Sorting data in the SSIS Pipeline (Video)
In this post I want to show a couple of ways to order the data that comes into the pipeline. a number of people have asked me about this primarily because there are a number of ways to do it but also because some components in the pipeline take sorted inputs. One of the methods I show is visually easy to understand and the other is less visual but potentially more performant.
Concurrent processing in SSIS – Part 1
In the beginning of a new series, Elliott Whitlow shows us how to process your data movement in parallel, covering six different methods for doing so.
Selling Used Cars
Today we have a guest editorial from Andy Warren that looks at the value of experience.
Writing a Data Access Layer (DAL) for SQL Server
In this tip, I am going to show you how you can create a Data Access Layer (to store, retrieve and manage data in relational database) in ADO .NET. I will show how you can make it data provider independent, so that you don't have to re-write your data access layer if the data storage source changes and also you can reuse it in other applications that you develop.
Archive Backups
The need to archive data is becoming more and more important as data sizes grow. However when you choose to archive data, you might need to reconsider how your DR plan is structured.
SQL Server Service Broker Components - Message Types, Contracts and Queue
Arshad Ali discusses the Initiator, Target, Message Types, Contract and Queue--all components of SQL Server Service Broker (SSBS).
Google FUD
A recent headline that Google is dumping Windows because of security issues sounds like FUD to Steve Jones.
Paging and Versioning Using ROW_NUMBER()
Paging through results of data, or finding specific sets of data is something that most of us need to do. A new article from Lawrence Moore shows us how we can do this with ROW_NUMBER()
Introduction to Master Data Services in SQL Server 2008
There are numerous databases housing the same information and it's getting quite difficult to keep everything in line. I've heard from a number of departments who want a more centralized approach to handling customer data, but I don't know where to begin. Can you steer me in the right direction?
Blogs
Prime Day Recommendations
By Steve Jones
It’s Prime Day. A few of my recommendations, since I want to do some...
Fabric for Operational Reporting & SQL Endpoint Trap
With Fabric Mirroring, Microsoft is promoting a nice and appealing story for operational reporting...
Crawl, Walk, Run with Agentic Development of Power BI Assets
If you’ve been watching AI roll through the data community and thinking, “this seems...
Forums
SQL Art, Part 4: Happy 4th of July — A British DBA's Guide to Celebrating a War We Don't Talk About
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Concurrency and Baseline Control: Level 5 of the Stairway to Reliable Database Deployments
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Spending Time in the Office
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Question of the Day
Multiple Values Inserted
I have this code on SQL Server 2022. What happens when it runs all at once?
DROP TABLE IF EXISTS dbo.Commission GO CREATE TABLE dbo.Commission (id INT NOT NULL IDENTITY(1,1) CONSTRAINT CommissionPK PRIMARY KEY , salesperson VARCHAR(20) , commission VARCHAR(20) ) GO INSERT dbo.Commission ( salesperson, commission) VALUES ( 'Brian', 12 ), ( 'Brian', 'None' ) GOSee possible answers