SQL Lunch #32: SSIS Design Patterns, with Andy Leonard
Don't miss SQL Server MVP Andy Leonard on the SQL Lunch, Monday, October 11th.
#32-SSIS Design Patterns 1c: Variables, Events, and...
2010-10-08
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Patrick LeBlanc
Speaking at the Houston Techfest
I am heading down to Houston, TX to speak at the Houston Techfest this weekend. Being a Houston native makes...
2010-10-07
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SQL Lunch: Change of Schedule
There has been a slight change to this weeks SQL Lunch meeting. Our scheduled speaker cannot present this week, therefore...
2010-10-05
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SQL Lunch One Year Anniversary
I am very excited to announce the 1 year anniversary of the SQL Lunch. Last year around this time I...
2010-10-04
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Maintain Change Data Capture Configuration when restoring a database
I have been working with a several clients that are leveraging Change Data Capture (CDC) as a tool for incrementally...
2010-10-03
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SQL Saturday #57 (Houston) Call for Speakers and Registration is Open!!
So many people have been waiting for a SQL Saturday in Houston and now it’s finally here. As a native...
2010-10-03
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SSIS: Assign a value to Variable using Dataflow Script task
I am not quite sure how many of you have tried to set or change the value of a variable...
2010-09-19
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Baton Rouge SQL Server User Group Tonight
Last Night (9/14/2010) I had the opportunity to present to the Wisconsin SQL Server User Group. My topic was SSIS-...
2010-09-15
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Where do you get your motivation and drive?
I was asked by someone the other day, where do you get your drive and motivation? For a second, I...
2010-09-06
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MDX Puzzle #7 - Solution
Puzzle #7 had an interesting twist. You were required to add a column to the result set that dynamically displayed...
2010-09-03
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Blogs
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
Forums
AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers