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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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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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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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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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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ASF 017: Alex Whittles interview
Introduction Alex Whittles is the owner and principle consultant at Purple Frog, a SQL Server Business Intelligence consultancy in the...
2018-12-14
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Azure Backup Storage Options
As a database administrator, I am very conscious of how data is being backed up. Up until SQL Server 2012,...
2018-12-14
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Fun time Friday - A week is a long time in....
A week is a long time in...
SQL Server LandA week is a long time in SQL Server land. This week I have been busy working on a version migration...
2018-12-14
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Fun time Friday - A week is a long time in....
A week is a long time in...
SQL Server Land
A week is a long time in SQL Server land. This week...
2018-12-14
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SQL Server Guide To NULL Handling
Every language handles null equality differently and understanding this is crucial as a misunderstanding here can lead to some quite...
2018-12-14 (first published: 2018-11-29)
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Blogs
Learn about Modern Microsoft Apps in San Diego
By Steve Jones
I wrote about learning today for the editorial: I Can’t Make You Learn. I...
How To Deploy Fabric SQL and Azure SQL Databases with Azure DevOps
By ReviewMyDB
Fabric has CI/CD built in, but if you've tried to use it for database...
A New Word: Attriage
By Steve Jones
attriage – n. the state of having lost all control over how you feel...
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Impact of Single-Threaded PVS Cleanup on ADR in SQL Server 2019
We want to enable ADR on our SQL Server 2019 instances. I’ve heard that...
Forward Deployed Engineers
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TRY_PARSE vs TRY_CONVERT in SQL Server: From Basics to Practical Usage
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Question of the Day
DBCC CHECKDB Limits II
I have a SQL Server 2025 database that I want to check for corruption every night. One of the things we do is disable indexes used for ETL loads during the weekend and re-enable them on Monday morning. If we run DBCC over the weekend, are our disabled indexes checked for consistency?
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