SQL Server SSIS: ReplaceNull

One of widespread problems in SSIS packages is to replace NULL values with some specific value. Unfortunately, before it was not a simple task as Integration Services didn’t have...

The Extended Event GUI

The Extended Events GUI provides a visual access to the Extended Events engine that can help to better understand the XEvents Engine and how a Session is built.
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Assembling a Session

Up to this point, I have taken a lot of time to discuss the various components of Extended Events. There is...

Assembling a Session

With the core concepts in place as a good foundation to Extended Events, we start pushing these things together to help with assembling a session in Extended Events.
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People ask me all the time how to become a DBA.  This is a topic that so many colleagues of
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HammerDB Performance Collection with SQL Server – Updated

A while back, my friend Mike Fal ( b | t ) released a PowerShell script that can sample the counter inside SQL...

How to use SORT control in SSIS ? TIP #115

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I Was Once a Very Crappy Carpenter + SQL Bolts to Buzzwords

Tonight I spoke to Dr. Alkadi's CMPS 411 class, which was hijacked by the Hammond .NET User Group onsite at...