Using the SSIS Object Variable as a Result Set Enumerator

In the first post in this series, I covered the basics of object typed variables in SQL Server Integration Services,...

Bulk Insert Task SSIS – Path Specified Cannot be Found or File Does Not Exist

When using the Bulk insert task in SSIS, you might encounter an error stating that The File Does Not Exist...

How to Size the SQL Server Memory & Why is it important?

The following blog post has 2 objectives.

 1) How to size the memory correctly ( or atleast being close to correctly )
 2)...

Last Weeks Top “Reading” Links #34

For those that follow me on twitter (@StrateSQL), you’ll know that throughout the day I tweet out some links of...

Looking for Buried Treasure in the Transaction Log

Lately, I’ve been finding more and more reasons to look in the transaction log for investigative purposes. Questions come up...

Recap of our SQL Saturday #225 in Kosovo, Prishtina

SQL Saturday Kosovo #225, happened last week and I’m very happy that we did for the first time in Balkan...

Security Questions: Difference between sysadmin and CONTROL SERVER Permission

As I mentioned in the introductory post, during the Introduction to SQL Server Security session for Pragmatic Work’sTraining on the T’s, I...

Starting with Azure

I’ve been meaning to do this, and I finally had the chance recently to start working with Azure. Red Gate...

Sum Result of SSRS LookupSet Function

SSRS provides several built-in Lookup functions:  Lookup, MultiLookup and LookupSet.  Lookup returns a single value while MultiLookup and LookupSet return...

The 2013 SQL in the City Tour

Once again, Red Gate is planning on a tour of the US for the SQL in the City events. Last...