Large Updates on Replicated Tables
Late last night, I executed a 70mm update on a replicated table. This was a somewhat low priority update, so the primary goal (aside from the data change) was to avoid any issues on the publishing and...
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Performance Comparison of Singleton, XML, and TVP Inserts
As promised, today I took a look at the performance of bulk inserts using XML and Table-Valued Parameters. I also compared it against singleton inserts to show the value in the bulk-insert approach. My...
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Bulk Inserts with XML
Last week, I blogged about how to perform one-to-many inserts with table-valued parameters, a feature new in 2008. For those who do not yet have 2008 or will not have it in the near future, it may...
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BCP Basics
In this blog post, I’m going to walk through the basics of BCP (bulk copy program). BCP is a utility that installs with SQL Server and can assist with large data transfers. Let’s see what parameter...
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Accelerating ETL Data Retrieval
As I’ve mentioned previously, SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns is now available on Amazon. PASS has invited the ENTIRE author team to give a pre-conference training session at...
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