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
2,262 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)
7,743 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
643 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
Vibe Coding a Login Tracking System
By Steve Jones
A customer was asking about tracking logins and logouts in Redgate Monitor. We don’t...
4 CPE Opportunity (Virtual) for Charity
By Brian Kelley
Every year, the South Carolina State Internal Auditors Association and the South Carolina Midlands...
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers!
Data Céilí 2026 Call for Speakers is now live! Data Céilí (pronounced kay-lee), is...
Forums
Deadlock graph anomaly
I've come across what appears to be a strange deadlock anomaly. As seen in...
Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale Level 6: Backup and Restore Internals
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Stairway to Azure SQL Hyperscale...
The Challenge of AI
Comments posted to this topic are about the item The Challenge of AI, which...
Question of the Day
Deprecated Feature Tracking
From T-SQL, without requiring an XEvent session, can I tell which deprecated features are being used on my instance?
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