In earlier days we have the options to save the DTS packages to SQL Server or to File System. Many of you trying to understand the trade offs between them. This post list out the advantages of both options. Advantages of Saving and Deploying SSIS packages to File System We can use Source control system manage the versions. More secure when using the encrypt with user key encryption...
Deploying SSIS packages into SQL Server vs Deploying as a File
In earlier days we have the options to save the DTS packages to SQL Server or to File System. Many of you trying to understand the trade offs between them. This post list out the advantages of both options. Advantages of Saving and Deploying SSIS packages to File System We can use Source control system manage the versions. More secure when using the encrypt with user key encryption...
Using Data Profiling Task in SSIS
Data Profiling is important in data quality processing and transformation. It provides a way to investigate large datasets and to identify incorrectly formatted data. This post explains doing data analysis using Data Profiling task. Data Profiling task helps you to Identify the problems with your data. Example: Finding the products in your data which are not following the naming...
Running SQL Server JOBS with different user accounts in SQL 2008
This post discusses about configuring different user account to JOB running in SQL Server 2008. By default SQL JOBs runs under service account that you have configured while installing the SQL Server. You can follow the below steps to change the user account that running under JOB 1. Open SQL Server Management Studio and expand the SQL Server Agent node and Select the JOB that you...
Creating a Database Unit Test using Visual Studio 2010
This post discusses about creating a database unit test case in Visual Studio 2010 which verifies the functionality of a stored procedure. Creating Database Test cases helps you to identify the code defects which in-directly effects the application behavior. In order to create a database unit test, you need to VS studio 2010 test suite or ultimate version. Before writing a unit test case ...
Using Memory Beyond 4GB in SQL Server
Physical Address Extension (PAE) allows you to use up to 64 GB of physical memory depending on operating system you use. All existing 32 bit processors supports this extension of memory. PAE mode requires an Intel Architecture processor and more than 4GB of RAM. You can configure at two levels to use Memory Beyond 4GB in a 32 bit windows server operating system. Operating System Level...
Analyzing SQL Server Performance using Performance Monitor Counters
This post discusses about using Performance Monitor tool to create a base-line using different performance counters. It also discusses analyzing hardware resource bottlenecks and retrieving performance monitor data in sql server using views. Performance Monitor Tool collects the detailed information of system resources including memory, processor , disk and network.SQL Server 2008 provides...
Creating SQL Server Database Objects Backup using SMO
This post explains taking the SQL Server Database Objects backup only schema not data in SQL Server 2008 R2. In an ETL server you may come across the situation where you need to change the database objects schema quite frequently especially when data source changes. In this case we may need maintain our schema or take the backup our database objects script some place where we can restore...
Creating Maintenance Plans in SQL Server 2008 R2
One of the repetitive task that DBA need to perform is create maintenance plan for database. Maintenance plans enables you to automate maintenance activities for a database, backups, db integrity checks and index maintenance tasks. We can easily create a maintenance plan using a wizard in sql server 2008 R2. You can use the following steps to create a maintenance plan 1...
Creating Maintenance Plans in SQL Server 2008 R2
One of the repetitive task that DBA need to perform is create maintenance plan for database. Maintenance plans enables you to automate maintenance activities for a database, backups, db integrity checks and index maintenance tasks. We can easily create a maintenance plan using a wizard in sql server 2008 R2. You can use the following steps to create a maintenance plan 1. Select the...