other 10 or so steps in he package and they all work. I've tried creating a new data flow and...


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  • RE: SSIS no longer writes data to file

    You're doing it right. If you're not getting any data in the viewer during the test run, then the original query isn't returning data to the process. Check...


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