Historically SSDT had no backwards compatibility meaning that with a newer version of SSDT, you couldn't create SSIS packages for an older version. This has changed with SQL Server 2016.
As we develop, test and deploy SSIS packages, we need to specify different parameter values for things like database connection strings, file and folder paths, etc. without having to edit the individual SSIS packages to make these changes. How can we tak
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SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS) is the technology from the Microsoft Business Intelligence stack to develop Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) solutions. Over the years SSAS has evolved and has emerged as a leader in the area of analytical solutions.
Time zones have always made the SQL Server professional's life difficult. Before SQL Server 2008, conversion between time zones was completely up to the developer. In this series of tips, I'm going to describe some ways to convert data between time zones,
Many new employees and contractors will start looking for another job shortly after starting because the job is not aligning with what they were expecting. Learn the questions to ask to make sure the job is the right fit.
So it turns out the reason that some of your batch process never ran or why you do not have a current backup or why your transaction logs filed up is because someone or something disabled a SQL job for some reason and neglected to re-enable it. SQL jobs c
Sqlcmd is not just a script execution tool. It gives us access to internal variables and commands that we can use to automate code execution. In this tip I will show you how you can use the scripting variables.
