31 Days of SSIS – Environmental Variable(17/31)
31 Days of SSIS
It’s time to go back to discussing the environment when it comes to SSIS packages. For the...
2011-01-21
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Blogs
Check that what you expected is actually what you got - DB's and SQLCMD
I feel that it is wise move for a script to actually check itself that the database connection that is...
2011-01-20
1,930 reads
XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
Talk to the Experts
In a previous post, I discussed the exist() method as part of the XQuery for the Non-Expert...
2011-01-20
2,997 reads
Why Every DBA Needs a Buddy
If you truly desire to be an effective SQL Server Database Administrator then you absolutely must have a buddy.
SQL Server...
2011-01-19
2,790 reads
Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
Multi-subnet Failover Clusters
I want to take a closer look at one of the new features in SQL Server Denali. While...
2011-01-19
2,819 reads
SQL University: Spring 2011
The new SQL University Logo
Welcome back students! We’re very excited to start up a new semester and SQLU is back and...
2011-01-18
1,258 reads
31 Days of SSIS – Create XML Document (13/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Day thirteen and we are trucking along with the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. The last...
2011-01-17
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31 Days of SSIS – Recursive SSIS Package (6/31)
31 Days of SSIS
As I mentioned in the introductory post, I’m writing 31 Days of SSIS. In the first post...
2011-01-13
1,866 reads
Date Rounding Tactics and the Tiny Devil of SMALLDATETIME
Tiny Devils
With every new year I think a little bit about time and dates. This posts looks a little more...
2011-01-12
2,034 reads
SQL Server Index Tuning for Mere Mortals
One of the most important things to measure, monitor, and “get right” for good overall SQL Server OLTP performance is...
2011-01-11
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Blogs
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Forums
Cross-DB Ownership Chaining problem
We want to setup a gateway db to host stored procedures which use tables...
Lots of FKs
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Real-time On-prem SQL Server Data in Excel – Over the Internet
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Question of the Day
Lots of FKs
In SQL Server 2025, what are the most outgoing and incoming FK references a table can have?
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