Visual Studio vNext
“vNext” is the codename Microsoft has chosen for the next version of the Visual Studio.
A big feature is improving the application lifecycle management...
2011-07-22
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James Serra's Blog
SQL Server “Denali”: New Certifications
According to the post SQL Server “Denali” Experts–We Need You! that asks for your feedback on the Microsoft certifications for the...
2011-07-20
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SQL Server “Denali”: Details on the next version of SSIS
CTP3 of SQL Server Code Name “Denali” was made available recently, and it offers a lot of new features for...
2011-07-18
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SQL Server “Denali”: Installing SSAS Multidimensional vs Tabular Mode
As I play with the recently released CTP3 of SQL Server Denali, I wanted to point something out about installing SSAS, since...
2011-07-15
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SQL Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 Released
Microsoft has released the final build of SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1. It includes fixes from SQL Server 2008 R2 RTM Cumulative Updates 1 through...
2011-07-14
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SSIS package taking forever to load when you open it?
When you open a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package in SSIS Designer or add components to a package, SSIS...
2011-07-13
2,582 reads
SQL Server “Denali”: CTP3 now available!
CTP3 of SQL Server Code Name “Denali” was made available for download this morning. You can download the 32-bit and...
2011-07-12
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Environment variable in SSIS not being recognized
If you are using environment variables in SSIS when using package configuration, chances are you will run into a situation...
2011-07-11
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Free SQL Server 2008 R2 Business Intelligence Training Course
If you are new to Business Intelligence (BI) and learn best by watching videos and “playing”, then this course is...
2011-07-08
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SQL Server Analysis Services Operations Guide published
Another whitepaper to add to your “to read” list: SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Operations Guide
This white paper describes...
2011-07-06
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Blogs
Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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AllocationType as ROW_OVERFLOW_DATA
Hello, I inherited a number of tables with like 20-30 column using nvarchar(256) in...
is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Question of the Day
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers