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SQL Server SSIS : List Of All System Variables And Their Scope

Shiva — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 22:18:35 +0000

While writing an Error Handler in my SSIS Package today, I was trying to determine what are all the System Variables available to me, to use in my error handler to generate meaningful error message in the application. A quick search did not yield the desired results, but a comprehensive search did. So here it is, in case you were looking for the same thing

SQL Server SSIS : List Of All System Variables And Their Scope (on MSDN)

Rescue Sql Server Gal And Learn SQL Server 2008 While You Are At It

Shiva — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:48:24 +0000

At first, I thought it was some silly video game. On closer inspection however, it turns out to some really useful video tutorials / webinars on SQL Server 2008 Developer Fundamentals.

The idea is to rescue “SQL Server Gal” who is trapped by some robot virus. In order to do that, you crack a 15 character code, 7 of which are already highlighted in green on the welcome page, and the remaining 8 of which will be awarded to you if you successfully complete the 8 SQL Server 2008 developer fundamentals course online.

The various training sessions available for free are as follows

Uncovering T-SQL on SQL Server 2008 ( Part 1 )
Working with unstructured data in SQL Server 2008 ( Part 2 )
Working with asynchronous data in SQL Server 2008 ( Part 3 )
Deploying managed code to SQL Server 2008 ( Part 4 )
Developing for SQL Server 2008 using Visual Studio ( Part 5 )
SQL Server 2008 and ADO.Net entity framework integration ( Part 6 )
Communicating with SQL Server 2008 using HTTP ( Part 7 )
Working with SQL Server 2008 and disconnected clients ( Part 8 )

The training sessions are provided by ISV Innovation.

Microsoft Sql Server Books Online Download Links

Shiva — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:41:21 +0000

Download the Books Online for the corresponding version of SQL Server from the following links.

Get the Number of CPUs on a ‘SQL Server’ Machine

Shiva — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 20:23:35 +0000

Script to get the number of physical and logical CPUs (processors) on a ‘SQL Server’ Server Machine. Uses the sys.dm_os_sys_info System View.

Note: You should run the script on the Server Machine itself. If you connect to the Server using SQL Client from your local machine, this script will show you the CPUs on your machine, not the server machine.

Script Version:

-- ------------------------------------
-- From: http://mycodetrip.com
-- URL: http://mycodetrip.com/?p=78
-- Remarks: returns the number of
--    logical and physical CPUs on
--    a 'sql server' server machine
-- ------------------------------------
select cpu_count 'logical_cpus'                     -- logical cpus
, (cpu_count / hyperthread_ratio) 'physical_cpus'   -- physical cpus
from sys.dm_os_sys_info

Stored Procedure Version:

create procedure usp_GetServerCpusCount
as
-- ------------------------------------
-- From: http://mycodetrip.com
-- URL: http://mycodetrip.com/?p=78
-- Remarks: returns the number of
--    logical and physical CPUs on
--    a 'sql server' server machine
-- ------------------------------------
begin
select cpu_count 'logical_cpus'                     -- logical cpus
, (cpu_count / hyperthread_ratio) 'physical_cpus'   -- physical cpus
from sys.dm_os_sys_info
end