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.
SQL Server Preproduction Tasks
What are some of the things that you need to do before you sign off and hand it over to production? What do you need to do to keep the server running smoothly?
The 2008 PASS Community Summit Wrap Up
Steve Jones talks a bit about the conference with links, pictures, and more from the event.
How to Use the Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Advisor Tool
This article shows how to use the SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Advisor Tool to improve the SQL Server 2008 upgrade experience
The Ebb and Flow of Community
Phil Factor talks a bit about the SQLServerCentral community and how we all get something different from it.
The Ebb and Flow of Community
Phil Factor talks a bit about the SQLServerCentral community and how we all get something different from it.
Blogs
Database AI Agents: The Read-Only Rule
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While wandering around the documentation looking for some Question of the Day topics, I...
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SQL ART: Who's Blocking Who? Visualising SQL Server Blocking With Spatial Geometry
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Running SQLCMD II
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Question of the Day
Running SQLCMD II
I run this command to start SQLCMD:
sqlcmd -S localhost -E -c "proceed"At the prompt, I type this (the 1> and 2> are prompts):
1> select @@version 2> goWhat happens? See possible answers