New SSIS Book to be Released
If you've noticed a significant drop in my blogging I apoligize but I've been working on an exciting project with...
2009-04-06
678 reads
Devin Knight
SQL Agent Job failure with FTP connection
There are hundreds of post on this topic but I just ran into this problem recently so I thought I...
2009-03-04
1,530 reads
Cube Processing Error HY008
If you've ever had this error "OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Operation canceled; HY008." appear while processing...
2009-03-02
34,657 reads
PASS BI SIG
Yesterday I participated in my first BI SIG live meeting. This special interest group is led by Amy Lewis who...
2009-01-15
671 reads
Thanks to PASS - Free Laptop
It seems like the benefits of being involved in PASS just never stopped. If you didn’t see the PASS newsletter...
2009-01-15
575 reads
Windows 7 Beta Delayed
Looks like the Windows 7 beta download has been delayed while Microsoft adds additional infrastructure support. A little disappointing but I...
2009-01-09
630 reads
Windows 7 Beta Release Friday
Tomorrow Microsoft will make Windows 7 beta available for download. I’m a little skeptical but I think just about anyone...
2009-01-08
672 reads
SSIS – CHECKSUM Transformation
CHECKSUM is a TSQL function that computes a hash value over a list of arguments. The great thing about creating...
2009-01-05
20,732 reads
Review of Seadragon: Microsoft’s iPhone application
So I’ve spent the last couple of weeks playing around with the Seadragon application and have come to some conclusions.
Usefullness...
2008-12-29
1,478 reads
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...
2008-12-29
14,305 reads
Blogs
How Fabric Mirroring Transformed with SQL Server 2025
When mirroring was first released for Azure SQL Database, it used Change Data Capture...
The DIY Cost of Masking Test Data For Smaller Organizations
By Steve Jones
One of the things I’ve tried hard to do in database development situations if...
T-SQL Tuesday #196 – Two risky career decisions I made
By DataOnWheels
The T-SQL Tuesday topic this month comes James Serra. What career risks have you...
Forums
XACT_ABORT being set to ON by web services
We have two "identical" instances of an ASP.NET web service (or so I have...
OPENQUERY Flexibility
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OPENQUERY Flexibility
Which of these are valid OPENQUERY() uses?
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