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Every professional programmer (and DBA) should have a library of books on SQL fundamentals. There are many SQL titles to choose from, and a lot of them are very good. But this month's column will ...

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Every business intelligence solution needs data, which might come from a variety of sources and in different formats. Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services, or SSIS, allows you to extract data ...