Migrating data from one SQL Server database to another can be challenging. Steve Jones has a new series that looks at various techniques that he's used to move data into a new database. This one looks at how you can quickly take Excel based data and insert it into a new database without using DTS.
2004-07-08
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2004-05-05
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Another great article from Joe Sack that looks at a great technique for generating reports in Excel for your users. Using DTS, you can easily setup an ad hoc or recurring schedule for your users. It's a way to quickly build a report that keeps people happy while making you look like a genius.
2005-09-23 (first published: 2004-05-03)
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2004-04-23
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Probably not a task you'll have to do very often, all the better that someone has laid out how to do it in good detail!
2004-04-08
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This article by Chris Kempster covers a wide variety of areas concerned with data migration. Primarily, it focuses on process, standards and some of the many issues to consider when undertaking this role.
2017-08-23 (first published: 2004-03-24)
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2004-03-10
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2004-03-08
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2004-03-08
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2004-01-23
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By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
I recently read the book Agile Data Warehouse Design – Collaborative Dimensional Modeling, from...
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
I have an ADF pipeline that copies Files from source to destination. Both Source...
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Function Defaults
I have created this function in SQL Server 2022:
CREATE FUNCTION dbo.AddInt (@one INT, @two INT = 1) RETURNS INT
AS
BEGIN
RETURN @one + @two
END
How can I call this and invoke the default value for @two? See possible answers