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Importing CSV Files Without Surprises
Importing CSV files Without Surprises covers quoted delimiters, UTF-8 encoding, dates, staging tables, and SQL Server BULK INSERT FORMAT = ‘CSV’.
SQL SERVER – Selecting Domain from Email Address
A quick T-SQL script to select the domain from email address values with RIGHT, LEN and CHARINDEX, and count how many emails share each domain.
XQuery Node Order: Compare Source Document Positions
XQuery node order compares positions in an XML document, not their text. Source order, alphabetical order and a node compared with itself give different answers.
geometry STAsBinary: Carry the SRID Beside the WKB
geometry STAsBinary exports a geometry as WKB, while reconstruction takes a separate spatial reference identifier. I carry that identifier beside the bytes. Supplying a different identifier creates a differently tagged value from the same exported coordinates.
SQL SERVER – Integration Services Balanced Data Distributor – SSIS Balanced Data Distributor
The SSIS Balanced Data Distributor (BDD) spreads incoming rows across outputs with multithreading. How it works and the scenarios where it improves performance.
Destructive Reads: Pulling Work From a Queue Table With OUTPUT
Claiming a job and finishing it are two different things. Try a delete claim, a rollback, and an update claim on a tiny queue.