Do You Know These Free Events?
I frequently attend a few online training events that greatly help me learn new things. Thought I would share, if may...
2012-04-23
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Sam Vanga
Why Isn’t There A Deployment Server Edition For SSIS Projects?
Andy Leonard blogged about a gotcha when creating SSIS projects using SSDT yesterday. He showed that you can use any...
2012-04-19
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Execute T-SQL Statement Task
I spotted a new task in SSIS 2012 – Execute T-SQL Statement Task. It executes T-SQL statements, only Transact-SQL statements against...
2012-04-17
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Simple Tips To Speed Up Your SSIS Data Flow
There are a few design choices that can make your SSIS packages run super fast when loading data from table...
2012-04-10
5,508 reads
SQL Roundup – 03/16-2012
Howdy! I was flying last week, and for the first time i sat facing a flight attendant. You don’t actually...
2012-03-16
844 reads
Distinct Count in Analysis Services
Business users are often interested in finding distinct counts in addition to other aggregations. They may want to know the...
2012-03-14
1,247 reads
SQL Roundup – 03/09/2012
Welcome to another week of SQL Roundup. Just in case you missed, SQL Server 2012 was released this week and...
2012-03-09
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SSRS NoRows – Display a custom message when there is no data
In this short post, I’ll discuss NoRowsMessage property. When there is no data for a data region, the message you...
2012-03-06
1,849 reads
Introducing SQL Roundup
Following in the foot steps of John Sansom (b|t), I’m going to post a roundup of links from other blogs every Friday. I’ll...
2012-03-02
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Write a Variable To a File Using SSIS
Problem
I’ve a SSIS package. When it fails execution, I want to write a custom message including the package name and error...
2012-02-29
5,942 reads
Blogs
Enterprise AI Operating Rhythm – Top 5 practices for 2026
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There's a great article from MIT Technology Review about resetting on the hype of...
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Question of the Day
The Max PK Length
If I create a multiple column Primary Key constraint, what is the most number of bytes I can include in the constraint?
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