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
774 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
2,283 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)
7,744 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)
5,951 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
718 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
686 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)
6,044 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
644 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)
5,653 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)
7,335 reads
Blogs
Claude Code Helps Analyze Test Data Manager Log Files
By Steve Jones
I had a customer ask about analyzing their Test Data Manager (TDM) usage to...
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...
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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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