Scripting SSIS Package Deployments
Before I delve into the subject of scripting SSIS package deployments, I’m going to take a slight detour and explain...
2012-11-06
6,767 reads
Chad Miller
Cloning SQL Servers to a Test Environment
I’ve been involved in a project to set up a full test environment of dozens of SQL Servers. The requirements...
2012-11-08 (first published: 2012-11-05)
4,256 reads
Using Invoke-WebRequest
The website PowershellCommunity.org is moving to a new site poweshell.org and I wasn’t sure the old forum posts will be...
2012-10-26
3,205 reads
Upcoming Fall Events
During September/October I’ll be presenting at several in-person events:
Tampa IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Tampa...
2012-09-09
1,117 reads
South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Storing PowerShell Output session at South Florida IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-07-22
1,109 reads
Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012 Presentation
Presentation and scripts from my Integrating SQL Server PBM with SCOM session at Jacksonville IT Pro Camp 2012.
2012-06-19
1,172 reads
Jacksonville IT Pro Camp
Join system administrators and IT professionals for the Jacksonville IT Pro Camp on Saturday, June 16th, 2012.
IT Pro Camps are...
2012-06-03
1,233 reads
Appending New Rows Only
I saw a question in the forums related to inserting new rows into a SQL Server table only if they...
2012-04-27
5,525 reads
Backup Database Object
I saw this question in one of forums on backing up i.e. scripting out a database object. The problem is...
2012-04-17
1,816 reads
Table-Valued Parameter Example
I wanted show someone how to use table-valued parameters available in SQL Server 2008 and higher. The main use case...
2012-04-13
3,558 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers