Thursday, Decem11:43:35 AM - PatrioticInfidelInPAĮxcellent tutorial. Thank you for that nicely layout tutorial I wanted to ask is this option cheaper than distinct or there is no difference between the two? In my package I can add any of them but can't find out which option is effecient and cheaper. If this somehow gets to you four years later, thanks! Thanks to Scott! Your answer fits what I am doing. Wednesday, J11:25:41 AM - Christopher WhiteĮxtremly helpful and best of all, it works! Thanks - You have saved me a bunch of hassle. Right click Connection Managers in Solution Explorer and choose New Connection Manager: Next, we can go ahead and make a connection to our database. The column with the lowest number is sorted first, the sort column with the second lowest number is sorted next, and so on' SSIS Sort Task in Actionįirst, open Visual Studio (or Business Intelligence Dev Studio if you're using pre SQL Server 2012) and create an SSIS project. You can apply multiple sorts to an input each sort is identified by a numeral that determines the sort order. 'The Sort transformation sorts input data in ascending or descending order and copies the sorted data to the transformation output. You can compare it to the ORDER BY clause in a SELECT statement. The SSIS Sort Transformation task is useful when you need to sort data into a certain sort order. In this tip, I'll use the SSIS Sort Transformation to remove records and show you how easy it can be. There are multiple ways to remove duplicate records in SQL Server.

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