The Idea Book
How many times have you said to yourself, “Someone should build an application that does [x]…”, or “Wouldn’t it be...
2015-03-25
779 reads
Tim Mitchell
Fix Inconsistent Line Terminators in SSIS
There is a flat file processing issue I’ve run into a number of times over the years, and it’s come...
2015-03-23
2,424 reads
Iterating Through Excel Worksheets with Biml
Wrangling large or complex Excel workbooks in SSIS can be a challenge. From managing data types (more about that in...
2015-03-25 (first published: 2015-03-16)
7,767 reads
On Failure: Getting Up
In my continuing series entitled “On Failure”, I want to talk about skiing.
I’m not a great skier. It would probably...
2015-02-16 (first published: 2015-02-06)
5,959 reads
Advanced SSIS Training in Dallas
I’m very excited to offer a new course entitled “Advanced SSIS” in the Dallas area this spring. My friend and...
2015-01-21
722 reads
On Failure
The first rule of blogging is that you should write about topics you know a lot about. And I know...
2015-01-09
703 reads
Six practical tips for social media success in 2015
Social media is the new résumé. In many ways, it’s even better than a résumé – a person’s social media stream...
2015-01-09 (first published: 2015-01-02)
6,058 reads
[OT] Blog is in maintenance mode
I’m spending part of this holiday break repaying some technical debt on my website. Among other things, I am importing...
2014-12-21
647 reads
On Perspective
Perspective can make or break a career. Maintaining a proper perspective is very often the differentiating factor between a good...
2014-12-10 (first published: 2014-12-03)
5,661 reads
SSIS Parent-Child Architecture in Catalog Deployment Mode
This is the third in a series of posts about SSIS parent-child architecture. You can find the index page here.
In...
2014-12-05 (first published: 2014-12-01)
7,339 reads
Blogs
Measuring RAG Solutions: Are We Retrieving the Right Information?
A RAG pipeline that answers questions in the demo is not the same thing...
Advice I Like: Lots of Ideas
By Steve Jones
“A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea” – from Excellent...
Building a DBA Agent for Your SQL Server Estate with MCP
Yesterday I gave a talk for MSSQLTips called “Building a DBA Agent for Your...
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Parameter Sensitive Plan Optimization vs. Parameter Sniffing: What SQL Server Fixes and What It Doesn't
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Hyperscale Replicas I
What types of secondary replicas are available for the Azure SQL Database Hyperscale edition?
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