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  • RE: SSIS Import from Excel

    2. RonKyle, I thought of just removing the NULL after but this now has a Primary ID of 1, which means any "real" data starts at ID 2. Is there...

  • RE: SSIS Import from Excel

    Do you mean that it's importing a row consisting of entirely NULL values, or that when a certain field is NULL it shouldn't be imported? Is there a primary key...

  • RE: Positive or Negative

    Often times I feel like a nutritionist working for McDonalds; I'm turned to for advice, but at the end of the day I have little influence over the end product.

    Great...

  • RE: Positive or Negative

    RonKyle (10/23/2015)

    That's perfectly fine. It relates to the individual record. Where's the denormalization in that?

    You have two indicators for the same thing: the flag, and whether the date is null....

  • RE: Positive or Negative

    angel-626714 (10/23/2015)

    I would also have a column for the date and time it became inactive.

    Denormalisation alert

    That's perfectly fine. It relates to the individual record. ...

  • RE: Positive or Negative

    I'm not sure I'm consistent. For items that are look ups of one kind or another (that would be considered dimensions in an OLAP environment), I use an Active...

  • RE: Do the managed local accounts (virtual accounts) remove need for multiple domain accounts

    Just adding that I've set up two SQL Server 2014 accounts using the Virtual Service Accounts that go with each service. They have worked very well and I would...

  • RE: SSAS setup questions

    I've always had them on the same server, even large ones, and it's never been such as issue as to be worth having them on a second server. You...

  • RE: Help with data conversion

    Good catch. It is probably trying to convert the semicolons to an int, which of course isn't possible.

  • RE: Help with data conversion

    One of the data points must not be a number or it's a number greater than a tinyint can handle (255 or 256--can't remember exactly which).

  • RE: Where should middle tier business logic be stored?

    However, in my current use case, I keep all logic in the database. SQL Server is the BI platform. Everything is batch, everything is controlled by SQL Server.

    I have been...

  • RE: Where should middle tier business logic be stored?

    There's data logic, process and workflow logic, and interface logic.

    This is really a great way to break it out. If this were fleshed out, you might have an...

  • RE: Where should middle tier business logic be stored?

    This has always bothered me: What really is meant by "business logic"?

    This is a good point, and someone else has also mentioned it. As you point out,...

  • RE: Where should middle tier business logic be stored?

    While the final answer may depend on the skills that are available in-house. Also, if the application will never be large, it probably doesn't matter. But if you are...

  • RE: Understanding the OVER clause

    Thanks for taking the time to write this. Took me way beyond what I've done with the OVER function.

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