Finally, a Universal Data Integration Utility
Earlier today, a revolutionary product was released: a universal data integration utility.
2015-04-01
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Tim Mitchell
- Interests: SQL Server, Data Warehousing, ETL, Data Architecture, Python, Dbt
- Website: https://www.TimMitchell.net
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SQL Saturday 52 Recap
I spent this past weekend traveling to and attending SQL Saturday Colorado in the outskirts of Denver. This was the...
2010-10-01
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SSIS: Conditional File Processing in a ForEach Loop
I’ve fielded a number of requests recently asking how to interrogate a file within SSIS and change the processing rules...
2010-08-26
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An Un-CATCHable Error?
I've been using the scripting tools in SSIS for some time, but I came across something today that I can't...
2010-03-29
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SSIS Alpha Splits using the CODEPOINT() Function
A relatively common requirement in ETL processing is to break records into disparate outputs based on an alphabetical split on...
2010-02-12
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Goals for 2010
So I’d planned to already have this done and published before the new year rolled around, but life got in...
2010-01-12
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 3)
In the previous post in this series, I discussed the obstacles to implementing electronic health data systems. Because of these...
2009-12-08
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 2)
In the first installment of this discussion, I talked about the challenges facing database professionals and others with respect to...
2009-11-02
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Electronic Health Records – What’s the Big Deal? (Part 1)
Last week, I had lunch with an old friend who is, by his own definition, technologically ignorant. While we caught up, he asked me to explain in terms he could understand what I do for a living. I went through one of my spiels (the one usually..
2009-10-21
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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...
2009-10-05
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No More Deadlocks
After detecting deadlocks in SQL Server 2025 and lowering the time threshold for detecting future issues, when does the Database Engine return to the 5s default interval?
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