More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
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More Changes for the Dimension Merge SCD?
A while back, I ran a contest to find a new name for the SCD component hosted on CodePlex. The results were the best "lemons into lemonade" situation I could...
2011-03-14
3 reads
Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over 300 attendees watching five tracks of local speakers...
2011-03-09
2 reads
Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over...
2011-03-09
1,031 reads
Say Hi to the Dimension Merge SCD Component
Last week was a great week all around. It started with Canada's first SQL Saturday in Vancouver - packed with over 300 attendees watching five tracks of local speakers...
2011-03-09
1 reads
Changes to the SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Probably not the kind of change you're expecting. I've recently been contacted by the Kimball Group, and they've asked me...
2011-03-03
2,559 reads
Changes to the SSIS Slowly Changing Dimension Component
Probably not the kind of change you're expecting. I've recently been contacted by the Kimball Group, and they've asked me...
2011-02-25
3,251 reads
How To: Load Dimension Tables with Integration Services - Introduction
When I first started down the business intelligence and data warehousing road, I needed to learn the foundations of dimensional...
2011-02-16
1,317 reads
Performing a Cross Join (Cartesian Product) in SSIS
There are a few times where you might want to perform a cross join/cartesian join/cartesian product operation in SSIS. One of...
2010-09-28
4,295 reads
Parallelism in SSIS - Multiple Lookups
This question just came up in the forums, and it highlights how difficult it can be to try to optimize...
2010-09-06
2,136 reads
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Getting the TEXTSIZE
How can I check what value I used for TEXTSIZE? I ran this code:
SET TEXTSIZE 8096But then deleted the code and couldn't remember. Is there a way to check this? See possible answers