ETL for Free-Form Data
This article demonstrates how to extract, transform and load free-form data into a structured form like a staging table by way of XML conversions.
Sharing
As humans we look to share with each other, but there are times that this can be a bad thing. Steve Jones has a poll asking you about your sharing habits.
Sharing
As humans we look to share with each other, but there are times that this can be a bad thing. Steve Jones has a poll asking you about your sharing habits.
SQL Server 2005 Express Edition - Part 18 - Merge Web Synchronization Setup
Part 18 of this series explores several scenarios in which the Merge Web Synchronization can be applied and describes their implementation details.
Using the CASE expression instead of dynamic SQL
I have a lot of SQL update queries where I need to make IF/ELSE types of decisions. I am using a cursor in some cases but looping through thousands of rows for update takes a long time. I also use some dynamic SQL to handle some query parameter decision making. Is there a better alternative?
Conditional Flow in DTS
While SQL Server Integration Services is a huge improvement in the ETL capabilities of SQL Server, there are quite a few environments still using DTS in SQL Server 2000. Wayne Fillis brings us a method for implementing conditional logic in your packages.
Fire Drills
How often do you have those fire drills, testing what you would do in the event of an emergency. Would you be satisfied with a 30% success rate?
SQL Server Scalabilty - An Introduction
A brief introduction into the world of scalability, presenting at a high-level the various options
XML Workshop XVI - Shaping the XML results
Continuing on with his series, Jacob Sebastian shows how you can shape the query results to a certain pre-defined XML structure in this article.
CS Techcast 16: Revving Up SQL Server 2008
CStechcast.com brings another podcast episode to the starting line with guest Kalen Delaney. This SQL Server expert and authoritative author of the Inside SQL Server series gives us her take on SQL Server 2008. Find the latest from Kalen Delaney at insidesqlserver.com and SQLCommunity.com.
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
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SQL Server 2025 Server-level Roles
In SQL Server 2022+, what does the ##MS_DatabaseConnector## role allow?
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