In SQL Server, the equivalent of Oracle's BULK COLLECT operation, which is typically used to fetch a large volume of data into collections in PL/SQL, can be achieved using different methods depending ...

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Knowing exactly what in-memory OLTP tables are used for will help you make the most of one of SQL Server's newest features. While in-memory online transaction processing (OLTP) tables may sound like a ...

Hello all. <BR>I have a collection of comma delimited text files sitting on a network drive. This data needs to be imported daily into our production tables. The destination tables vary depending upon ...

Top three capabilities to get excited about in the next version of SQL Server We announced the first public preview of SQL Server v.Next in November 2016, and since then we’ve had lots of customer ...

Blog post series to highlight new features and enhancements available with SQL Server 2016. Data, and the ability to extract actionable intelligence from it, is driving transformation in how we do ...

Microsoft's SQL Server software, used in thousands of businesses ranging from storefront operations to multinational companies, has capabilities to bulk-insert Comma Separated Value files into a ...