Replace Blank Values to NULL in SSIS

Blank values are annoying, anywhere and everywhere. If your source system contains them, here’s how to convert blank values to NULL in...

Running very large scripts is not a strong area for SSMS

out of memory, argggh!
Am I the only one that has experienced the various out of memory issues with SSMS? Not...

Scripts and SSDT-BI 2013

Recently I tried to open a script component in SSDT-BI 2013. I was developing for SSIS 2014, so this means...

SQL Saturday Speaker Marketing – With Powershell

If you follow the Twitter account for SQL PASS, you probably noticed that they are actively promoting individual Summit 2015 speakers....

T-SQL Tuesday #69–Encryption

This is a good T-SQL Tuesday topic for me. This month Ken Wilson asks everyone to write on encryption, which...

What is DBCC?

What is really mean by DBCC and what do people mean when they say DBCC?
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Cleaning Your #PowerBI Power Query Code

Over the weekend I found this nifty tool called Power Query Management Studio. Someone shared it on Twitter and you’ve...

Iterate Over Web Pages Using Power Query

Power Query makes it easy to pull data from a web page. As easy as deflating a football. Poof. Gone. However,...

To AutoGrow or not?

Note: This is a repost of an older blog by Sean that’s still applicable. We’ve updated it with a note...