Synchronous Processing in the SSIS Script Component
Without a doubt, the most versatile data flow tool in the SSIS arsenal is the script component. This control grants...
2015-08-05 (first published: 2015-07-29)
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Tim Mitchell
New Course: Building Better SSIS Packages–Denver and Boston
Earlier this week, I confirmed two full-day seminars I’ll be delivering in conjunction with SQL Saturday events this fall. I’ve...
2015-06-05
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The Key to Successful Analysis
The key to successful analysis is to ask enough good questions.
How do you know that you’ve asked enough questions? When...
2015-06-12 (first published: 2015-06-03)
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A Tool for Every Job
I’m a fixer. A tinkerer. As a kid, I would take my toys apart just to see how they worked,...
2015-06-01
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Row Numbers and Running Totals in SSIS
During data load or transformation processes, capturing a distinct row number for incoming data can be beneficial for the ETL...
2015-05-26
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Advanced SSIS Training Class This Fall
Now that the details have been finalized, I can announce that a new SSIS class coming up this fall. My Linchpin...
2015-05-21
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2015-05-20
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How To Get Fired from an ETL Developer Job
Through the course of my 8-someodd years of building and fixing ETL processes, I’ve had the opportunity to see a...
2015-05-15
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Office Hours Webinar: Is Biml Right for You?
If you’ve read my blog or attended one of my presentations before, you almost certainly know that I’m a huge...
2015-05-21 (first published: 2015-05-12)
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Dear Vendor: Keep My Information Secure
Dear vendor:
Dear Vendor: Keep My Information Secure
If you’re reading this, we have done business together, either directly or indirectly. You...
2015-05-08 (first published: 2015-04-27)
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Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
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I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
PowerPoint to HTML with Claude AI
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I had an idea for an animated view of a sales tool, and started...
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Why the following cmds in sequence do not work
I need to delete rows from both the temporal main and history tables. The...
When SQL Server Central Went Down
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The String Distance I
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Question of the Day
The String Distance I
In SQL Server 2025, what is returned by this code:
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
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