SQL Server FAQs - Introduction to DTS (Data Transformation Services)

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A collection of 10 FAQs on DTS (Data Transformation Services). Clear explanations and tutorial exercises are provided on using DTS to import data to SQL Server and export data from SQL Server; exporting tables to MS Excel files; importing tables from text files. Topics included in this collections:

What Is DTS

Installing DTS on Windows XP Systems

Starting DTS Wizard

Defining SQL Server 2005 as the DTS Data Source

Defining Excel Files as the DTS Data Destination

Copying a Table from Source to Destination

Preparing Data in Text Files for DTS to Import

Defining Text Files as the DTS Data Source

Defining SQL Server 2005 as the DTS Data Destination

Data Formats Supported by DTS

Please note that all answers and tutorials are based on SQL Server 2005 Express Edition. To follow tutorial exercises in this collection, you need to use test tables created from previous tutorial collections.

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⇐ PHP MSSQL - Creating an Identity Column

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PHP MSSQL - Searching Records by Keywords
PHP MSSQL - How To Perform Key Word Search in Tables? The simplest way to perform key word search is to use the SELECT statement with a LIKE operator in the WHERE clause. The LIKE operator allows you to match a text field with a keyword pattern specified as '%keyword%', where (%) represents any numb... 2024-02-09, 2881🔥, 0💬

Defining Excel Files as the DTS Data Destination
How To Define Excel Files as the DTS Data Destination? Microsoft Excel is a nice tool to view and manage data in rows and columns. If you have a small database table, you may want to export its data to an Excel file so that you can make changes easily. This tutorial is a continuation of the previous... 2024-01-31, 2864🔥, 0💬

Starting DTS Wizard
How To Start DTS Wizard? If you have installed DTS as part of the SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Manager tool properly, you should be able to start the DTS Wizard from the start menu: Click Start > All Programs > SQL Server > Import and Export Data. The DST Wizard window will show u... 2024-01-31, 2767🔥, 0💬

Installing DTS on Windows XP Systems
How To Install DTS (Data Transformation Services) on Windows XP Systems? SQL Server 2000 is not supported on Windows XP systems, but you can still install DTS (Data Transformation Services) as client component your XP system. This allows you to continue to use DTS with SQL Server 2005, if you don't ... 2024-01-31, 2751🔥, 0💬

Defining SQL Server 2005 as the DTS Data Source
How To Define SQL Server 2005 as the DTS Data Source? If you want to transform (export) data out of a SQL Server 2005 database table, you need to configure the DTS data source to connect the SQL Server 2005 server. The tutorial exercise below shows you how to connect to the local SQL Server 2005 ser... 2024-01-31, 2714🔥, 0💬

PHP MSSQL - Including Date and Time Values in SQL Statements
PHP MSSQL - How To Include Date and Time Values in SQL Statements? If you want to provide date and time values in a SQL statement, you should write them in the format of "yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss", and quoted with single quotes ('). The tutorial exercise below shows you two INSERT statements. The first o... 2024-02-18, 2686🔥, 0💬

PHP MSSQL - Computing Date and Time Differences
PHP MSSQL - How To Display a Past Time in Days, Hours and Minutes? You have seen a lots of Websites are displaying past times in days, hours and minutes. If you want to do this yourself, you can use the DATEDIFF() SQL function The following tutorial exercise shows you how to use DATEDIFF() to presen... 2024-02-18, 2591🔥, 0💬

What Is DTS
What Is DTS (Data Transformation Services)? DTS (Data Transformation Services) is a SQL Server database management wizard tool that allows you to import, export, and transform heterogeneous data. The DTS wizard tool guides you through the steps to import or export data between many popular data form... 2024-02-09, 2569🔥, 0💬

PHP MSSQL - Creating an Identity Column
PHP MSSQL - How To Create an Identity Column? Many tables require an ID column to assign a unique ID number for each row in the table. For example, if you have a table to hold forum member profiles, you need an ID number to identify each member. To allow SQL Server to automatically assign a new ID n... 2024-02-09, 2562🔥, 0💬

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