Using SSIS to export data from a 64 bit server to Excel 2007
Instructions on how to set up the connection string and SSIS package to allow a 64 bit server to export to a 32 bit version of Excel
2012-12-04
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Integration Services (SSIS)
SSIS Basics: Using the Execute SQL Task to Generate Result Sets
The Execute SQL Task of SSIS is extraordinarily useful, but it can cause a lot of difficulty for developers learning SSIS, or only using it occasionally. What it needed, we felt, was a clear step-by-step guide that showed the basics of how to use it effectively. Annette Allen has once again cleared the fog of confusion.
2012-11-05
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SQL Server 2012 Integration Services - Unattended Execution of SSIS Packages
Quite often, tasks accomplished via SSIS are a part of procedures that run unattended, either scheduled to launch at a particular date and time or triggered by some arbitrarily chosen event. Marcin Policht shares a typical approach to implementing such a scenario.
2012-10-30
3,399 reads
Using the Script Task in SSIS to Process Data Files When They Arrive
Learn how you can process data files with SSIS as soon as they arrive using the Script Task.
2014-09-01 (first published: 2012-10-25)
45,942 reads
Generate SSRS reports from a SSIS Package
Learn how to invoke SSRS reports from an SSIS package after the data load is completed.
2014-11-21 (first published: 2012-10-09)
30,277 reads
Upgrading SSIS Custom Components for SQL Server 2012
Having finally got around to upgrading my custom components to SQL Server 2012, I thought I’d share some notes on the process. One of the goals was minimal duplication, so the same code files are used to build the 2008 and 2012 components, I just have a separate project file.
2012-09-05
2,194 reads
Row Number Transformation
The Row Number Transformation calculates a row number for each row, and adds this as a new output column to the data flow. The column number is a sequential number, based on a seed value. Each row receives the next number in the sequence, based on the defined increment value.
2012-08-22
4,217 reads
How To Support Multiple SQL Server Package Configurations in SSIS
I have several applications that use SSIS packages and I want to be able to store all the configurations together in a single table when I deploy. When a package executes I need a way of specifying the "application" and having SSIS automatically handle the package configuration based on the application.
2012-08-21
2,727 reads
SSIS Basics: Introducing Variables
In the third of her SSIS Basics articles, Annette Allen shows you how to use Variables in your SSIS Packages, and explains the functions of the system-defined variables.
2012-08-20
3,122 reads
Row Count Plus Transformation
As the name suggests we have taken the current Row Count Transform that is provided by Microsoft in the Integration Services toolbox and we have recreated the functionality and extended upon it. There are two things about the current version that we thought could do with cleaning up Lack of a custom UI You have to type the variable name yourself In the Row Count Plus Transformation we solve these issues for you.
2012-08-17
3,183 reads
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