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
678 reads
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
1,530 reads
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
34,655 reads
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
671 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
575 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
630 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
672 reads
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
20,732 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
1,478 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
14,305 reads
Blogs
A New Word: on tenderhooks
By Steve Jones
on tenderhooks – adj. feeling the primal satisfaction of being needed by someone, which...
Ramblings about data communities and your contributions, no excuses
By DataOnWheels
I have been active in the data community throughout my career. I have met...
SQL Server Journey till 2025 (brief)
By Vinay Thakur
Quick Summary for Microsoft SQL Server till 2025, I am fortunate to be part...
Forums
how do i map the "current" object entry in for each to one variable
hi, in an ssis for each loop over an object variable called MyListVariable, i...
Simulating Mercury’s Orbital Motion Using Pure T-SQL (NASA 2025 Dataset)
SQL Server is typically viewed as a transactional or analytical database engine. However, it...
Azure SQL Database | CREATE EVENT SESSION [Blocking_Capture] ON DATABASE
Hello, Is there a way in Azure SQL Database to change the 'Blocking Process...
Question of the Day
String Similarity I
On SQL Server 2025, when I run this, what is returned?
SELECT EDIT_DISTANCE_SIMILARITY('SQL Server', 'MySQL') See possible answers