Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
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Converting Inches to Centimeters - Long Hand
Today I had to write a little function that takes the long had version of a fraction, say 8 3/4 and convert it a proper number (float) and then...
2013-02-26
9 reads
Working with Excel Destinations in SSIS - 0xC0202025, 0x80040E21
Working with Excel in SSIS is not fun and something I whole-heartedly discourage. With that said, I had a not...
2012-12-12
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Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate what SQL Server does in a query....
2012-11-10
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Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate
what SQL Server does in a query. Here I am going to show you how to...
2012-11-10
50 reads
Existence Check Deconstructed -- SSIS Lookup Transformation
There are countless ways to mix and match components in SSIS to simulate what SQL Server does in a query. Here I am going to show you how to...
2012-11-10
12 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so...
2012-04-27
2,812 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune
the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it places them into...
2012-04-27
165 reads
SSIS Data Flow Tuning
During my SSWUG webcast I was asked to give some examples on how to tune the DefaultBufferMaxRows and DefaultBufferSize, so here goes.
When a source is pulling in data, it...
2012-04-27
10 reads
SSWUG Expo..I'm up!
I am proud to say that one of the webcasts I taped last year for SSWUG is part of the...
2012-04-26
324 reads
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Multiple Escape Characters
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reaching ftp thru winscp but erroring in ssis ftp task connection
Hi, below i show various results trying to reach our ftp site (a globalscape...
Question of the Day
Multiple Escape Characters
In SQL Server 2025, I run this code (in a database with the appropriate collation):
SELECT UNISTR('%*3041%*308A%*304C%*3068 and good night', '%*') AS 'A Classic';
What is returned? See possible answers