He promises attendees will learn: What data virtualization is and its history in SQL Server The three key objects for data virtualization: external data sources, file formats, and tables How to ...

A common task for a user is to import a flat file to a SQL table. The existing SSMS Import Data wizard provides a much broader set of import capabilities and configuration for defining SQL Server ...

If SQL Server needs to add some data, SQL Server uses the PFS page to see how full the associated object is to see where the data can fit. After 8088 pages, there is another PFS page in the same data ...

Every SQL Server database has at least two files; a data file and a transaction log file. The data file stores user and system data while the transaction log file stores all transactions and ...

It’s time for the next version of SQL Server, Microsoft’s flagship database product. The company today announced the first public preview of SQL Server 2019 and while yet another update to a ...

Here’s why Today, Structured Query Language is the standard means of manipulating and querying data in relational ... by using examples in DDL, using SQL Server syntax. The short version of ...

Flat File Import into SQL Server Now that you’ve automated the ... The first step (if applicable) is to perform any data cleanup you might need. You might want to truncate the existing table ...