Why do we think water and databases are similar?
It’s 20 years since Google was launched, the Euro was agreed, and the Three Tenors sang at the World Cup opening ceremony. That was also the year (1998) when...
2018-12-17
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Blog Posts
Global AI Bootcamp – Developing AI, responsibly
Global AI Bootcamp, Brisbane 2018 Yesterday, I attended the Global AI Bootcamp Brisbane (at the Precinct, Valley) along with nearly 100 other technology enthusiasts. The event was well organized by...
2018-12-16
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Global AI Bootcamp – Developing AI, responsibly
Global AI Bootcamp, Brisbane 2018
Yesterday, I attended the Global AI Bootcamp Brisbane (at the Precinct, Valley) along with nearly 100 other...
2018-12-16
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Last week reading (2018-12-16)
Hello data geeks. Last week we had many news about Cosmos DB, and this time the top topics are Power...
2018-12-16
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Extract the File Name in SSIS Data Flows using the FileNameColumnName Property
When extracting data from a flat file, it is handy to have the name of the file from which the...
2018-12-15
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Extract the File Name in SSIS Data Flows using the FileNameColumnName Property
When extracting data from a flat file, it is handy to have the name of the file from which the data was retrieved. Whether you capture this information for...
2018-12-15
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Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Oracle client and networking components were not found
AdvertisementsYou may experience the following error. When a developer installed oracle client and tested the visual studio BIDS packages ask...
2018-12-15
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Test connection failed because of an error in initializing provider. Oracle client and networking components were not found
You may experience the following error. When a...
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2018-12-15
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Using the SSIS Multiple Flat Files Connection Manager
When building an ETL pipeline to import data from a text file, it’s very common to have the incoming data...
2018-12-15
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Using the SSIS Multiple Flat Files Connection Manager
When building an ETL pipeline to import data from a text file, it’s very common to have the incoming data spread across multiple files. For example, if you are...
2018-12-15
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Blogs
2025 Wrapped for Steve
By Steve Jones
I’ve often done some analysis of my year in different ways. Last year I...
The Book of Redgate: Spread across the world
By Steve Jones
This was Redgate in 2010, spread across the globe. First the EU/US Here’s Asia...
Merry Christmas
By John
Today is Christmas and while I do not expect anybody to actual be reading...
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Question of the Day
The Large Encoded Value
I want to use the new BASE64_ENCODE() function in SQL Server 2025, but return a string that isn't large type. What is the longest varbinary string I can pass in and still get a varchar(8000) returned?
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