This article shows the best way to import a copy of your MySQL database table to SQL Server using the SQL Server import data feature. We’ll demonstrate how to perform data import and export using a query with the assistance of SQL Server Management Studio.
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In this article, it will be described how to connect to remote MySQL Server on Linux OS using SSH key pairs. Windows OS will be used as a host from which will be established a connection using PuTTY as a client. Besides using PuTTY as a client for establishing the connection to remote machines, it will be used to generate and use secure shell – SSH keys as well.
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This article explores an SSIS Pivot transformation and SSIS Unpivot transformation for creating Pivot and Unpivot data tables.
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This article covers the usage and detailed features of the multi-value parameter in SSRS.
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In an article, An overview of the SQL table variable, we explored the usage of SQL table variables in SQL Server in comparison with a temporary table. Let’s have a quick recap of the table variable:
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In this article, we will give a brief overview of SSIS Balanced Data Distributor (BDD). In addition, we will give some examples and illustrate alternatives.
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The Data Profiling task in SSIS is an important task that can be used to assess the quality of data sources. Unfortunately, this component is not widely used by many business intelligence developers.
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On November 4th, 2019, during the Ignite conference at Orlando, Microsoft released the General Availability of its flagship product Microsoft SQL Server 2019. SQL 2019 provides various enhancements to its core database engine and offers integration with Big data (Apache Spark, Data Lake), Machine learning, Linux/container compatibility with Kubernetes.
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In this article, we will learn the notions and usage details of the SQL variable. In SQL Server, local variables are used to store data during the batch execution period. The local variables can be created for different data types and can also be assigned values. Additionally, variable assigned values can be changed during the execution period. The life cycle of the variable starts from the point where it is declared and has to end at the end of the batch. On the other hand, If a variable is being used in a stored procedure, the scope of the variable is limited to the current stored procedure. In the next sections, we will reinforce this theoretical information with various examples
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This article explores the xp_readerrorlog command for reading SQL Server error logs using T-SQL.
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In this article, we illustrate how to use the OFFSET FETCH feature as a solution for loading large volumes of data from a relational database using a machine with limited memory and preventing an out of memory exception. We describe how to load data in batches to avoid placing a large amount of data into memory.
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This article covers how to connect a Python application to Microsoft SQL Server using a 3rd party Python SQL library. The library that we are going to use is called “pyodbc”, which is freely available. We will use “pyodbc” to perform CRUD (Create Read Update and Delete) operations on a Microsoft SQL Server database.
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This article explains SQL DDL commands in Microsoft SQL Server using a few simple examples.
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In this article, I’ll provide some useful information to help you understand how to use Unicode in SQL Server and address various compilation problems that arise from the Unicode characters’ text with the help of T-SQL.
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This article gives an overview of the DBCC INPUTBUFFER and its replacement sys.dm_exec_input_buffer system dynamic management function .
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The SQL While loop is used to repeatedly execute a certain piece of SQL script.
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Azure Data Studio is an open-source, cross-platform and lightweight data management tool. We can use it for on-premise SQL Server, Azure SQL database and Azure SQL data warehouse. Previously we knew this tool as SQL Operations Studio.
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In this article, you will see how to use different types of SQL JOIN tables queries to select data from two or more related tables.
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This article prepares a handy SQL Notebook for DBAs. You can use this notebook to troubleshoot performance issues and for getting SQL Server instance details.
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In this article, we will study how to recognize and resolve the SQL blocking chain by determining and troubleshooting the root cause.
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This article explores inserting SQL carriage return AKA line break and tab in a string along with SSMS behavior while copying data to excel, notepad.
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This article explores the partial backup SQL Database strategy in SQL Server and its usages for read-only filegroups.
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In this article, we will give an overview of using Flat Files and Raw Files in SSIS, then we will illustrate some of the differences between using these two types.
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SSIS Script component is a prominent strength of SQL Server Integration Services since it allows developers to implement any complex logic and utilize libraries from the powerful .NET framework or third-parties.
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