SSIS Data Flow "Sequence Containers" are Here!
Wooo!OK - maybe too much of a celebration... and I do have meatier topics in the article pipeline. However, I just stumbled across a feature in SSIS that I...
2016-12-01
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SSIS Data Flow "Sequence Containers" are Here!
Wooo!
OK - maybe too much of a celebration... and I do have meatier topics in the article pipeline. However, I just...
2016-12-08 (first published: 2016-12-01)
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Reading a SharePoint 2007 List from SSIS 2016
It's been a while, but since I now get to play with SQL 2016 full time, I have new things to talk about! One of major difficulties that any technology...
2016-10-24
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Reading a SharePoint 2007 List from SSIS 2016
It's been a while, but since I now get to play with SQL 2016 full time, I have new things...
2016-10-24
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Control Flow Package Parts in SSIS 2016
Control Flow Package Parts are a new feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 that attempts to enable code reuse within SQL Server Integration Services packages. The intent is great, but like...
2016-10-14
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Control Flow Package Parts in SSIS 2016
Control Flow Package Parts are a new feature in Microsoft SQL Server 2016 that attempts to enable code reuse within SQL Server...
2016-10-20 (first published: 2016-10-14)
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Consolidating Multiple Data Marts
One of the challenges that I've worked on in the past months involved adapting our technical architecture to address issues exposed by business re-engineering. The BI group at CHC used to assign specific...
2015-08-03
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Consolidating Multiple Data Marts
One of the challenges that I've worked on in the past months involved adapting our technical architecture to address issues exposed by business re-engineering. ...
2015-08-03
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Data Flow Optimization - Collapse Sparse Buffers
I'll warn you straight off that this is an advanced technique for a fairly small use case - it is NOT a "try this for all data flow performance...
2012-10-22
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Data Flow Optimization - Collapse Sparse Buffers
I'll warn you straight off that this is an advanced technique for a fairly small use case - it is NOT...
2012-10-22
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UNISTR Escape
In SQL Server 2025, I run this command:
SELECT UNISTR('*3041*308A*304C\3068 and good night', '*') as "A Classic";
What is returned? (assume the database has an appropriate collation)
A: 
B: 
C: 
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