SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes [electronic resource] : Solutions for Integration Services and Other ETL Tools /
Aspin, Adam.author.
SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of data integration. Need to import data into SQL Server from an outside source? Need to export data and send it to another system? SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes has your back. You'll find solutions for importing from Microsoft Office data stores such as Excel and Access, from text files such as CSV files, from XML, from other database brands such as Oracle and MySQL, and even from other SQL Server databases. You'll learn techniques for managing metadata, transforming data to meet the needs of the target system, handling exceptions and errors, and much more. What DBA or developer isn't faced with the need to move data back and forth? Author Adam Aspin brings 10 years of extensive ETL experience involving SQL Server, and especially satellite products such as Data Transformation Services and SQL Server Integration Services. Extensive coverage is given to Integration Services, Microsoft's flagship tool for data integration in SQL Server environments. Coverage is also given to the broader range of tools such as OPENDATASOURCE, linked servers, OPENROWSET, Migration Assistant for Access, BCP Import, and BULK INSERT just to name a few. If you're looking for a resource to cover data integration and ETL across the gamut of Microsoft's SQL Server toolset, SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes is the one book that will meet your needs. Provides practical and proven solutions towards creating resilient ETL environments Clearly answers the tough questions which professionals ask Goes beyond the tools to a thorough discussion of the underlying techniques Covers the gamut of data integration, beyond just SSIS Includes example databases and files to allow readers to test the recipes.
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Contents at a Glance; Table of Contents; About the Author; About the Technical Reviewers; Acknowledgments; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 Sourcing Data from MS Office Applications; 1-1. Ensuring Connectivity to Access and Excel; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-2. Importing Data from Excel; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-3. Modifying Excel Data During a Load; Problem; Solution; Querying the Source Data; Altering the Destination Table Name; Replacing the Data in the Destination Table
Enabling Identity InsertAdjusting Column Mappings; Changing Field Types for New Tables; Creating an SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package from the Import/Export Wizard; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-4. Specifying the Excel Data to Load During an Ad-Hoc Import; Problem; Solution; How It Works; 1-5. Planning for Future Use of a Linked Server; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-6. Reading Data Automatically from an Excel Worksheet; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-7. Loading Excel Data as Part of a Structured ETL Process
ProblemSolution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-8. Importing Excel 2007/2010 Data Using SSIS 2005; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-9. Handling Source Data Issues When Importing Excel Worksheets Using SSIS; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-10. Pushing Access Data into SQL Server; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-11. Importing Multiple Access Tables; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-12. Ad Hoc Imports of Access Data; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps
1-13. Obtaining Access Data Without Regular ImportsProblem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-14. Importing Access Data as Part of a Regular ETL Process; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-15. Convert a Complex Access Database to SQL Server; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 1-16. Resolving Complex Data Migration Problems During an Access to SQL Server Upgrade; Problem; Solution; Use SSMA to Alter Data Types; Use SSMA to Migrate Data for a Single Table; Use SSMA to Create a Report on a Table or Tables
Use SSMA to Apply Custom Data Type Mapping for a ProjectUse SSMA to Create T-SQL Scripts of Destination Tables; Use SSMA to Find All the Access Databases on Any Drives to Which Your Computer is Connected; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; Summary; CHAPTER 2 Flat File Data Sources; 2-1. Importing Data From a Text File; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 2-2. Importing a Delimited Text File; Problem; Solution; How It Works; 2-3. Automatically Determining Data Types; Problem; Solution; How It Works; Hints, Tips, and Traps; 2-4. Importing Fixed-Width Text Files; Problem
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Includes index.
SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes provides focused and practical solutions to real world problems of data integration. Need to import data into SQL Server from an outside source? Need to export data and send it to another system? SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes has your back. You'll find solutions for importing from Microsoft Office data stores such as Excel and Access, from text files such as CSV files, from XML, from other database brands such as Oracle and MySQL, and even from other SQL Server databases. You'll learn techniques for managing metadata, transforming data to meet the needs of the target system, handling exceptions and errors, and much more. What DBA or developer isn't faced with the need to move data back and forth? Author Adam Aspin brings 10 years of extensive ETL experience involving SQL Server, and especially satellite products such as Data Transformation Services and SQL Server Integration Services. Extensive coverage is given to Integration Services, Microsoft's flagship tool for data integration in SQL Server environments. Coverage is also given to the broader range of tools such as OPENDATASOURCE, linked servers, OPENROWSET, Migration Assistant for Access, BCP Import, and BULK INSERT just to name a few. If you're looking for a resource to cover data integration and ETL across the gamut of Microsoft's SQL Server toolset, SQL Server 2012 Data Integration Recipes is the one book that will meet your needs. Provides practical and proven solutions towards creating resilient ETL environments Clearly answers the tough questions which professionals ask Goes beyond the tools to a thorough discussion of the underlying techniques Covers the gamut of data integration, beyond just SSIS Includes example databases and files to allow readers to test the recipes.
Database management.
Database Management.