In my continuing series on ETL Antipatterns, I’ll discuss the problem of loading too much data in extract-transform-load processes. ETL Antipattern: processing too much data A common design flaw...
2020-12-13
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In this first post in my series on ETL Antipatterns, I’m going to discuss one of the most common missteps when building an extract-transform-load (ETL) process: jumping straight into...
2020-12-12
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We’re rounding the corner to the second half of December, which means it’s time for my favorite holiday: Festivus! Like many of you, I enjoy gathering around the Festivus...
2020-12-12
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Azure Data Factory has grown in both popularity and utility in the past several years. It has evolved beyond its significant limitations in its initial version, and is quickly...
2020-09-08 (first published: 2020-08-28)
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Those of us who write technical articles and deliver technical presentations are always on the lookout for the perfect data set for demonstration and testing. Microsoft has done a...
2020-08-17 (first published: 2020-08-06)
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When moving data in an extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) process, the most efficient design pattern is to touch only the data you must, copying just the data that...
2020-08-05 (first published: 2020-07-23)
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A few years back, I wrote a blog post about using an SSIS object variable as a data flow source. In that post, I described how you could load...
2020-07-30
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For the better part of 15 years, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) has been the go-to enterprise extract-transform-load (ETL) tool for shops running on Microsoft SQL Server. More recently,...
2020-07-28 (first published: 2020-07-16)
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SSIS parameters help to ease the process of passing runtime values to SSIS packages. For values that can change over time, using parameters in SSIS is an ideal means...
2020-07-14 (first published: 2020-07-02)
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I’m happy to announce the publication of my latest book. The SSIS Catalog: Install, Manage, Secure, and Monitor your Enterprise ETL Infrastructure is now available on Amazon in both...
2020-07-13
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I spend my days working on and managing SQL Server instances—working days at least,...
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A new feature added to Redgate Monitor Enterprise automatically. CIS compliance is something many...
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