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Transfer data from MySQL to SQL Server Using SSIS

belle — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:11:06 +0000

I will be doing a series of tutorials (some simple, some more involved) in SSIS in the next little while. In addition to step by step instructions, I will also be providing the video tutorial equivalents which will be posted at the Black Ninja Software website. Once the video tutorials are up, I will be [...]

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Generating Random Data for SQL Server and MySQL

belle — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 06:09:05 +0000

SQL Server – uses NEWID() in ORDER BY 1: -- using the AdventureWorks Database 2: SELECT 3: TOP 10 4: DepartmentID, 5: [Name] 6: FROM 7: HumanResources.Department 8: ORDER BY 9: NEWID() 10: MySQL – uses RAND() in ORDER BY 1: SELECT 2: `Code`, 3: `Name` 4: FROM 5: `Country` 6: ORDER BY 7: RAND() [...]

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MySQL EXPLAIN Cheat Sheet

belle — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 05:22:00 +0000

Came across this handy cheat sheet for MySQL EXPLAIN: http://www.beberlei.de/mysql_explain.html EXPLAIN is a clause in MySQL that explains how a SELECT statement will be executed, and allows one to determine whether the indexing scheme is effective or not. Share : No related posts.

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Indispensible MySQL Resources

belle — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 05:53:00 +0000

Doug Bromley of Straw Dogs have posted 20 Indispensible MySQL Resources, which include SQLYog phpMyAdmin In addition, the following tools are in my MySQL toolbox if I am wearing my MySQL DBA hat on: Navicat Lite MySQL GUI Tools (Workbench, Query Browser, Migration Toolkit, Administrator) Toad for MySQL Toad Data Modeler DBDesigner Share : No [...]

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How to increase an InnoDB log file size

belle — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 11:10:00 +0000

(MySQL 5.0) Had a question from a student: Problem: He is trying to increase the innodb log file size by altering his .ini file. After he makes the changes to the .ini file, he attempts to restart the server but fails. Error messages indicate: -ib_logfile0 has a different size -can’t initialize database Solution: The solution [...]

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