Copying Connection Managers in SSIS
Did you know you can copy and paste connection managers in SSIS? While I haven’t found this a huge benefit...
2012-12-10
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SQLStudies
Logins vs Users
Logins are not Users. It’s a pretty easy concept but one that seems to give a lot of people problems....
2012-12-12 (first published: 2012-12-03)
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Creating an empty table from a SELECT statement
I’m in the middle of reading a good book on DMVs, “SQL Server DMVs in Action” http://www.manning.com/stirk by Ian W....
2012-11-30 (first published: 2012-11-26)
4,615 reads
CTEs beyond SELECT
The other day I was writing a query to pull some DMV information and I ended up using several CTEs...
2012-11-20
1,979 reads
Looping through multiple servers in SSIS Part 3
Over the last couple of weeks I’ve set up a SSIS package that will loop through a group of servers...
2012-11-15
2,803 reads
Time Trial sys.dm_exec_query_plan vs sys.dm_exec_sql_text
I’ve been working on a way to test performance usage on a server by database. I started out using sys.dm_exec_query_stats...
2012-11-12
1,707 reads
Looping through multiple servers in SSIS part 2
Last week I posted a quick example of looping through multiple servers using SSIS and being in a bit of...
2012-11-12 (first published: 2012-11-09)
2,779 reads
A review of Knight’s 24-Hour Trainer Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services
About three years ago my manager came up to me and said “We need someone to learn SSIS, you’re it.” ...
2012-11-07
1,181 reads
Looping through multiple servers in SSIS
This is just a quickie post to answer a question on how to loop through multiple servers in SSIS. There...
2012-11-05 (first published: 2012-10-31)
5,037 reads
How do I find all stored procedures or views that use a specific table?
Many years ago when I was still working on SQL 2000 I occasionally needed to find all stored procedures and views...
2012-10-26
13,605 reads
Blogs
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
By Steve Jones
I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
Don’t Miss Out – SQL Server Query Tuning Fundamentals Starts Next Monday!
Next Monday, February 9, 2026, my one-day live online training SQL Server Query Tuning...
Monday Monitor Tips: SQL Auditing Preview
By Steve Jones
One of the features we advocates have been advocating for is a better way...
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SSRS shared dataset parameters not showing in expression builder
I am creating shared datasets that our executive staff can use for creating reports...
SSRS shared dataset parameters not showing in expression builder
I am creating shared datasets that our executive staff can use for creating reports...
Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide: Modern Data Lakehouse Architectures with Data Lakes
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Delta Lake: The Definitive Guide:...
Question of the Day
The Decoded Value
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned from this code:
DECLARE @message VARCHAR(50) = 'Hello SQL Server 2025!'; DECLARE @encoded VARCHAR(MAX); SET @encoded = BASE64_ENCODE(CAST(@message AS VARBINARY(1000))); SELECT BASE64_DECODE(@encoded)See possible answers