The Date Dimension in Analysis Services
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The Ebb and Flow of Community
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Calculate the Running Total for the last five Transactions
Calculate the Running Total for the last five Transactions on an Iterative basis
Using SSIS Precedence Constraints - SQL School Video
MVP Brian Knight shows how you can use precedence constraints to control the flow of your SSIS packages.
Backup or transfer SSIS Packages
How can you backup your SSIS packages? I've been asked several times, and the answer is it depends. Where do you store your packages? SSIS Package Store The SSIS package store is just a folder on disk, so regular file system backups should suffice, or you can backup that folder specifically.
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The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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