Becoming a Part of the SQL Server Twitter Community

There have been tens of thousands of blog posts and articles written about Twitter, and because of this, I have...

BI Conference Grocery Shopping Demo

Help enter demonstration data for the Microsoft BI Conference.

Go to the shopping
demo web form and enter some transactions.

No...

Challenge 19 – An Explanation of a Query

I have received a number of requests for an explanation of my winning query of TSQL Challenge 19. This involved...

Follow Up On My Keynote Survey

Here are the results of the survey, 75% in favor of a non-technical keynote, with a less than stellar sampling...

IndyTechFest 2010 a Big Hit

Jesse Liberty,a Developer Community Program Manager for Microsoft, starts off IndyTechFest 2010 with the keynote presentation.
On Saturday, May 22, 2010,...

North Texas SQL Server User Group Offers Innovative Educational Series

On Thursday, May 20, 2010, I had the opportunity to speak at the North Texas SQL Server Users Group, which...

SQLSaturday #49 Planning Update

Planning for SQLSaturday #49 – Orlando is on-going and going well especially since we have a good head start.  We have...

The SSIS Data Flow is Like... an Automotive Assembly Line

When I describe (or rather, attempt to describe) technical subjects to people that aren't familiar with them, I tend to...

When did SQL Server start and how long is the downtime window?

 
This is an old topic, and there have been quite a few blogs (and following comments) that illustrate how to...

Connecting to DB2 using SSIS

To start, first download and install the Microsoft OLE DB Provider for DB2. Click here to download. After it is...