Exotic Joins in T-SQL and How They Translate in SSIS
This is a short article on how to translate an exotic join or range lookup in SSIS (Integration Services) from Nick Maroudas.
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Tame Those Strings! Part 10 - Finding Carriage Returns
Expanding on his series of string manipulation in T-SQL, Steve Jones takes a look at how you go about removing those unseen characters from your strings.
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Employee compensation is more than just salary. Steve Jones talks about how you might look at building more effective compensation plans for workers.
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Employee compensation is more than just salary. Steve Jones talks about how you might look at building more effective compensation plans for workers.
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Employee compensation is more than just salary. Steve Jones talks about how you might look at building more effective compensation plans for workers.
Data Access Tracing in SQL Server 2005
Learn how to apply the new tracing functionality in Microsoft data access technologies such as ADO.NET 2.0, MDAC 2.82, SQL Server Native Client, and the JDBC driver; and in the SQL Server network protocols and the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 database engine.
Determining SQL Server database storage requirements
Determine accurate storage requirements for a SQL Server database with these methods. Calculate how to set storage requirements for a database application.
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Symmetric Key Encryption
If I run this statement in SQL Server 2025, how is the password encrypted?
CREATE SYMMETRIC KEY MySymmetricKey WITH ALGORITHM = AES_256, KEY_SOURCE = 'My secret key source passphrase', IDENTITY_VALUE = 'My secret identity value' ENCRYPTION BY PASSWORD = 'S&perS#cretP@ssword7'; GOSee possible answers