Data Load Optimisation using the SSIS Balanced Data Distributor
Optimize SSIS data loads using parallel processing and the Balanced Data Distributor
2015-07-02
7,573 reads
Integration Services (SSIS)
Integration Services, MySql and SET FMTONLY ON
Challenges with integrating MySQL data in an ETL regime and the Amazing FMTONLY trick!
2015-06-25
3,806 reads
2015-05-12
1,589 reads
How to run SSIS Project as a SQL Job
In this piece by Pilip Horan, learn how to create an SSIS catalog and run a project as a SQL Agent Job.
2017-01-06 (first published: 2015-05-11)
16,477 reads
How to FTP a Dynamically Named Flat File
Learn how you can dynamically name a file in SSIS and then send it using the FTP task.
2015-05-04
9,241 reads
Continue a Foreach loop after an error in a SQL Server Integration Services package
Say you have a SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) package with a Foreach Loop container. Inside that container you have a task that sometimes can fail. Koen Verbeeck provides a tip on how to implement SSIS so that, if it fails, the loop will just continue, skip the current step and go to the next iteration.
2015-04-23
7,361 reads
SSIS Design Pattern - Staging Delimited Flat Files
Learn how to use SSIS to load Delimited Flat Files to staging tables.
2016-07-01 (first published: 2015-04-20)
12,844 reads
2015-02-12
1,866 reads
SSIS 2012 Projects: Deployment Configurations and Monitoring
The Project Deployment Model introduced in SSIS 2012 speeds up the deployment of database projects in which there may be hundreds of SSIS packages per project. Not only that, but deployments can be configured differently for each environments such as test and staging, and there are now ways of monitoring the status and performance of packages and of versioning the SSIS Catalog.
2014-11-26
7,422 reads
SSIS 2012 Projects: Setup, Project Creation and Deployment
It used to be that SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages had to be deployed individually. Now, they can be all deployed together from a single file by means of the Project Deployment Model introduced in SSIS 2012. Where there are tens or hundreds of SSIS packages to deploy, this system is essential.
2014-11-17
8,447 reads
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Detecting Characters
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Question of the Day
Detecting Characters
I have a SQL Server 2022 English default installation on a server. I want to detect if there are any upper case characters in rows and I have this code:
SELECT CustomerNameID,
CustomerName
FROM dbo.CustomerName
WHERE CustomerName = LOWER(CustomerName)
Here is the sample data I am testing with:
CustomerNameID CustomerName 1 John Smith 2 Sarah Johnson 3 MICHAEL WILLIAMS 4 JENNIFER BROWN 5 david jones 6 emily davis 7 Robert Miller 8 LISA WILSON 9 christopher moore 10 Amanda TaylorHow many rows are returned? See possible answers