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sqldba2k6
Posting Yak Master

176 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-09 : 16:18:50
I am designing a data flow archieture.I need the suggestions.

What are the advantages of storing data of the flat files to sqlserver.

jezemine
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker

2886 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-09 : 23:34:02
huh?

one advantage of putting data in a database is that you can query it efficiently. It's difficult to query a flat file efficiently - you pretty much have to scan the file.

but if you are a dba as your name indicates you should know this already...


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harsh_athalye
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5581 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-10 : 01:39:01
Homework question? How many marks?

I can think of one big advantage...I don't care how/where data is stored by SQL Server. I just need to care about what data is being stored.

Harsh Athalye
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cmdr_skywalker
Posting Yak Master

159 Posts

Posted - 2007-04-10 : 02:23:19
Why do you want to store it somewhere in the first place aside from being a flat file? Isn't the flat file enough? Your answer in the first question is the list of business need you are trying to meet.

By the way, if you only need to compress/encrypt the file, you need Winzip, WinRAR or ARJ and not SQL Server.

Hope that helps.

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