Disaster Planning Includes You
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren. Andy discusses the need to consider personnel when you are planning for things to go wrong.
Using SOUNDEX and DIFFERENCE to Standardize Data in SQL Server
My client wants to standardize address information for existing and future addresses collected for their customers, particularly the street suffixes. The application used to enter and collect address information has the street suffix separated from the address field, but it is a textbox instead of a drop down list therefore things are not standardized. I know there are some options out there to standarize data, but they would like a less expensive alternative. Are there any functions in SQL Server that I can use to standardized data?
Decoupling the Database
Database refactoring is a difficult proposition at the best of times, but is rendered more or less impossible if the database is close-coupled to the application's other components. In a guest editorial, Mladen Prajdic stresses the importance of a native SQL Server abstraction layer.
Security by Obscurity
Today we have an editorial reprint from Aug 23, 2005 as Steve is on vacation. Does security through obscurity work? Steve Jones thinks it can help in a limited sense, providing another layer of protection.
Running a SSIS Package from SQL Server Agent Using a Proxy Account
Recently when I created a SQL Server Agent job to execute a SSIS package, it failed with the message "Non-SysAdmins have been denied permission to run DTS Execution job steps without a proxy account.". What is this exception about? What causes it and how do I resolve it?
An Example of Test-Driven Development, Part 4
Continuing on with his testing series for T-SQL code, MVP Andy Leonard looks at deployment here.
Little Devices
This Friday Steve Jones asks if you think that your job could be done with smaller devices. Is there a chance that a mobile phone, a tablet or something else could help you be more productive?
Querying Active Directory using SSIS Script Task
One of the most distinguishing characteristics of Control Flow Script Task available in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services is its flexibility. This article demonstrates some of these capabilities by describing an approach that employs the Script Task to query data residing in an Active Directory domain database.
SSIS Training Live and In-Person
MVP and author of our Stairway Series on SSIS, Andy Leonard, is holding an SSIS class this December in northern Virginia. If you are interested in top notch SSIS training, read on.
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How Long is a Long I/O?
In SQL Server 2025, a long I/O is recorded in the error log with message 833. How long much an I/O request be outstanding before this message is written to the log?
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