Unzip Files with SSIS
In my last post I shared how to build a package in SSIS to perform simple file archive (zip) operations....
2016-12-16
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Tim Mitchell
Zip Files in SSIS
Of the very many things SQL Server Integration Services does well, one of its shortcomings is that it does not...
2016-12-15
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SSIS Package Validation in the Catalog
Built into the SQL Server Integration Services catalog is the ability to run a validation without actually executing the package....
2016-12-14
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SSIS Data Taps
One of my favorite testing features of SSIS is also one of the most underutilized. SSIS data taps were introduced...
2016-12-13
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A Shortcut for Parameterizing Settings in SSIS
I’ve written quite a bit about the benefit of externalizing changing values in SSIS packages. Moving static values such as...
2016-12-12
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The Eleven Days of Festivus
It’s that time of the year again – the Festivus season is upon us! In the next few weeks, families all...
2016-12-12
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On Being Disruptive
Being disruptive is a powerful way to conduct business. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates insisted that computers belonged not just...
2016-12-20 (first published: 2016-12-05)
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A Better Way to Execute SSIS Packages with T-SQL
There are several ways to execute SSIS packages that have been deployed to the SSIS catalog, and my favorite way...
2016-12-02 (first published: 2016-11-28)
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Video: Introduction to SQL Server Change Tracking
SQL Server change tracking is a lightweight and synchronous mechanism for detecting inserts, updates, and deletes in tracked tables. For...
2016-11-25 (first published: 2016-11-18)
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SQL Server 2016 Service Pack 1 Changes Everything
Earlier today, Microsoft announced the release of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for SQL Server 2016. Pay close attention to this...
2016-11-16
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Presenting with Visual Studio Code
A while back I wrote a quick post on setting up key mappings in...
Advice I Like: In 100 Years
By Steve Jones
In 100 years a lot of what we take to be true now will...
dataMinds Saturday 2026 – Slides
At Saturday the 21st of February I’m presenting an introduction to dimensional modelling at...
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is it true we cant debug c# scripts in ssis anymore under vs
Hi, i'm running vs2022. I'm trying out a c# script that i'd like to...
Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
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Missing the Jaro Winkler Distance
I upgraded a SQL Server 2019 instance to SQL Server 2025. I wanted to test the fuzzy string search functions. I run this code:
SELECT JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE('tim', 'tom')
I get this error message:Msg 195, Level 15, State 10, Line 1 'JARO_WINKLER_DISTANCE' is not a recognized built-in function name.What is wrong? See possible answers