For organizations relying on the SQL Server, Melissa's solutions directly integrate with SSIS, so the learning curve is minimal. You can drag and drop Melissa components in SSIS to validate, cleanse, append and enhance data.
2021-02-09
2021-01-14
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In this article we walk through the steps of how to run an SSIS package using SQLCMD along with passing parameters to the SSIS package.
2020-12-23
Email based validation is more than just a simple RFC check, this is where Melissa's Global Email Verification with a web-based API and SSIS delivers valuable data to SQL Server Professionals.
2020-12-14
Getting informative error messages when something goes wrong with an SSIS package is critical, especially if you are not in front of your computer.
2020-11-25
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In this article, I am going to explain fixing a problem related login failure error with SQL Server. The Problem One of the common error in the SQL Server error log is "Login failed for user 'DomainName\ServerName$'. Reason: Could not find a login matching the name provided. [CLIENT: <local machine>]". Even though it says that […]
2025-12-31 (first published: 2020-11-24)
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This post will describe how you use a CASE statement in Azure Data Factory (ADF). If you are coming from SSIS background, you know a piece of SQL statement will do the task. However let's see how do it in SSIS and the very same thing can be achieved in ADF. Problem statement For my […]
2020-11-12
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There are various ways we can deploy MSBI project deliverable. This article will give you an idea to automate MSBI deployments using Windows PowerShell.
2020-11-05 (first published: 2020-10-10)
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Learn the step by step process to install SQL Server 2019 Integration Services in Visual Studio as well as the history for the tool.
2020-07-31
Use T-SQL to analyse the usage of all variables and parameters in an SSIS project, including the identification of any unused variables and parameters.
2020-06-23
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