New SSIS Book to be Released
If you've noticed a significant drop in my blogging I apoligize but I've been working on an exciting project with...
2009-04-06
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Devin Knight
SQL Agent Job failure with FTP connection
There are hundreds of post on this topic but I just ran into this problem recently so I thought I...
2009-03-04
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Cube Processing Error HY008
If you've ever had this error "OLE DB error: OLE DB or ODBC error: Operation canceled; HY008." appear while processing...
2009-03-02
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PASS BI SIG
Yesterday I participated in my first BI SIG live meeting. This special interest group is led by Amy Lewis who...
2009-01-15
670 reads
Thanks to PASS - Free Laptop
It seems like the benefits of being involved in PASS just never stopped. If you didn’t see the PASS newsletter...
2009-01-15
570 reads
Windows 7 Beta Delayed
Looks like the Windows 7 beta download has been delayed while Microsoft adds additional infrastructure support. A little disappointing but I...
2009-01-09
623 reads
Windows 7 Beta Release Friday
Tomorrow Microsoft will make Windows 7 beta available for download. I’m a little skeptical but I think just about anyone...
2009-01-08
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SSIS – CHECKSUM Transformation
CHECKSUM is a TSQL function that computes a hash value over a list of arguments. The great thing about creating...
2009-01-05
20,714 reads
Review of Seadragon: Microsoft’s iPhone application
So I’ve spent the last couple of weeks playing around with the Seadragon application and have come to some conclusions.
Usefullness...
2008-12-29
1,470 reads
SSIS – Avoid OLE DB Command
I decided to do a little performance testing on some common SSIS “Tricks” that increase speed and effectiveness of SSIS...
2008-12-29
14,293 reads
Blogs
BK’s Bookshelf: Never Split the Difference
By Brian Kelley
I picked up Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On...
Replacing Images in PBIR Format Reports
With the PBIR format of Power BI reports, it’s much easier to make report...
Capturing Ideas for Blogs
By Steve Jones
As we close out the year, I decided to drop this post here and...
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