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 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
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Josef Richberg
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 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
9 reads
Working with Excel Destinations in SSIS - 0xC0202025, 0x80040E21
Working with Excel in SSIS is not fun and something I whole-heartedly discourage. With that said, I had a not...
2012-12-12
1,483 reads
Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate what SQL Server does in a query....
2012-11-10
1,039 reads
Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate
what SQL Server does in a query. Here I am going to show you how to...
2012-11-10
49 reads
Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate what SQL Server does in a query. Here I am going to show you how to...
2012-11-10
12 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so...
2012-04-27
2,812 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune
the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it places them into...
2012-04-27
163 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it...
2012-04-27
10 reads
SSWUG Expo..I'm up!
I am proud to say that one of the webcasts I taped last year for SSWUG is part of the...
2012-04-26
324 reads
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UNISTR Basics
What does this code return in SQL Server 2025+? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
SELECT UNISTR('Hello 4E16754C') AS 'A Classic';
A: 
B: 
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