Sorting a String as a Number with T-SQL and SSIS
I was working on a Cube in Analysis Services for a client recently and needed to sort on a field...
2012-01-23
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Mike Davis SQL
How to hide Calculated Members in MDX SSAS
With some calculated members in MDX it only makes sense to see the calculation if a certain Hierarchy is used....
2011-10-28
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Setting up SSIS Auditing Part 2
Auditing in SSIS can be a real headache. In this two part series blog I am going to try to...
2011-10-20
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Setting up SSIS Auditing Part 1
Auditing in SSIS can be a real headache. In this two part series blog I am going to try to...
2011-10-16
1,712 reads
Using Configuration Tables in SSIS 2008/2005
SSIS packages are great ETL tools and can do just about anything you need in terms of ETL. Most organizations...
2011-10-03
1,257 reads
Creating your first Data Mining Structure and Model
Data mining is a great way to help your company make decisions and predict future values. The Data Mining Algorithms...
2011-09-30
8,690 reads
SSIS For Each Column in a Data flow
Previously I wrote a blog on how to do a for each loop to look through each col in an...
2011-09-29
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Getting Previous Row in SSIS Data Flow
There is no native function built in to SSIS to get the previous row in the data flow. But with...
2011-09-29
1,747 reads
SSIS Merge with Duplicate Rows
The Merge component in SSIS will take two sorted sources and union them while maintaining the original sort order. The...
2011-09-28
1,308 reads
SSIS Child Errors in Parent Package
If you have a parent package that is looping through a set of files and calling child packages and want...
2011-09-27
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Blogs
Leadership in Times of Change: Guiding Teams Through Uncertainty, Disruption, and Transformation
By Chris Yates
Change is inevitable. What separates thriving organizations from those that falter is not the...
The End of Year Vacation Burn
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It’s been a good year for me. With my sabbatical, I felt like I’ve...
Speaking at PASS Summit 2025
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In less than one month, I will be speaking not once but twice at...
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Azure SQL Database MAXDOP
When Azure SQL Database was originally released, the MAXDOP was set to 0 for each new database. In Oct 2025, what is the default value for Azure SQL databases?
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