SQL Server 2005 has made it much easier to work with XML data in your database applications than ever before. In this article, new author Jack Hummer examines how you can use XML to move data through stored procedures.
2006-10-02
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Continuing the overview of Data Flow components in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, this installment focuses on the Lookup transformation.
2006-10-02
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Database snapshots provide a handy way to provide data integrity for Integration Services. In this presentation, Brian shows you how to create a package that can "self-heal". In the event of any problem, the database will automatically roll back to a pre-ETL snapshot.
2006-09-29
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Ownership chains have unique permissions' issues in SQL Server 2005. Contributor Serdar Yegulalp explains the access levels of ownership chains, and the benefits of "EXECUTE AS."
2006-09-29
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Our look at the SQL Server development team continues with Craig Freedman, query tuning expert working on partitioning features. Read a little about a talented software engineer that has been developing database software for over a decade.
2006-09-28
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Come to the PASS Summit this year and see three of the big influences on SQL Server: Steve Ballmer, Paul Flessner, and Dave Campbell. They're all giving keynotes. And did I mention SQLServerCentral.com is giving away an XBOX 360? Read more about it.
2006-09-28
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The File Watcher Task does what it says really, it watches a folder waiting for files. When an available file is found the task completes, returning the name of the file for later use.
2006-09-28
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Most DBAs manage multiple SQL servers, each handling different needs for your business. Even with the diverse uses for different servers, there is often the need to deploy the same scripts to all servers for various purposes. Author Joe Doherty brings us his scripts and technique for executing a script across multiple servers.
2006-09-27
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In this presentation, Brian shows you how you can use database snapshots for data protection. He shows you how to create a snapshot, read from it and lastly how to do a database recovery from the snapshot.
2006-09-27
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This article discusses how to upload multiple image or text files to the SQL Server database varbinary column.
2006-09-26
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When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
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The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
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