SQL Saturday US Map
Apparently, SQL Saturday isn’t popular in the west. See for yourself. I wanted to see what cities frequently host SQL...
2012-08-03
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Sam Vanga
SCRIPT: Basic Information About Indexes
I’m having a little fun with documenting basic information about indexes in my current project. I’m posting the scripts here...
2012-07-31
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Parallel Execution in SSIS with MaxConcurrentExecutables
MaxConcurrentExecutables, a package level property in SSIS determines the number of control flow items that can be executed in parallel....
2012-07-20
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Generating Surrogate Keys With SSIS
A surrogate key is an auto generated value, usually integer, in the dimension table. It is made the primary key...
2012-06-28 (first published: 2012-06-24)
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Status Column in SSISDB Catalog Database
I occasionally review the search terms people use to get to this blog and secretly celebrate knowing my post helped...
2012-06-19
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T-SQL Tuesday 31: SSIS 2012 Logging
Topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by Aaron Nelson (@SQLVariant) is Logging.
I like to think of logging as a...
2012-06-19 (first published: 2012-06-12)
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Tips to improve your blog, really!
As I learnt a few things about blogging, I made a list of tips to get better at blogging. Thought...
2012-05-17
907 reads
Workspace database server was not found
You might constantly see a warning message that appears like the one below when creating Analysis Services Tabular projects. It...
2012-05-08
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How to execute a package from another package?
I hear you. You’ll use the Execute Package Task. This mechanism of executing one package from another is popularly knows...
2012-05-01
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Change Package Properties Using Parameters–SSIS 2012
In DTS, changing package properties was close to impossible (the less we talk about DTS, the better). Package configurations introduced...
2012-04-24
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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?
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