Container Tasks in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
Learn how container control flow tasks within SSIS can be used by database developers to provide a structure to a package and repeat control flows.
Learn how container control flow tasks within SSIS can be used by database developers to provide a structure to a package and repeat control flows.
This article describes how to install DPM 2007 as a virtual machine in a lab environment. Here are the gotchas to look out for and an explanation of the benefits you can realise.
The person responsible for your career is you. Steve Jones gives you a few thoughts on how you might approach your career.
The person responsible for your career is you. Steve Jones gives you a few thoughts on how you might approach your career.
The person responsible for your career is you. Steve Jones gives you a few thoughts on how you might approach your career.
I’ve often described SQL Server to people new to databases as a data pump. Just like a water pump, you have limited capacity to move water in or out of a system usually measured in gallons per hour. If you want to upgrade your pumping systems it can be...
Steve Jones takes a minute today to congratulate Brian Knight and the Pragmatic Works Foundation for their efforts in giving back to the community.
New author Drew Salem brings us a series on how to centrally monitor your SQL Servers. He includes ASP.NET code and a framework that will check your servers and display a report for you. This article presents an overview of the dealing with the SCOME issue.
How to configure settings to limit the number of processors used in parallel query execution
There is a legend among SQL Server developers and DBAs saying that UDTs may degrade performance. In this article I prove whether this believe is right or wrong.
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I've noticed several instances of what looks like a recursive insert with the format:...
I have a table with this data:
TravelLogID CityID StartDate EndDate 1 1 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 2 2 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 3 3 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 4 4 2025-01-01 2025-01-06 5 5 2025-01-01 2025-01-06I run this code:
SELECT IDENT_CURRENT('TravelLog')I get the value 5 back. Now I do this:
SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog ON INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( TravelLogID, CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (25, 5, '2025-09-12', '2025-09-17') SET IDENTITY_INSERT dbo.TravelLog OFFI now run this code.
DBCC CHECKIDENT(TravelLog) GO INSERT dbo.TravelLog ( CityID, StartDate, EndDate ) VALUES (4, '2025-10-14', '2025-10-17') GOWhat is the value for TravelLogID for the row I inserted for CityID 4 and dates starting on 14 Oct 2025? See possible answers