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Cumulative Update 7 available for SQL Server 2005 SP2 - get it now to test and apply (if needed)
15 April 08 10:16 PM | ssqa.net | with no comments

Here is another candidate of 7 within Cumulative Update service for SQL Server 2005 SP2. SQL Server Release Services team has announced (yesterday) that another instalment of Cumulative Update ( series here ) for SQL Server 2005 on Service Pack 2, it...

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SQL Server Integration Services - think about Transactions and Checkpointing?
07 April 08 07:21 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

Transactions and Checkpoints are important factors for data consistency, when it comes for ETL processes that too on SSIS what is your stand? I'm covering this important task for the sake of newbie & junior DBAs, also the similar question was...

Filed under: sql server, best practices, ssis, setup, package, checkpoint, bol, commit, rollback, dts, ssis package, transaction

How to get rowcount efficiently within a SSIS package?
26 March 08 07:51 AM | ssqa.net | with no comments

I would like to call this as how efficiently you can obtain counting rows in SSIS package. Usual thought would come is @@rowcount or COUNT_BIG functions, but this is not that efficient way to obtain the results. SSIS provides the snippet within its components...

Filed under: sql server, performance, ssis, component, package, call, rowcount