Nisarg Upadhyay

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Data from Remote PostgreSQL server

Understanding the OPENQUERY function in SQL Server

June 24, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn about the OPENQUERY function. It is used to run an ad-hoc distributed query on the remote data source using the linked server. There are various ways to query the remote data source. You can read this article, Querying remote data sources in SQL Server, to learn more about querying the remote data source. It is also used to execute pass-through queries to run INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements on the tables of the database configured in the linked server.

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Drop temp table: run stored procedure

Drop temp tables in PostgreSQL

March 22, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn how we can drop the temp table in PostgreSQL. The temp table is used to store data temporarily. Suppose you want to format or manipulate the data using aggregate and string functions. So instead of processing and formatting the data in the base table, it is preferred to populate data from the base table and store it in a temporary table. You can process and format the data stored in a temporary table. The syntax to create a temporary table and regular table are the same. You can add indexes, constraints, statistics to the temporary tables. In this article, we are going to learn the following topics:

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Understanding Transfer database objects in SSDT 2017

March 2, 2022 by

In this article, we are going to learn how we can copy database objects between two databases of different instances of SQL Server. Sometimes, we receive the request to provide the specific database object to another database. To fulfill this requirement, instead of using Generating the T-SQL script for each object and export data using import-export task, we can use the Transfer SQL Server Object task of SSDT 2017. In this article, we will understand how we can transfer the database objects of a specific schema to another database.

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Data has been imported

Configure ODBC drivers for Azure Database for PostgreSQL

January 24, 2022 by

This article helps you learn how to configure an ODBC driver to connect the Azure Database for PostgreSQL. In my previous article, Configure ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL, you learned the step-by-step process to download, install and configure the ODBC driver for PostgreSQL. We also learned the process of creating a DSN used to connect PostgreSQL and populate data from it.

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General Page in New Linked Server

Configure a Linked Server between SQL Server and PostgreSQL using ODBC drivers

December 6, 2021 by

This article explains configuring a linked server between SQL Server 2019 and PostgreSQL. In my previous article named Configure ODBC drivers for PostgreSQL, we got introduced to the ODBC driver of PostgreSQL. We also learned how we could download, install, and configure it. In this article, we will explore how we can utilize the ODBC driver to access the data of the PostgreSQL from SQL Server 2019.

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