SQL Server Integration Services Features And Properties Part 4
This article is the final article of a 4 part series that explores the Features and Properties of SSIS. This article will explore Validation.
Temporal Data Techniques in SQL
Joe discusses various factors to take into account when using temporal data such as Holidays, and discusses a few techniques using Calendar, Report Usage and History tables
Ways To Build Your Brand
This is in the presentation I've given a few times, but I thought it made some sense to put these things out here as well. I see there are a few major ways for you to build your brand and raise your profile in the modern world that is highly interconnected...
Automate Default Constraints
One procedure that will take care of all default constraint values in the destination.
Data Mining in Excel 2007 Pt.1 - SQL School Video
Excel has greatly helped ease the process of data mining. In this video MVP Brian Knight shows how you can start using the data mining add-ins for Excel to get started.
Trust
Trust is a big part of any DBA's job. But it seems that many people in society trust each other less and less all the time. Steve Jones has a few comments on this important subject.
Creating packages in code - OLE-DB Source to Flat File File Destination
This code sample programmatically creates a package with an OLE-DB Source and a Flat File Destination, and the resulting package exports data from SQL Server to a CSV file. The finished package just has the one Data Flow Task shown below.
PASS Update #4
Last week I posted Update #3 that discussed my first board meeting, but I didn't have time to cover my goals, so I 'll do that and add some other minor items as well.
Securing SQL Server with access control and login
SQL Server login monitoring and access control are important elements of SQL database security. Learn how DDL triggers can help alert you to security issues.
Speaking / Teaching Engagements
I should have put this out earlier, before going to the SQL Server Innovators Guild , but I got too busy. Here are my current speaking / teaching engagements for the first half of the year:
Blogs
AI: Blog a Day – Day 7: Vector and Vector Databases
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 6 we learned Embeddings, Semantic Search and Checks, on Day 7...
AI: Blog a Day – Day 6: Embeddings – How AI Understands
By Vinay Thakur
Continuing from Day 5 where we covered notebooks, HuggingFace and fine tuning AI now...
The Book of Redgate: Mistakes
By Steve Jones
This is kind of a funny page to look at. The next page has...
Forums
Why End-User Testing Is Even More Important with AI
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Dynamic Unpivot
I have a table I didn't design that has tons of repeating groups in...
Writing as an Art and a Job
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Question of the Day
String Similarity II
What is the range for the result from the EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY() function in SQL Server 2025?
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