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The Trouble with SSIS Sorting
Many SSIS transformations, such as the Pivot and the Data Profiling Tasks, require that the data being fed into them be sorted. Without first sorting, some transformations will throw an error and not...
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Using SQL Server 2008's EXCEPT and INTERSECT Statements
SQL Server 2008 shipped with several enhancements to the T-SQL language. In a recent blog, we looked at the new MERGE syntax; today we are going to look at the new EXCEPT and INTERSECT syntax. Both of...
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SQL Server 2008's MERGE Statement
SQL Server 2008 provided us with some new T-SQL syntax; one of those that I am most excited about is the new MERGE statement. Gone are the days of IF....THEN logic to decide whether a row needs to be...
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Getting Dynamic in SSIS Queries
When you start working with SQL Server and SSIS, it isn’t long before you find yourself wishing you could change bits of SQL queries dynamically. Most commonly, I see people that want to change the...
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Data Conversion in SSIS
When it comes to converting data from one type to another in SSIS, you have a few choices of methods. We are going to look at a few options and discuss the differences. With all of these, we are...
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Working with Text Data Sources
A common source for SSIS packages is the flat file. These are just plain text files that are delimited by some character such as a comma, pipe, or tab. The problem is when you connect SSIS to a flat...
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The SSIS Pivot Transformation
The Pivot transformation is one of the most useful transformations in SSIS, and also the biggest pain to configure. It comes with one editor, the Advanced Editor, so no pretty GUI here. Let’s walk...
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Virtual Classes
I have two online classes starting on November 1st that I recorded on the SSWUG.org vClass platform. The first is “Introduction to SQL Server Replication” and is a 12 session class on all things...
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