Using the Error Output of the Derived Column
The other day I was building a simple data import package when I ran into a common situation; invalid conversions in a Derived Column. The conversion was taking an...
2012-02-01
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SQLRunner
An Interview at SSWUG
I've been a bit busy for the last few weeks, with the holidays, PASS, working on SSIS (more to come),...
2011-12-05
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SQL PASS Keynote : Day(s) 1&2
This is my first time here at PASS and I got a swept away in all the excitement. I tweeted...
2011-10-13
424 reads
SQL University SSIS : Named Pipes -- Consumer
Welcome to the third and last day of the Named Pipes seminar. Today we will get into the consumer portion...
2011-09-28
546 reads
SQL University SSIS : Named Pipes -- Producer
Yesterday, I set up the premise for using named pipes in SSIS. Today we are going to get into the...
2011-09-27
692 reads
SQL University SSIS : Named Pipes -- Fundamentals
There comes a time when you look at how something is being done and say, "Does it have to be...
2011-09-26
603 reads
Easily view errors from Script Components
I've been doing quite a bit of work for my upcoming SQL University class next and in it is a...
2011-09-23
773 reads
Easily view errors from Script Components
I've been doing quite a bit of work for my upcoming SQL University class
next and in it is a Script Component. These are the ones that live inside
of...
2011-09-23
16 reads
Easily view errors from Script Components
I've been doing quite a bit of work for my upcoming SQL University class next and in it is a Script Component. These are the ones that live inside...
2011-09-23
13 reads
SSIS OLEDB Command and procedure output params
While designing a package last week with our consultant, Latha Chandri (twitter), I came across a need to call a...
2011-06-30
8,872 reads
Blogs
Power BI Performance in 2026: A Practical Guide to Faster Semantic Models and Reports
By James Serra
Originally published April 2022; substantially updated July 2026. This post is a complete replacement...
Getting Started with Azure SQL Developer on Macbook
The idea behind Azure SQL Developer is for anyone to build, iterate, and test...
AI Experiments: Claude Solved a DAB Issue
By Steve Jones
I’m sure many of you are using AI regularly, perhaps chatting, perhaps using some...
Forums
Migration Challenge: Excessive FULLSCAN Statistics Update Duration Blocking SQL
Hello everyone , I am planning to migrate a database from SQL Server 2014...
SQL Agent Job Automated Change Capture Process
Comments posted to this topic are about the item SQL Agent Job Automated Change...
Another Model, More Data Loss
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Finding a Database Master Key
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