PASS Summit Day 3 – Brain on Overload
After the first 2 official days of the Summit the brain is already on overload and then the second part...
2009-11-07
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Blog Posts
SSIS - Creating a Deployment Manifest
Using a Deployment Manifest in SSIS allows you to deploy a set of packages to a target location using a...
2009-11-07
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SSIS - Data Provider Does Not Allow Parameters in OLE DB Source
I recently worked on a project that involved loading a Data Warehouse from a DB2 source. In this project we...
2009-11-07
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SSIS - Fast Parse
I had another chance last week to answer an email follow up question from the session Brian and I gave...
2009-11-07
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SSIS - Send Errors to Message Box
While in the process of developing SSIS packages it’s likely you will deal with errors occasionally unless you’re the Superstar...
2009-11-07
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SSIS – Avoid OLE DB Command
I decided to do a little performance testing on some common SSIS “Tricks” that increase speed and effectiveness of SSIS...
2009-11-07
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Tampa Code Camp 2009
I presented a 1 hr session at Tampa Code Camp 2009: PowerShell for Developers In this sesssion we will look...
2009-11-07
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Thursday at the PASS Community Summit
The last full day of the 2009 PASS Community Summit was the first day I have had at the conference...
2009-11-07
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Worldwide Operating System Market Share for October 2009
Ars Technica has a good post up showing that Windows 7, (which has been out for two weeks) has already...
2009-11-07
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Geek of the Week
I made geek of the week. I’m sorry, but I’m excited by that. I’m very proud to be a geek....
2009-11-06
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Blogs
Advice I Like: Rewards from Work
By Steve Jones
The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has words for. If...
Overcoming Challenges: Navigating Common Pitfalls in FinOps Adoption
By HeyMo0sh
Working in DevOps, I’ve seen FinOps do amazing things for cloud cost control, but...
Why your data still can’t answer a simple question
Every organization I talk to has the same problem dressed up in different clothes....
Forums
The day-to-day pressures of a DBA team, and how we can work smarter with automation and AI
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Creating a Simple and Flexible Random Password Generator in SQL Server
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SQL Art, Part 3: Happy Easter Fun in SSMS
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Question of the Day
Identities and Sequences IV
When thinking about the identity property and sequence objects, which of these can be used with numeric and decimal data types?
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