More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
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More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
6 reads
Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over 300 attendees watching five tracks of local speakers...
2011-03-09
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Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over...
2011-03-09
1,036 reads
Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over 300 attendees watching five tracks of local speakers...
2011-03-09
5 reads
Changes to the SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Probably not the kind of change you're expecting. I've recently been contacted by the Kimball Group, and they've asked me...
2011-03-03
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Changes to the SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Probably not the kind of change you're expecting. I've recently been contacted by the Kimball Group, and they've asked me...
2011-02-25
3,258 reads
How To: Load Dimension Tables with Integration Services - Introduction
When I first started down the business intelligence and data warehousing road, I needed to learn the foundations of dimensional...
2011-02-16
1,337 reads
Performing a Cross Join (Cartesian Product) in SSIS
There are a few times where you might want to perform a cross join/cartesian join/cartesian product operation in SSIS. One of...
2010-09-28
4,366 reads
Parallelism in SSIS - Multiple Lookups
This question just came up in the forums, and it highlights how difficult it can be to try to optimize...
2010-09-06
2,149 reads
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