Replacing BCP with SQLBulkLoad
New Author! Stephan writes about why he thinks the bulk load capabilities added in the SQLXML3 addition are a great way to handle imports - maybe so good that you'll stop using BCP.
2003-07-21
12,718 reads
New Author! Stephan writes about why he thinks the bulk load capabilities added in the SQLXML3 addition are a great way to handle imports - maybe so good that you'll stop using BCP.
2003-07-21
12,718 reads
Everyone uses a text editor. Whether for programming, editing configuration files, or reviewing logs. Here's a look at an inexpensive replacement for notepad that performs a number of functions that DBAs might be interested in having.
2003-07-18
8,264 reads
If your shop is even close to the typical Microsoft SQL Server environment there are several people that can make changes to the production environment and what's in SourceSafe does not match what's on the SQL Server. This freeware by Bill Wunder will make archiving DDL and DTS packages a piece of cake and simplify deployment of SQL Server code. Available exclusivily for SQLServerCentral.com members.
2003-07-17
811 reads
As you might guess from the title, this is an extended stored procedure that you can use to interact with MSMQ. It's supposed to be extremely fast, able to handle 4-5k messages per second and have a very small memory footprint. (Press Release)
2003-07-17
1,310 reads
In part two of this article Chris explains how to handle some common issues you'll run into while using version control and how to manage the process. Defintely read part one first if you haven't already.
2003-07-16
4,772 reads
New author! Tom publishes his first article with us by writing about how business intelligence and data warehouses work together at a high level. Interesting stuff.
2003-07-15
9,294 reads
At Last! No need to convert SQL Scripts from one dialect to another. Although SQL is a simple language, it can be tedious, inaccurate and frustrating when developing equivalent SQL scripts for multiple database servers. This product handles the conversion for you. (Not Reviewed)
2003-07-15
804 reads
Hopefully you've heard by now that we're publishing a book consisting of our best content from 2002. Sign up for the book is going well, but we could still use a few more. This update answers some of the questions we've received so far.
2003-07-14
4,201 reads
Dinesh is back with another article on user defined functions, giving some more great examples. If you haven't read the first one, definitely go back and read it first.
2003-07-14
7,067 reads
Need more templates for Proc Blaster? LockwoodTech Software has partnered with Harjai Software Consultants to develop templates for Proc-Blaster, a development tool for ASP Code Generation.
2003-07-14
825 reads
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
By Steve Jones
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I wrote a PowerQuery that parses a table from a PDF, and I want...
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