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Aug 2018
15m 31s

The 32-64-Bit Horror Show

Guy Glantser, Eitan Blumin
About this episode

In this show we answered a listener's question about the 32-bit vs. 64-bit nightmare that developers have to go through when trying to access Excel files from SSIS.

And we also mentioned a script to roll forward transaction log backups.

The next show is the 100 show!!! We are planning a big party! Stay tuned...

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