31 Days of SSIS Conclusion
31 Days of SSIS
Last month, I published the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. As a conclusion to that series,...
2011-02-10
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Blog Posts
Corporate Culture
One of the things I enjoy about work is seeing the various cultures that evolve. Some companies are rigid, some...
2011-02-10
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Pragmatically Yours - Day 1, Guidance
This next week I’m launching a series of posts centered around how you could be a part of the leading...
2011-02-10
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Presenting at SQL Rally
I received notification earlier this week that my session “ETL Head-To-Head: T-SQL vs. SSIS” was selected by community vote for...
2011-02-10
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SQL Rally: The Votes Have Been Tallied
First and foremost, I would like to send a sincere thank you to everyone who voted for my Reporting Services...
2011-02-10
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SQL Server MVP Daily Paper
A while back, I started a twitterlist of SQL Server MVPs. I wasn’t really sure why, but I just thought...
2011-02-10
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SQL University: SQL Server Security Architecture - Home-grown, No Options!?!
Thanks for hanging in there for Day 4 of Security Week here at SQL University. Today we're going to look at the...
2011-02-10
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Why You Should Attend SQL Saturday #70 - Columbia, SC
Free training. Excellent speakers. Outstanding location. Great networking opportunities. Experienced and efficient event staff. These are the primary things you...
2011-02-10
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A NULL Is Not Unknown
Like it or not, NULLs happen. I don’t think that’s I’ve ever seen a production database that didn’t have NULLs.
Waiter,...
2011-02-09
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Feb 2011 S3OLV Meeting
I am getting this out extremely late. I seriously have good excuses for that. Due to my location and Charley...
2011-02-09
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Blogs
Narrow Task Decomposition in AI Pipeline Agents
A nightly load into sales_fact fails. Ask an orchestrating agent to break down the...
Car Update: August 2026
By Steve Jones
It’s been some time since I provided a car update, so I decided to...
Microsoft Fabric OneLake Shortcuts: When to Use Them and When Not To
By James Serra
An architecture scenario Imagine separate Sales, Finance, Shared Data, and Executive Analytics workspaces. Sales...
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Escaping Strings
The STRING_ESCAPE() function requires 2 parameters in SQL Server 2025. The first is a string of text and the second is the type of escape rules being used. What are the options for the second parameter?
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