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  • RE: Can I get three examples of ETL?

    Just loading a table hardly qualifies as ETL.

    The term ETL, which stands for "Extract, Transform and Load" is usually used in the context of dimensional Data Warehousing referring to the...

  • RE: OLTP, OLAP and none of the above

    Rowles (2/10/2012)


    In general what percentage of individual MS SQL databases are OLTP vs. OLAP vs. none of the above?

    By definition a corporation should have a single DSS - Data Warehouse...

  • RE: Oracle and the differences with MS SQL Server

    Dev (2/11/2012)


    Does Oracle have an equivalent to SSIS?

    yup... Oracle Warehouse Builder. IIRC it requires separate licenses.

    To a certain extent but not the same...

    ...if you want to move a...

  • RE: Partioning tables and databases

    Rowles (2/10/2012)


    What are the steps necessary to partition tables and databases?

    1- In regards to tables... plenty of documentation on the net - for a general view (don't be lazy) check...

  • RE: Oracle and the differences with MS SQL Server

    Rowles (2/10/2012)


    If I am try to get an Oracle database to replicate to a SQL Server instance, does the Oracle database need to have a primary key.

    Does Oracle...

  • RE: Switching partitions

    No. No workaround.

    I would drop the offending FKs, set them back after the partition switch.

  • RE: Partitioned table very slow after inserting data

    goodluck (2/6/2012)


    Thanks- Yes, the indexes on the partitioned table are aligned and they serve the partitioning strategy.

    Question is... are these aligned indexes serving "Quering Strategy"?

    Check most used predicates...

  • RE: Is that prohibitively expensive to delete few records from large table?

    Eliyahu (2/6/2012)


    I have a table >190M large with >420K records. The table grows ~1000 records a day.

    I have a busy service application that sometimes deletes 1-5 records from the table...

  • RE: Enterprise Reporting Solutions

    Business Objects is still alive and kicking, also Cognos, MicroStrategy... Crystal Reports.

    It mostly depends on: Budget, Available skill set and Personal preference.

  • RE: Partitioned table very slow after inserting data

    goodluck (2/6/2012)


    How do we align indexes and how different is it from rebuilding indexes?

    An index is aligned when it was built using the same partition scheme and partitioning column/s as...

  • RE: Where to start for a 100% SQL Server 2008 R2 Newb?

    I'm sure you got Books On Line a.k.a. BOL alongside your SQL Server installation; start by reading about architecture then move to the example databases.

    Once you start to get familiar...

  • RE: Database copy for reporting

    One last question... any particular reason not to upgrade reporting SQL Server instance to SS2K8 R2? that would make things much easier and standardize your environment.

    Check if you got...

  • RE: Database copy for reporting

    Dev (2/6/2012)


    Physical distance plays a vital role in data transfer. Little Birdie might take 5 days to reach a destination 5K miles from the source database server.

    If 5K...

  • RE: Database copy for reporting

    Dev (2/6/2012)...how far is Source and Target database Servers? Do you have any bandwidth constraints?

    Database is 5 Gig in size! who cares about bandwith? you can...

  • RE: BCP process explanation

    Because BCP is a bulk operation.

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