Optimizing Stored Procedures

The process of optimizing a stored procedure is much like the process for optimizing a query, with a few differences. If a sproc was running well, but slowed down, it will probably benefit from being recompiled. This can be accomplished in 2 ways: Run the system stored procedure sp_recompile against the sproc. This will cause […]

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Designing OLTP and benefits of Normalization

What is an OLTP database? OLTP-(On-line Transaction Processing) is characterized by a large number of short on-line transactions (INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE).The main emphasis for OLTP systems is put on very fast query processing, maintaining data integrity in multi-access environments and an effectiveness measured by number of transactions per second. In OLTP database there is detailed […]

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SSIS Interview Questions 15

What is an event handler? It is a workflow that responds programmatically to events that occur on a package level, container level, task level or change of variable value What is MSDTC? The built-in transaction support in SSIS makes use of the Distributed Transaction Coordinator (MSDTC) service which must be running for the transaction to […]

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SSIS Interview Questions 14

What is the difference between Fuzzy Lookup and Fuzzy Grouping? Fuzzy Lookup is used to find clean data. Fuzzy Grouping is used to remove duplicate data. Fuzzy Lookup works on a row by row basis. Fuzzy Grouping works on rows within a group. Fuzzy Lookup uses a clean reference source as well as its input. […]

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