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Importing CSV data into a user-defined SQL table (otherwise known as how to...
I’m a total newbie to SQL Server but I’m starting to require skills in this area specifically for the purpose of manipulating and “pre-processing” data consumed by FIM. I have the “Inside SQL Server...
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Dropping and recreating the destination table in an SSIS package
As a follow up to my previous post on how one goes about importing data from a flat file data source into a SQL table and being able to have some control over the name of target table it is worth...
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Identifying updates/changes in database delta views with nullable columns
When working with database management agents such as the SQL Server or Oracle MAs there will come a time when you’ll need a delta view. Thus far I’ve been lucky and haven’t had many instances whereby...
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SQL Server aliases
(a.k.a. Honestly…My top Layer-8 issue of 2010) SQL Server aliases: they need to be created on all clients that use them, not just the SQL Server! How do we create them? Two primary ways: CLICONFG.EXE...
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Invoking (running) SQL Server Agent Jobs using PowerShell
As I navigate the meandering thread of complexities that is the identity management project I inevitably find myself using SQL Server more and more. Forgone is the text delimited management agent;...
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sp_executeSQL to the rescue
(a.k.a. my DEFAULT constraints aren’t working –NULL is being written to the DB. Where are my default values?) I encountered a bug in a stored procedure I’d written that took me a little longer to fix...
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(a.k.a. my DEFAULT constraints aren’t working –NULL is being written to the DB. Where are my default values?) I encountered a bug in a stored procedure I’d written that took me a little longer to fix...
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