31 Days of SSIS – DTSConfig Configuration (19/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last two posts in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables...
2011-01-20
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StrateSQL
Time To Get Your #SQLRally Vote On!
It’s week two of voting for the upcoming SQLRally. This week, we are voting for the Database & Application Development sessions...
2011-01-19
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31 Days of SSIS – SQL Server Configuration (18/31)
31 Days of SSIS
The last post in the 31 Days of SSIS talked about the use of environmental variables. As...
2011-01-19
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31 Days of SSIS – Environmental Variable(17/31)
31 Days of SSIS
It’s time to go back to discussing the environment when it comes to SSIS packages. For the...
2011-01-18
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XQuery for the Non-Expert – @Variable Use
Follow the rest of this series at the XQuery for the Non-Expert – X-Query Resources introduction post.
Talk to the Experts
In a...
2011-01-17
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31 Days of SSIS – 10 Things About Expressions (16/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Sixteen days in and we are past the half way point for the 31 Days of SSIS...
2011-01-16
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31 Days of SSIS – Every Which Way Outputs (15/31)
31 Days of SSIS
Saturday morning and you can watch your favorite cartoon, or jump into some fun with SSIS. Today...
2011-01-15
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PASSMN January Meeting Announced
The details are up and we have the meeting planned for January for the Minnesota SQL Server User Group (PASSMN). ...
2011-01-15
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31 Days of SSIS – Instant Excel Spreadsheet (14/31)
31 Days of SSIS
It’s day fourteen of the 31 Days of SSIS blog series. It’s also Friday, so I’m taking...
2011-01-14
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Last Call for Speakers 24 Hours of PASS
Calling for Presenters!Today is the day! If you were planning to submit a session for the next 24 Hours of...
2011-01-14
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Blogs
Identity Columns Can’t Be Updated: #SQLNewBlogger
By Steve Jones
I’m not sure I knew identity column values could not be updated. I ran...
Rolling Back a Broken Release
By Steve Jones
We had an interesting discussion about deployments in databases and how you go forward...
A bespoke reporting solution doesn’t have to cost the earth
By ChrisJenkins
You could be tolerating limited reporting because there isn’t an off the shelf solution...
Forums
Can someone please explain what happens?
I have mentioned this several times over several years. Can someone please help me...
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT) returns null when nothing is found instead of 0
SELECT COUNT(DISTINCT Component) AS Found FROM tblComponents WHERE(Component NOT LIKE '%[a-z]%') AND(LTRIM(RTRIM(Component)) = 'GM13622')...
Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects: The Fabric Modern Data Platform
Comments posted to this topic are about the item Remotely Engineer Fabric Lakehouse objects:...
Question of the Day
Creating JSON III
In a SQL Server 2025 table, called Beer, I have this data:
BeerIDBeerName 1Becks 2Fat Tire 3Mac n Jacks 4Alaskan Amber 8KirinI run this code:
SELECT JSON_OBJECTAGG(
BeerID: BeerName )
FROM beer;
What are the results? See possible answers