Dynamic creation of Insert, Update, Delete Stored procedures
Automates the creation of INSERT, UPDATE & DELETE stored procedure of a table
Building a Data Warehouse Blueprint for Success
One of the most integral components and critical success factors of any enterprise data warehousing initiative is the Solutions Architecture document, a high-level conceptual model of a data warehousing solution. Learn why this collaborative effort that addresses the needs of all major stakeholders, including both the business units and Information Technology (IT), is essential.
Developing Modifications that Survive Concurrency
You can create a database under the assumption that SQL looks after all the problems of concurrency. It will probably work fine under test conditions: then, in the production environment, it starts losing data in subtle ways that defy repetition. It is every Database Developer's nightmare. In an excerpt from his acclaimed book, Alex Kuznetsov explains why it happens, and how you can avoid such problems.
How well do you really know your colleagues?
Take your peers out of their comfort zone and do you know how well they'll perform?
SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameters Performance
An article from Scott Zurolo tests the terformance of SQL Server 2008 Table Valued Parameters against more traditional methods of updating many rows at once.
How to add NULL Defense to your SSIS packages using scripting
In this part of NULL Defense series, we will discuss how to create NULL Defense in Script Transformation.
Find the Port a Connection is Using
If you have multiple ports, this article from Mark Greenbaum will tell you which port a connection is using
Leanring from Experts
A guest editorial from Andy Warren. Experience helps us do a better job, and one way you can get that is learning from experts.
Data Warehousing Architecture - Designing the Data Staging Area
The staging area tends to be one of the more overlooked components of a data warehouse architecture, and yet it is an integral part of the ETL component design. Learn why it is best to design the staging layer right the first time, enabling support of various ETL processes and related methodology, recoverability and scalability.
Performance Impacts Related to Different Function Types
The July 2010 PASS Performance VC Presentation by Jason Strate on July 6th 12:00 PM EDT (GMT -4).
Blogs
Microsoft Build 2026 announcements
By James Serra
Once again there were a number of Microsoft Build announcements related to data and...
T-SQL Tuesday #199: Roundup
A good week ago I hosted the monthly T-SQL Tuesday blog party. I invited...
No Shortcuts for the SQLCMD Batch Terminator: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I was messing around with SQLCMD and I realized something I hadn’t known. I’ve...
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BCP on Linux
When running bcp on Linux, what is the field terminator?
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