In SSIS, on the data flow, check the properties, and set the ValidateExternalMetadata property of a data flow component, make it False so that it continues with the execution of...

check the following link(s) if it helps:

1) https://michaeljswart.com/2012/05/t-sql-merge-statement-syntax-generator/

2) https://www.pigeonsql.com/single-post/Dynamic-SQL-Merge-Script-for-Generate-Merge-statement

CDC would have been better as there are only 4 operation code to find which rows are altered viz. Insert, Delete, Before...

Do you have a machine in Azure, can you ping from on-premise to check Azure network?

use PSPING to test the above to ensure that the VPN tunnel is used instead...

In the remote query, check the quotes around the name column are these double-quotes or single?

What happens if you add order by clause to the above queries?

I would advise you to perform the following steps in a test environment before applying to production.

3rd replica

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Stop data movement to 3rd replica

Remove the 3rd replica from the AG and...

Hi Srinivas,

This could be because of different master keys on Server A(source) and Server B (target).

You have to create a master key on the target instance that you have restored...

Apologies... my bad. I took it to some other direction.  Thanks for correcting me Sue.

This is where we come across job responsibilities or separation of duties. Only few selected individuals or a group in an organization must have the ability to change the...

Looks to me like an Excel Driver Issue, this might need 64 bit drivers. Ensure that excel data source settings are correct in SQL Agent Job.
or
Try running the...

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ORDER BY Component

CDC is a nice feature to track changes. We have enabled it on one of our primary database on our production server with a retention period of 3 days. We...

Hi,
If possible and if it is not a performance issue, I would advise bring all the data that you need into staging tables first, and then build a VIEW,...

Hi,
Late arriving dimensions are processed in different ways. We have a process were we capture the fact record and keep it separately in a different table and there is...