Powering up DTS with PerlDTS
This article introduces the PerlDTS project that provides a Perl distribution to access and execute MS SQL Server 8 DTS packages.
2008-12-22
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VBscript hacks for DTS packages
This article is about using VBscript hacks to overcome two limitations of DTS packages.
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Yet another way to include portability on DTS packages
An proposal about using simple server name resolution and INI files to make a DTS package portable.
2008-04-10
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Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
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