SSIS Data Flow "Sequence Containers" are Here!
Wooo!
OK - maybe too much of a celebration... and I do have meatier topics in the article pipeline. However, I just...
2016-12-08 (first published: 2016-12-01)
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SSIS Data Flow "Sequence Containers" are Here!
Wooo!OK - maybe too much of a celebration... and I do have meatier topics in the article pipeline. However, I just stumbled across a feature in SSIS that I...
2016-12-01
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Reading a SharePoint 2007 List from SSIS 2016
It's been a while, but since I now get to play with SQL 2016 full time, I have new things...
2016-10-24
714 reads
Reading a SharePoint 2007 List from SSIS 2016
It's been a while, but since I now get to play with SQL 2016 full time, I have new things to talk about! One of major difficulties that any technology...
2016-10-24
15 reads
Control Flow Package Parts in SSIS 2016
Control Flow Package Parts are a new feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 that attempts to enable code reuse within SQL Server...
2016-10-20 (first published: 2016-10-14)
3,509 reads
Control Flow Package Parts in SSIS 2016
Control Flow Package Parts are a new feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 that attempts to enable code reuse within SQL Server Integration Services packages. The intent is great, but like...
2016-10-14
145 reads
Consolidating Multiple Data Marts
One of the challenges that I've worked on in the past months involved adapting our technical architecture to address issues exposed by business re-engineering. ...
2015-08-03
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Consolidating Multiple Data Marts
One of the challenges that I've worked on in the past months involved adapting our technical architecture to address issues exposed by business re-engineering. The BI group at CHC used to assign specific...
2015-08-03
26 reads
Data Flow Optimization - Collapse Sparse Buffers
I'll warn you straight off that this is an advanced technique for a fairly small use case - it is NOT...
2012-10-22
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Data Flow Optimization - Collapse Sparse Buffers
I'll warn you straight off that this is an advanced technique for a fairly small use case - it is NOT a "try this for all data flow performance...
2012-10-22
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Question of the Day
A Strange Choice
What is returned when I run this code in SQL Server 2022?
CREATE TABLE CatIndex
( indexval VARCHAR(20)
)
GO
INSERT dbo.CatIndex (indexval) VALUES ('1'), ('2'), ('3')
GO
SELECT CHOOSE(indexval, cast('2025-01-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-02-01' AS DATE), CAST('2025-03-01' AS DATE))
FROM dbo.CatIndex AS ci See possible answers