Importing CSV files Without Surprises covers quoted delimiters, UTF-8 encoding, dates, staging tables, and SQL Server BULK INSERT FORMAT = ‘CSV’.
Parameter Types From .NET: Stopping Implicit Conversions at the Source
Match parameter types from .NET to SQL Server columns, avoid implicit conversions, and inspect cached plans for mismatched strings.
Too Many Indexes on One Table
Too many indexes on a SQL Server table can slow every write; learn how to identify overlapping indexes, measure their value, and remove them safely.
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.
SEQUENCE Cache Size, Gaps and Insert Throughput
Compare SEQUENCE cache size, restart gaps, rollback gaps, and insert throughput with CACHE 50, CACHE 1000, and NO CACHE.
geometry STPointN: Read a One-Based Point Position
geometry STPointN selects a point from an instance. The example keeps its one-based position visible and returns NULL when the requested position exceeds the line point count.