Custom Handling Flat File Output of an SSIS Package with the Script Component
I recently had a requirement to remove the last Carriage Return <CR> and Line Feed <LF> characters when outputting a...
2017-04-02
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Consuming the Output of an SSIS Package in a Client Application
Typically, making the output of an SSIS Package available to a client application for further processing is achieved by outputting...
2014-11-11
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Index Scripting with Powershell
I’ve been actively seeking out opportunities to do more stuff with Powershell of late.
I had wanted to script out only...
2014-03-21
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Doing it with the EzAPI
In my last post, I attempted to write a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Package programmatically.
I used the API that...
2014-03-09
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Creating and Executing an SSIS Package Programmatically
One of the nice things about SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is its extensibility.
If you find you have need for...
2013-08-25
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Upgrading Admin Queries
I have a query from a former DBA that we run on SQL Server 2025 to check on database metadata. This query references sys.sysaltfiles. I want to refactor this code to be more modern. Which DMV should I reference instead?
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