Client Statistics in SSIS - sql-server

Is it possible to check Client Statistics (Include Client Statistics in MS) for SSIS query (Data Flow)? I wonder if it possible to catch these information using any DMV.
I use SQL Server 2008R2.

My experience has been to tune the queries prior to making an SSIS package. You can also tune the SSIS package after creating it (one example: http://sqlmag.com/sql-server-integration-services/designing-ssis-packages-high-performance).
In answer to your question though, I do not believe that you can capture the client stats within SSIS. A Profile trace or Extended Events might give you some good information though.

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Automated SQL Server slow query report?

I am a developer and performance tester but not a DBA. My team is working on a performance testing tool that is specific to our software. One of the features we want it to have is the ability to generate a database report immediately after the test. Our software is database agnostic. For Oracle, I can easily create a snapshot id before and after the test and programmatically create an AWR report for those snapshots, write to a file and save with other artifacts we gather. Works great.
For SQL Server, however, there is no AWR equivalent (that I know of). I know the MDW as part of the SSMS has a UI for getting things like top 10 slow SQL and things like that. But, I have not yet found a way to programmatically create and extract a SQL performance report (preferably similar to Oracle's AWR) for SQL Server.
I am even willing to create the report myself if I can find a way to extract the raw data.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated because searching online is not getting me anywhere.
P.S. I'm trying to do this in Java, by the way, but will accept help in any language. Thanks again!
Good news! In SQL Server 2016, you can use Query Store. This is like your flight recorder blackbox.. finding long running queries and waits. Capture baseline built in to SQL Server. You can compare before and after hardware changes and/or upgrades on queries. Maybe this similar to Oracle AWR.
Only available SQL Server 2016 and up.

See historical load of a mssql db server

I'm looking to schedule a resource heavy job on the database.
I'd like to see the historical load of the MSSQL server to determine a time slot.
Is there a way to do that?
There is DBCC MEMORYSTATUS to get a tons of memory information. you can also refer to previous SO to find the utilization.
A nice easy way to get the information that you want is to use a SQL Server feature called the data collector.
There is a nice step by step tutorial on how to set this up here:
SQL SERVER – Configure Management Data Collection in Quick Steps
You can also create your own data collectors so that you can persist DMV information (remember DMVs only show information since the last time SQL server was restarted).

Extract from Progress Database to SQL Server

I'm looking for the best approach (or a couple of good ones to choose from) for extracting from a Progress database (v10.2b). The eventual target will be SQL Server (v2008). I say "eventual target", because I don't necessarily have to connect directly to Progress from within SQL Server, i.e. I'm not averse to extracting from Progress to a text file, and then importing that into SQL Server.
My research on approaches came up with scenarios that don't match mine;
Migrating an entire Progress DB to SQL Server
Exporting entire tables from Progress to SQL Server
Using Progress-specific tools, something to which I do not have access
I am able to connect to Progress using ODBC, and have written some queries from within Visual Studio (v2010). I've also done a bit of custom programming against the Progress database, building a simple web interface to prove out a few things.
So, my requirement is to use ODBC, and build a routine that runs a specific query on a daily basis daily. The results of this query will then be imported into a SQL Server database. Thanks in advance for your help.
Update
After some additional research, I did find that a Linked Server is what I'm looking for. Some notes for others working with SQL Server Express;
If it's SQL Server Express that you are working with, you may not see a program on your desktop or in the Start Menu for DTS. I found DTSWizard.exe nested in my SQL Server Program Files (for me, C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn), and was able to simply create a shortcut.
Also, because I'm using the SQL Express version of SQL Server, I wasn't able to save the Package I'd created. So, after creating the Package and running it once, I simply re-ran the package, and saved off my SQL for use in teh future.
Bit of a late answer, but in case anyone else was looking to do this...
You can use linked server, but you will find that the performance won't be as good as directly connecting via the ODBC drivers, also the translation of the data types may mean that you cannot access some tables. The linked server might be handy though for exploring the data.
If you use SSIS with the ODBC drivers (you will have to use ADO.NET data sources) then this will perform the most efficiently, and as well you should get more accurate data types (remember that the data types within progress can change dynamically).
If you have to extract a lot of tables, I would look at BIML to help you achieve this. BIML (Business Intelligence Markup Language) can help you create dynamically many SSIS packages on the fly which can be called from a master package. This master package can then be scheduled or run ad-hoc and so can any of the child packages as needed.
Can you connect to the Progress DB using OLE? If so, you could use SQL Server Linked Server to bypass the need for extracting to a file which would then be loaded into SQL Server. Alternately, you could extract to Excel and then import from Excel to SQL Server.

How to automatically store data from Oracle in SQL Server (according to a schedule)

Hello,
I'm new here, so sorry, if my question is too basic. However, maybe you have some advice, example, links, which could help me... I'm trying to find something helpfull for few days, but no results as for now.
I'm working in a distributed environment. I have a Oracle server hundreds of miles away and a MS SQL server close to me. I'm writing a application using Visual Web Developer 2008 Express. I need some data from Oracle. It's not worth to query the Oracle server every time i need some data from it. I'd prefer to run some Oracle queries once each night and store results in some local (SQL Server) tables. I assume, I should run queries through standard windows scheduler (Windows Server 2008). I have the basic connectivity - I can open Oracle Database from local Visual Studio.
The questions are:
How to write a query/procedure/function that would get data from Oracle and put them into a SQL Server table (possibly recreated before each query run)?
How can I run such a query from command line (or in other way run from scheduler)
What naming conventions are applicable? In VS I use something like //IP.IP.IP.IP/Name and a user with password.
Thanks for any help or advice.
Regards,
Matteo
I suggest you speak to the DBA's of the Oracle and SQL Server databases, as there may be other considerations you need to bear in mind. (Data Integrity, Security, ownership etc.)
One route you could follow would be to implement DTS (For older databases) or SSIS (for new versions of SQL Server) processes to copy the data across on the schedule you want. (This is pretty much what they were built for.)
How much data are we talking about?
If there is a small quantity that you need to transfer every day, you can write a stupid fetch and insert script in language of your choice.
You only need to search for better solutions if "sync" would take too much resources.
Thanks...
I'm the DBA for the SQL Server, which will serve only for my application. For Oracle I just want to read data and I have enough privileges and agreement with DBA's. Security, ownership and integrity are not an issue for now. I just need some technical advise how to get data from Oracle to MSSQL tables on a schedule.
I use MS SQL Server 2008 Express SP1. I'm very close to solve my problem - I have established connections and everything installed and working. I just don't know, how to run a query, which would get data from Oracle and put into MSSQL, on regular basis, without manual interaction.
I've some experience in programming, but not much in databases (except creating complex SQl queries). Therefore some example or links to detailed description would be helpful. I'm not sure about naming conventions, differences between procedures, functions and queries, command line options to run db automation procedures and so on. I'm also not sure, about which mechanisms or technologies are available in MS SQL Server 2008 Express edition.

Best way to run a nightly process that manipulates data and sends email via SQL Server 2005

I have an asp app that runs against SQL Server 2005 and I'd like to run processes that:
query data,
manipulate data, and
send emails containing particular data and analysis
What is the easiest way to do this in SQL Server 2005? Can I do this in an SSIS package? Should I use CLR procedures?
You can do this with a SSIS package or better yet with just TSQL.
Can you give us more details if you need further help/ideas?
Maybe, you could meet this scope using Jobs inside SQL Server 2005 (Standard or Higher) and simply executing Queries Stored Procedures. What data and based on which Parameters you need to query?
And what kind of manipulation you need do to? To send the Results you can use SQL Server Mail.
So you'd be completly independent from your ASP app for this tasks.
As others have stated, you could achieve this via either SQL Server Integration Services or a combination of SQL Server Jobs and Stored Procedures.
Personally, I would suggest you look at the SSIS route, as the existing components tasks that are available will provide a significant portion of the functionality that you require, out of the box, thereby speeding up your development process.
If you wanted to get clever with your reporting and deliver results that look really professional, you could define a SQL Server Reporting Services report and call it from within SSIS.
Depending on how complex they are, just go with T-SQL stored procedures, including using xp_send_dbmail to send the email, and then schedule it using a SQL Agent job.

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