SQLAuthority News – Migrating DTS Packages to Integration Services

Migrating DTS Packages to Integration Services Writer: Brian Knight Published: July 2008 SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) brings a revolutionary concept of enterprise-class ETL to the masses. The engine is robust enough to handle hundreds of millions of rows with ease, but is simple enough to let both developers and…
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SQL SERVER – Differences in Vulnerability between Oracle and SQL Server

In the IT world, but not among experienced DBAs, there has been a long-standing myth that the Oracle database platform is more stable and more secure than SQL Server from Microsoft. This is due to a variety of reasons; but in my opinion, the main ones are listed below: A.…
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SQLAuthority News – Hub-And-Spoke: Building an EDW with SQL Server and Strategies of Implementation

Hub-And-Spoke: Building an EDW with SQL Server and Strategies of Implementation logo-sql08.gif SQL Server Technical Article Writers: Mark Theissen, Eric Kraemer Published: February 2009 To date, the implementation of a true hub-and-spoke architecture for a data warehouse environment has been an idealized and elusive goal. Although building a centralized “hub,”…
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SQL SERVER – White Paper – Partitioned Table and Index Strategies Using SQL Server 2008

Partitioned Table and Index Strategies Using SQL Server 2008 Writer: Ron Talmage, Solid Quality Mentors Technical Reviewer: Denny Lee, Wey Guy, Kevin Cox, Lubor Kollar, Susan Price – Microsoft Greg Low, Herbert Albert – Solid Quality Mentors When a database table grows in size to the hundreds of gigabytes or…
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