SSIS Packages: Update From Code
We often want to modify many SSIS packages at once. We may want to change the password on all packages within a folder, or regenerate the unique identifier on each SSIS package to make sure that it’s...
View ArticleSQLSaturday Game Plan
I’ve been working on some new ideas for presentations, because the Polyglot Persistence session I’ve been doing recently highlights one of my weaknesses (lecture style sessions). My favorite idea so...
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How to Tap into the Power of Google+
Google has become a verb by capturing roughly two-thirds of all search traffic. Understanding Google+ is just as important to the person ‘Googling’, as the bloggers that want to be found by these...
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Key Lookups at the Poker Table – #TSQL2sDay
Cheers to Rob Farley ( blog | @rob_farley ) for hosting June’s T-SQL Tuesday #43, and for asking us to talk about plan operators. I read his host post a week ago and was excited, because I immediately...
View ArticleREVERSE – Implementing LastIndexOf in T-SQL
T-SQL is not ideal for doing string manipulation, but sometimes you just need to get something done quickly with the tool you’ve got. A lot of people that use T-SQL also have a programming background....
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Code Reuse with Foreach Loop Containers – Part I
Given that the options available for code reuse in SSIS are limited, it’s important to understand containers like the Foreach Loop Container. It’s frustrating that reusing code in SSIS tends be more...
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Code Reuse with Foreach Loop Containers – Part II
In last week’s episode, we saw how Foreach Loop Containers can be implemented to reuse code. However, that example hard coded values within the Foreach Loop Container to accomplish that goal. Many...
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T-SQL Tuesday #46 Rube Goldberg Machine
Consider Yourself Officially Invited It’s time to start digging through the skeletons in your career closet for the September 10th edition of T-SQL Tuesday, because it’s only a week away now. In case...
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T-SQL Tuesday #46: You Can’t See Me
As you might have expected, since I chose Rube Goldberg Machines as the topic for this month’s T-SQL Tuesday, I have my own story to share. It was hard to choose only one. Give five of us the same...
View ArticleT-SQL Tuesday #46 Wrap-Up
First, thank you to not only the bloggers that participated, but to everybody that helped get the word out to others, and to Adam Mechanic (blog | @AdamMachanic) for starting T-SQL Tuesday long ago. As...
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Rules of Engagement: Polyglot Persistence
This is space! Course, we’re just in the beginning part of space, we-we haven’t even got to *outer* space yet! – Armageddon (1998) In the movie Armageddon, Oscar (played by Owen Wilson) is very anxious...
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Rules of Engagement: Understanding Consistency
Rules of Engagement was written to help shed light on the usefulness of NoSQL in your applications, and get you thinking about where it could fit into your overall architecture. I was originally going...
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