Webinar: Kicking the Tires on SSIS 2016
The next version of SSIS is on the horizon. Are you ready?
In next Tuesday’s webinar, I’ll be reviewing and demonstrating...
2015-09-23
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Tim Mitchell
Ryan Adams for SQL PASS Board
It’s election season! No, I’m not talking about The Donald, The Clinton, The Neurosurgeon, The Veep, or any of those...
2015-09-15
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Webinar: Change Tracking for Data Warehouse Loads
For data warehouse professionals, change detection is critical. Accurately detecting new, changed, and deleted records means the difference between doing...
2015-09-14
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Building Better SSIS Packages Class in Dallas
I’m happy to announce a new, full-day class in the Dallas area next month. I’ll be presenting my Building Better...
2015-09-15 (first published: 2015-09-08)
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Sixty Days to Summit–Are You Ready?
In just two short months – exactly sixty days from today – the SQL PASS Summit will begin. Although it’s still a...
2015-08-28
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Above All, Good Judgment
What is permissible is not always honorable. – Marcus Tullius Cicero
Rules. Best practices. Guidelines. Design patterns. Policies. All are good and...
2015-08-24
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We Don’t Trust This Data
“Learning to trust is one of life’s most difficult tasks.” – Isaac Watts
As data professionals, there are times when our jobs...
2015-08-19 (first published: 2015-08-14)
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Downloading SFTP Files with SSIS
If you’ve used SSIS for any significant amount of time, you’ve almost certainly run into this roadblock: You need to...
2015-08-03
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Synchronous Processing in the SSIS Script Component
Without a doubt, the most versatile data flow tool in the SSIS arsenal is the script component. This control grants...
2015-08-05 (first published: 2015-07-29)
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New Course: Building Better SSIS Packages–Denver and Boston
Earlier this week, I confirmed two full-day seminars I’ll be delivering in conjunction with SQL Saturday events this fall. I’ve...
2015-06-05
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Blogs
My 2024 in Data: Music
By Steve Jones
This is my last week of the year working (I guess I come back...
A New Word: Suente
By Steve Jones
suente– n. the state of being so familiar with someone that you can be...
Side Projects
Anyone (everyone?) who has ever tried to learn a programming language knows that to...
Forums
Automating Export of PowerQuery to SQL Server using DAX Studio...?
I wrote a PowerQuery that parses a table from a PDF, and I want...
Attaching an SQL Server database without Transaction Log Files through SQL Server Management Studio.
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Superseded Indexes
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Superseded Indexes
Which of these indexes is superseded by another?
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