A data flow task generated by the SSIS Import and Export Wizard can be configured to extract data from multiple files by changing the default connection manager to a MultiFlatFileConnection.
Steve Jones talks NoSQL today, which should stand for Not Only SQL, according to Dr David DeWitt. The final keynote last week discussed SQL alternatives and their impact on our data world.
A tale from the days when civilization was young and everything was harder than it is now.
Even where Source Control isn't being used by developers, it is still possible to automate the process of tracking the changes being made to a database and put those into Source Control, in order to track what changed and when. You can even get an email alert when it happens. With suitable scripting, you can even do it if you don't have direct access to the live database. Grant shows how easy this is with SQL Compare.
On Thursday October 20th ,MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning
A lively comparison of Pascal's triangle to root cause analysis from David Poole.
How hard is it to anonymize data? According to some research, it might be close to impossible. The problem is that we are gathering so much data that cross referencing data sets becomes a problem. Steve Jones talks today about the implications of this for security.
Do you find yourself managing lots of SQL Server instances? If so you might find you are connected to many different instances and have numerous query windows open that are connected to different instances. When you have lots of query windows open, do you sometimes find it confusing to know the instance in which your query window is connected? Color-coding your connections can help you manage complicated setups.
On Thursday October 20th, MVP Louis Davidson will discuss the why normalized databases are the most important part of query tuning.
In finance, when pricing data isn't available on last day of week, month or year, calculating returns is tricky. This article addresses the issue.
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In SQL Server 2025, if I want to remove an IP from a listener, what do I do?
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