Unzip Files with SSIS
In my last post I shared how to build a package in SSIS to perform simple file archive (zip) operations....
2016-12-16
619 reads
Tim Mitchell
Zip Files in SSIS
Of the very many things SQL Server Integration Services does well, one of its shortcomings is that it does not...
2016-12-15
405 reads
SSIS Package Validation in the Catalog
Built into the SQL Server Integration Services catalog is the ability to run a validation without actually executing the package....
2016-12-14
692 reads
SSIS Data Taps
One of my favorite testing features of SSIS is also one of the most underutilized. SSIS data taps were introduced...
2016-12-13
423 reads
A Shortcut for Parameterizing Settings in SSIS
I’ve written quite a bit about the benefit of externalizing changing values in SSIS packages. Moving static values such as...
2016-12-12
362 reads
The Eleven Days of Festivus
It’s that time of the year again – the Festivus season is upon us! In the next few weeks, families all...
2016-12-12
309 reads
On Being Disruptive
Being disruptive is a powerful way to conduct business. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates insisted that computers belonged not just...
2016-12-20 (first published: 2016-12-05)
1,737 reads
A Better Way to Execute SSIS Packages with T-SQL
There are several ways to execute SSIS packages that have been deployed to the SSIS catalog, and my favorite way...
2016-12-02 (first published: 2016-11-28)
3,952 reads
Video: Introduction to SQL Server Change Tracking
SQL Server change tracking is a lightweight and synchronous mechanism for detecting inserts, updates, and deletes in tracked tables. For...
2016-11-25 (first published: 2016-11-18)
1,479 reads
SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 Changes Everything
Earlier today, Microsoft announced the release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SQL Server 2016. Pay close attention to this...
2016-11-16
483 reads
Blogs
DiskANN Experiment — Exploring Entry Points and Graph Neighborhoods
Introduction I was experimenting with vector search in SQL Server 2025 using approximately 3.8...
T-SQL Tuesday #203: Risk and Reward
By Steve Jones
This is timely, as I’m currently on a boat in the Adriatic taking a...
dataMinds Connect 2026 – Slides & Scripts
You can find the slides and SQL scripts for my session “Spice up your...
Forums
Training the next generation
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Training the next generation
Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering Logic with CROSS APPLY and an Inline TVF (Part 4)
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Reusing Customer Specific Order Filtering...
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Comments posted to this topic are about the item PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Question of the Day
PostgreSQL psql Meta Commands: Databases
Which of the following meta commands (sometimes called backslash or slash commands) within psql will provide you with information about the databases on the cluster?
See possible answers