Adding Rows in Incremental Loads - Level 3 of the Stairway to Integration Services
Learn how to incrementally load new rows into a database from an Integration Services package. MVP and SSIS guru Andy Leonard continues his series on learning SSIS.
Advanced Event Behavior – Level 10 of the Stairway to Integration Services
The tenth article of this series starts to look at more advanced events and how we can use those events to better control and enhance our packages.
Advanced Logging - Level 12 of the Stairway to Integration Services
In this level, Andy Leonard goes into advanced logging techniques for your packages.
Advanced SSIS Workflow Management – Level 8 of the Stairway to Integration Services
In Level 8 of the Stairway to SSIS we look at more advanced workflow management within a package.
An Overview of Project Conversion - Level 14 of the Stairway to Integration Services
As we continue on with our look at Integration Services, this step talks about how to convert projects to the SSIS 2012 format.
An Overview of SSIS Parameters - Level 15 of the Stairway to Integration Services
The next level in the Stairway to Integration Services looks at Parameters and how you can incorporate them into your packages.
An Overview of SSIS Variables – Step 13 of the Stairway to Integration Services
In this level of the Integration Services Stairway article, Andy Leonard examines SSIS variables.
Basic SSIS Workflow Management – Level 6 of the Stairway to Integration Services
The next installment of our Stairway to Integration Services from Andy Leonard looks at workflow and how you can control what happens in your package.
Charting the Unknown – Level 5 in the Stairway to Reporting Services
This article will explain different types of visualizations, including charts and maps, and when you would use each type.
Control Flow Task Errors – Level 9 of the Stairway to Integration Services
Level 9 of the Stairway to Integration Services looks at control flow tasks and error handling.
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An Unusual Identity
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An Unusual Identity
What values are returned when I run this code?
CREATE TABLE dbo.IdentityTest2
(
id NUMERIC(10,0) IDENTITY(10,10) PRIMARY KEY,
somevalue VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.IdentityTest2
(
somevalue
)
VALUES
( 'Steve')
, ('Bill')
GO
SELECT top 10
id
FROM dbo.IdentityTest2 See possible answers