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A deployment wizard is provided by Visual Studio's Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) to deploy and configure SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages. However, deploying a package with the wizard can be cumbersome and is also a little confusing if you are unfamiliar with the tool. It is not always the most intuitive method to deploy and configure a package.... |
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In a recent tip (Applying SQL Server Service Packs) you have talked about updates to the server side components of SQL Server as well as the client side components. One item that I have had an issue with is related to updates for SQL Server 2005 Books Online. Can you please confirm that this portion of the product is updated or not as a portion of those processes? I am concerned that I have outdated Books Online and do not even know it.... |
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As with past versions of SQL Server, Microsoft is releasing service pack updates for SQL Server 2005. The product officially launched in November 2005 and there has already been one service pack release on March 18, 2006 and service pack 2 is in the works. Microsoft is making these pre-releases available with their CTP version or Community Technology Preview. The problem comes into play as to who should test these versions and how should they be tested?... |
| | Total Hits: 35 | Today: 0 | Author: Siddharth Mehta | Rating:  |
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Address information is one of the most common attributes of data stored in a business data repository. Examples of such data can be addresses of employees, store locations of retail chains, sales of a product etc. You may wonder about the last example and how sales of a product can be linked with an address. In most of the retail chains, customers are provided with a loyalty card, on which they collect points for each product purchased. This card contains the address of the customer and so geo... |
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There are many ways to execute a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) package. You can use the command line utility DTExec.exe or its window equivalent, DTExecUI.exe. A package can be executed within SQL Server Business Intelligence Studio (Visual Studio) or from a SQL Server Agent Job Step. A package can also be executed from .NET code!... |
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As with most applications there are hot fixes, updates and/or service packs that are often released. Some of these updates are automatic while others require you to take action and apply the update. SQL Server is one of those applications that requires you to take action versus having the updates automatically applied. This is a good thing, but it requires the DBA to take some type of action. In addition, applying the service packs to the database engine is pretty much understood, but did you... |
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We have a number of SSIS packages that routinely fail for various reasons such as a particular file is not found, an external FTP server is unavailable, etc. In most cases these error conditions are just a temporary situation and we can simply rerun the package at a later time and it will be successful. The issue, however, is that we do not want to rerun the tasks in the package that have have already completed successfully. Is there a way that we can restart an SSIS package at the point of f... |
| | Total Hits: 141 | Today: 0 | Author: Hal Hayes | Rating: |
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One of the advantages of using SSIS is the ability to dynamically create tasks that can take different elements and manipulate them in code instead of having to hard code the package to do only one task. In a previous tip we looked at how to use expressions to dynamically build an output file: "Dynamic Flat File Connections in SQL Server Integration Services". In this tip, we will show you another way to do this using the script task. Basically what we will be doing is generating an output file... |
| | Total Hits: 241 | Today: 0 | Author: Chad Boyd | Rating:  |
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You probably already know that SQL Server 2005 SP2 has been released. This is a good thing if you are in need of one of the changes that are included in this service pack. In a previous tip, SQL Server 2005 - Service Pack 2, we took a look at what was to be included in this second service pack for SQL Server 2005. The question that you often face is should I install this service pack. One thing to note before you install SP2 is that there is no way to uninstall it once it is installed.... |
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My company has recently upgraded to SQL Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and we have experienced significant performance issues. Overall our performance baseline has dropped significantly (more than 50%) immediately after the service pack installation. We need to correct our performance issue, determine the problematic symptoms and the root cause in the service pack. How should we do so?... |
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With the new features in SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, what are the related impacts to SQL Server 2005 Agent? Do I still need to build a dtsrun command (SQL Server 2000) to execute an SSIS Package in an automated manner? What insight do I have into the internal SSIS objects and some of the advanced features? The value with SQL Server Agent and SSIS is the integration between the 2 technologies. The core SSIS features are exposed directly via SQL Server Agent's Job Step Type of 'SQL Se... |
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We have adopted XML configuration files as a standard development practice within our organization. We use them in ASP.NET web applications as well as Windows Forms applications. How can we use XML configuration files with our SSIS packages? SSIS has built-in support for using XML files for package configuration. Just about any property setting in a package or task can be retrieved at runtime from an XML configuration file. A single XML configuration file can store as many configuration sett... |
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We have a number of Oracle stored procedures that we need to execute from an SSIS package. The PL/SQL code is deployed in various Oracle packages. Many of these stored procedures require parameters and we're struggling to find the best way to do this given that the various Oracle connection manager types don't support parameterized queries. Do you have any ideas?... |
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With as many Data Transformation Services (DTS) Packages that have been developed and deployed for B2B, data integration and BI needs, when it comes to upgrading from SQL Server 2000 to 2005, this portion of the upgrade will need special attention. DTS Packages have become engrained in many applications and business processes making them business critical for not only internal applications but also mission critical for business partners. In addition, DTS Packages are probably being used in une... |
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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 take advantage of the configuration capabilities that SSIS provides, particularly the SQL Server package configuration, to accomplish our goal?... |
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The SQL Server Import/Export Wizard is a way to either perform a one-time data import/export, or create a DTS/SSIS package that can be further developed. Because the Import/Export Wizard is a part of Data Transformation Services, it was re-written in SQL Server 2005, as was the entire SQL Server Integration Services process. Because of this, the methods of accessing the Import and Export Wizard have changed.... |
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We have adopted SQL Server 2005 Integration Services and we are moving a great deal of data on a consistent basis throughout the day for a number of systems. Unfortunately, we have been seeing some memory related issues and wanted to find out how we could monitor these on a regular basis? We want someway to collect performance related data and monitor the overall process. What tools and metrics are available for monitoring an SSIS Package? Can you provide some examples?... |
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When using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) the ideal situation is to make the code as re-useable as possible, so the same code-set can be used to handle multiple situations instead of having a hard-coded solution. In a previous tip, "Dynamic Flat File Connections in SQL Server Integration Services" we looked at how to create a dynamic file source based on some variable settings within the SSIS package. This solution was great, but how do I take this further and pass in a dynamic value i... |
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When loading data into SQL Server you have the option of using SQL Server Integration Services to handle more complex loading and data transforms then just doing a straight load such as using BCP. One problem that you may be faced with is that data is given to you in multiple files such as sales and sales orders, but the loading process requires you to join these flat files during the load instead of doing a preload and then later merging the data. What options exist and how can this be done?... |
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I have seen many of the changes with SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) versus SQL Server 2000 Data Transformation Services (DTS). Integration Services certainly has much more functionality out of the box than DTS and I am learning SSIS as my projects move forward. One item that has seemed to be a thorn in my side is deploying an SSIS package. So, I have read your tip (SQL Server Crosswalk - Deploying a SQL 2000 DTS vs. a SQL 2005 SSIS package) related to deploying a package and want... |
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