New Blog Space
I've decided to move my blog here. You'll see some old content being uploaded in the next few days. Look around, I hope you find some tidbits of information.
Older...
2022-10-17
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Josef Richberg
Using Managed Identities to authenticate Function Apps
I have a video detailing how to use Managed Identities to authenticate function apps in Azure.
2020-10-26
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Enhanced Threading Framework V3 for SSIS
I decided to revisit my framework to see if I could improve the performance and possibly increase the number of scenarios this framework could be used in. Turns out...
2016-03-24
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this particular file there are around 2...
2013-11-14 (first published: 2013-11-05)
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this
particular file there are around 2 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
2013-11-05
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Validating in-line DataFlow records with a Stored Procedure
I have text file that contains data for a given fiscal period. In this
particular file there are around 2 million records. The file needs to be
split into...
2013-11-05
16 reads
PASS Summit 2013 - Examples Package
I was asked by some attendees of my PASS 2013 Session, Unseen Minions : Improving parallel processing in SSIS, if I had any...
2013-10-22
455 reads
SSWUG Summer Camp
I'm speaking at SSWUG Summer Camp! Thankfully, I can be at home, in my pool AND be at summer camp...
2013-06-26
919 reads
Speaking at PASS Summit 2013!
I am honored to say that have been selected to present this year. I'll be giving a talk on my...
2013-05-22
382 reads
Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4...
2013-02-26
1,311 reads
Blogs
Keeping Redshift System Table History Past 7 Days with S3 Tables
Redshift keeps its SYS_* monitoring views for seven days in cluster, which is fine...
Updating the Data API Builder
By Steve Jones
I was updating my session for the Data API Builder (DAB) recently, mostly to...
T-SQL Tuesday #202 Invitation: That One SQL Server Outage You’ll Never Forget
I am excited to host T-SQL Tuesday for the first time. I want to...
Forums
Practical Ways to Approach SQL Server Problems and Case Studies
Working with SQL Server can involve more than just writing queries. Understanding database design,...
Measuring Productivity
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Importing Excel files into SQL Server using DuckDB and Python
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Question of the Day
Tracking All the Queries
I have 3 instances of a brand new long running query that are executing on a SQL Server 2025 instance. Query store is enabled. One of the queries is killed by the administrator, one is cancelled by the user. The other runs to completion. How many rows are in Query Store for this query?
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