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
393 reads
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
419 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
537 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
678 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
588 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
767 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
4 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
5 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
8,696 reads
Blogs
Advice I Like: Pyramid Schemes
By Steve Jones
If someone is trying to convince you it’s not a pyramid scheme, it’s a...
Using Prompt AI for a Travel Data Analysis
By Steve Jones
I was looking back at my year and decided to see if SQL Prompt...
FinOps for Kubernetes: Leveraging OpenCost, KubeGreen, and Kubecost for Cost Efficiency
In the era of cloud-native applications, Kubernetes has become the default standard platform for...
Forums
Database file shrink issue.
Hi experts, I have a 3+ TB database on a 2019 sql server which...
The North Star for the Year
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The North Star for the...
Multiple Escape Characters
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Multiple Escape Characters
Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers