Deploy an SSIS project to the SSIS catalog.
You’ve installed SSDT, created an SSIS project, created any packages you need and now you want to place that project...
2017-08-21
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SQLStudies
Creating an SSIS project
Now that SSDT (SQL Server Data Tools) has been installed the next step is to create a project. First, open...
2017-08-30 (first published: 2017-08-16)
1,893 reads
Installing the (currently) latest Data Tools
I’m working on a project right now and it’s going to require me not only to refresh my SSIS skills...
2017-08-14
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500 posts
Well, that’s something to be proud of. This is my 500th post on this blog. Not including a handful of...
2017-08-10
406 reads
Interview Patterns and Anti-Patterns Combined
It’s that time again. T-SQL Tuesday. The monthly blog party started by Adam Machanic (b/t) seven and a half years...
2017-08-08
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SQL Homework – August 2017 – Create a table
If you didn’t see it last month I’ve started doing monthly SQL Homework. The first month was backups, this month...
2017-08-02
417 reads
DBA Dice
I’ve always thought it would be fun to have a DBA themed magic 8-ball. Now you may not be aware...
2017-07-31
579 reads
Performance is bad. Did you change anything recently? No. Are you sure?
Ever have this conversation?
Dev: Hey, can you help me? The performance on my application is terrible all of a sudden.
DBA:...
2017-08-11 (first published: 2017-07-26)
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Default SQL Agent Reports – Top Jobs
Looking at what a job has been doing is important. Particularly if something is going wrong. Now there are several...
2017-07-24
459 reads
Default Database Reports – Disk Usage by Table
Every now and again you need to know how big a table is. Or several tables. Or all of the...
2017-08-03 (first published: 2017-07-19)
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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...
Forums
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