Eliminating Empty Output Files in SSIS
So you’ve got some packages that regularly extract data to one or more text files, but you know that from...
2009-09-30
13,980 reads
Tim Mitchell
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Space Sensitivity in SSIS Lookups
It's been well-documented through myriad blogs and forum posts about the case sensitivity of the comparisons in the SSIS lookup...
2009-09-29
2,738 reads
[Off Topic] Workstation Upgrade
It had been about 5 years since I’d bought a new desktop machine for my home, and with my oldest...
2009-09-26
557 reads
More Free Training Resources
A recent blog by Jack Corbett (No Training Budget Still No Excuse, followed up by SSC’s Steve Jones here) hit...
2009-09-25
1,907 reads
Creating Dynamic Outputs in SSIS
In this article, we'll see how you can use the Foreach loop and the Expression Language to create multiple, dynamic outputs through object reuse.
2009-09-24
13,203 reads
It's The Job
Today we have a guest editorial from Tim Mitchell that looks at the stereotypical geek. Have you worked with one? Is it harder to manage technical people? Or is it the job? Read Tim's thoughts and let us know if you agree.
2009-09-24
158 reads
Skipping Items in a Foreach Loop
Recently, my friend Jack Corbett asked a question on Twitter:
In a nutshell, the SSIS foreach loop will enumerate a given...
2009-09-23
3,475 reads
More Free Training Resources
A recent blog by Jack Corbett (No Training Budget Still No Excuse, followed up by SSC’s Steve Jones here) hit...
2009-09-21
1,256 reads
Getting Into the Biz, Part 3
In a couple of previous posts (Part One and Part Two), I shared some thoughts about starting a career path...
2009-09-21
1,239 reads
The Netbook: Upgrade to Windows 7
I’m more than 2 months into the netbook experience, and I’m happy to report that it’s still a good investment. ...
2009-09-19
607 reads
Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
Forums
SSRS Reminded Me of the Time Microsoft Retired TMG
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SSRS Reminded Me of the...
Getting results from a Procedure to join to a query
I have a need to execute a stored procedure and return the results to...
Upgrade 2016 Standard to 2022 Express
Title pretty much says it all - can this be done? I've tried several...
Question of the Day
BIT_COUNT II
In SQL Server 2025, I have a table (dbo.UserPermission) that contains this data:
UserID UserPermissions 15 23 37 4 NULLWhat is returned when I run this code:
select bit_count(UserPermissions) as PermissionCount from dbo.UserPermission where UserID = 4;See possible answers