Adding a timestamp to files in SSIS - SQL School Video
Integration Services is the ETL platform for SQL Server. In this installment of SQL School, Brian Knight shows how to add a timestamp (current date) to the name of a file.
2008-09-16
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Creating a Tabular Report - SQL School Video
SQL School continues with our series on Reporting services, this time examining how tabular reports can be easily built.
2008-09-11
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Creating a Matrix Report - SQL School Video
In this video, you will learn how to use Reporting Services to build a report that contains a matrix of data.
2008-09-09
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Creating a Data Mining Reporting Services Report - SQL School Video
In this new SQL School video, MVP Brian Knight shows us how to get started with data mining and Reporting Services retrieving data from an Analysis Services cube.
2008-09-04
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Using Profiler - SQL School Video
A basic tutorial that examines how Profiler can be used in SQL Server 2005 to monitor your SQL Server instance. MVP Brian Knight shows how to create a trace and the various options you have for monitoring events.
2008-09-02
5,622 reads
Scripting Table Management - SQL School Video
MVP Brian Knight walks through the scripting capabilities of Management Studio to show how the code for table creation and the various dependent objects. Brian looks at the options available with scripting and what the implication of choosing them will be.
2008-08-26
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Creating Lift Charts - SQL School Video
This video covers lift charts, an advanced data mining feature in SQL Server 2008. MVP Brian Knight walks through a data mining example that tests a model with a lift chart.
2008-08-21
2,176 reads
Detaching Databases - SQL School Video
One very handy technique for dealing with the need to copy or move a database involves detaching the database from your instance. MVP Brian Knight shows how easy this can be to perform on your server.
2008-08-14
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Attaching Databases - SQL School Video
Learn how you can add a new database to your instance if you receive the MDF and LDF files from another source. MVP Brian Knight covers this very useful technique that is used for moving databases to new instances, servers, or even recovering from an disaster.
2008-08-12
3,230 reads
Viewing Analysis Services Data in Excel 2007 - SQL School Video
Excel is a wonderful tool for examining the data in your SSAS cubes. MVP Brian Knight shows how you can access the data in Analysis Services or a SQL Server database from Excel 2007.
2008-08-07
5,768 reads
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While doing some testing of an application, I wanted to reset my environment after doing some testing with this code:
USE DNRTest BACKUP DATABASE DNRTest TO DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' GO /* Bunch of stuff tested here */RESTORE DATABASE DNRTest FROM DISK = 'dnrtest.bak' WITH REPLACEWhat happens if this runs, assuming the "bunch of stuff" isn't anything affecting the instance. See possible answers