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The SSMS Import Flat File Feature

January 24, 2019

The Import Flat File feature within SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS) was introduced in December 2017 (14.0.17213.0). This is a streamlined version of the Import Data feature and it minimises the user intervention during a file import. Unlike the Import data feature, you don’t have the option to…
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How to Properly Copy SQL Dates into Excel

July 9, 2018

When copying a SQL query result directly into Excel, DATETIME columns often don’t display as expected. Excel doesn’t seem to handle milliseconds well, making the dates appear messy. The Issue: Excel Precision Struggles Here’s an example of data I copied over from SQL Server into an Excel sheet.…
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