Preventing projects from deploying when debugging a SSIS package
This is a quick tip to help quickly solve a problem I run into sometimes, and now that I am...
2011-09-02
1,407 reads
James Serra's Blog
Receive error #13119 in toolbox instead of tools in Visual Studio 2008
A couple of times over the past few months, while in Visual Studio 2008 working on an SSIS package, I went...
2011-08-31
2,151 reads
When to use T-SQL or SSIS for ETL
When doing ETL, you have the choice of using T-SQL or SSIS. What things should you consider when deciding which...
2011-08-29
10,211 reads
Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Explained
Microsoft SQL Server Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW), formally called by its code name “Project Madison”, is an edition of Microsoft’s SQL Server...
2011-08-26
3,746 reads
Microsoft Small Basic
This is a bit off-topic, but I wanted to mention a great tool for beginners to learn how to program. ...
2011-08-24
2,027 reads
Tracking down KPI error in PerformancePoint
On a few occasions, I have opened up my PerformancePoint scorecard on SharePoint to see an error staring at me:
So...
2011-08-22
748 reads
Methods for populating a data warehouse
Source tables change over time. A data mart or data warehouse that is based on those tables needs to reflect these...
2011-08-19
4,929 reads
Microsoft SharePoint Online
Microsoft SharePoint Online is a cloud-based service that is part of the recently released Microsoft Office 365. For those of us...
2011-08-17
921 reads
Using SSIS lookup transformation editor with millions of rows
If you are using a SSIS lookup transformation editor and the reference dataset is large (millions of rows) and you...
2011-08-15
12,245 reads
SSAS Maestro Program (or SQL BI MCM)
There is a very interesting new Microsoft program that started back in January, called the SSAS Maestro Program. It is a five-day,...
2011-08-12
1,110 reads
Blogs
How to Run Databases on Kubernetes: An 8-Step Guide
In this step-by-step tutorial, learn how to run MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and other stateful...
Episode 11 of Simple Talks: Oracle
By Steve Jones
The 11th episode is now live, recorded a few weeks ago at the PASS...
A New Word: Mornden
By Steve Jones
mornden – n. the self-container pajama universe shared by two people on a long...
Forums
Issue with CPU Affinity Configuration on a SQL Server VM with 30 vCPUs
Hello , I'm having an issue with a SQL Server VM that has 30...
What is the best index strategy for a table that gets truncated?
Hi everyone My SSIS package does a bulk insert of csv files into a...
Question of the Day
Running Steve's Code
Can you run this code in any of your SQL Server 2019 databases without error?
CREATE OR ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[StevesAmazingProc]
AS
SELECT Consumer_ID ,
Trend_Category ,
Bit_Trace
FROM NewWorldDB.dbo.MarketTrend;
GO See possible answers