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Strip double quotes from an import file in Integration Services SSIS

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When loading data using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) to import data from a CSV file, every single one of the columns in the CSV file has double quotes around the data. When using the Data Flow Task to import the data I have double quotes around all of the imported data. How can I import the data and remove the double quotes?

2026-10-26

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Can You Really Downgrade from Enterprise to Standard and Save Thousands? Here's What Happened

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A real world story of how someone moved from Enterprise Edition to Standard for not only the SQL Server database engine, but also with SSRS, SSIS, and SSAS.

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2026-07-22

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Upgrade and Migrate SSIS Catalog and SSISDB to a New Server

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There will come as time when you need to upgrade the host operating system and SQL Server to a newer version. If you are using SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), one of the things you may need to do is to move the SSIS catalog (SSISDB database) to the new server. We will cover the steps in this tutorial to migrate the SSISDB from one server to another.

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2025-02-21

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Top 10 Methods to Improve ETL Performance Using SSIS

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Extraction Transformation Load (ETL) is the backbone for any data warehouse. In the data warehouse world data is managed by the ETL process, which consists of three processes, Extraction-Pull/Acquire data from sources, Transformation-change data in the required format and Load-push data to the destination generally into a data warehouse or a data mart.

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2023-10-25

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Import Text and CSV Files into SQL Server Database with SSIS Script Task

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There are several techniques available to import and export data for SQL Server. In addition, there are free SQL tools and utilities available that might be helpful for specific use cases. In SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), we can use a Flat File Source to load Text/CSV files. Despite this, I would like to demonstrate how to import Text/CSV files using the Script Task.

2023-08-18

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The ##MS_DatabaseConnector## User

On SQL Server 2025, I run this code as a sysadmin:

CREATE LOGIN Demo WITH PASSWORD = 'Demo1234567'
GO
ALTER SERVER ROLE ##MS_DatabaseConnector## ADD MEMBER Demo
GO
I then login as Demo and run this:
USE sandbox
go
SELECT CURRENT_USER
What is returned?

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