I occasionally (rarely) read reviews at Amazon of books I’ve written. If I learn of a complaint regarding the book I often try to help. If a reader experiences difficulty with demos, I often offer to help, and sometimes I meet with readers to work through some difficulty related to the book (as I offered …
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One Way to Write a Technical Book
In my previous post titled Writing a Technical Book, I discussed phases of the process of writing a technical book. In this post I share details of my approach to writing a technical book. Review To summarize, the steps for writing a technical book are: Idea Proposal Contract Writing Editing Typesetting Publication How I Write …
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Writing a Technical Book
I am often asked for more information about writing a technical book. As author or co-author of twelve books focused or touching on technology, I consider myself experienced – not an expert. I’ve noticed “ah-ha” moments recently when sharing insights and advice, so I thought I’d write a post about it. I hope that’s ok. …
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What’s the Best Book for Learning SSIS?
I am often asked the question, “Andy, what’s the Best Book for Learning SSIS?” There are some really good books out there that will help you learn SSIS (and I am co-author of several). The book from which I learned the most about SSIS is Extending SSIS 2005 with Script by Donald Farmer. Why do …
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One Learning Path for Biml
I regularly get email asking how to learn Business Intelligence Markup Language (Biml). I thought I would share one Biml learning path in this post. Learning Biml is like learning any new technology: it’s hard. You have to commit to spending hours “heads down” working through examples, viewing training material, and reading blogs and books. …
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My Books
I’ve authored and co-authored a bunch of books! Truth be told, I enjoy writing. I think my love of writing stems from a love of learning. I’m just trying to share the joy! It’s a huge honor to write. I’m humbled and thrilled (all at the same time – a feeling I describe as “all …
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The Next Book Project: Frameworks
Kent Bradshaw, Shannon Lowder, and I explore stored procedure-based data integration patterns, an SSIS execution framework, and two Biml frameworks in a book we are writing, tentatively titled Frameworks.
Why I Built DILM Suite, by Andy Leonard
The following is Chapter 6: Catalog Browser from my latest book titled Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS: A Short Introduction by Example: I was honored to be a Microsoft SQL Server MVP for five years (2007-2012). One cool thing about a being a Microsoft MVP was access to the internal developer teams. Everyone could …
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Get The Biml Book Sample Code
You can obtain the sample code for The Biml Book at Apress. Navigate to the The Biml Book page and click the “Download source code” button. The sample code wasn’t available when the book was released. I own that and I apologize. It is available now. Happy Biml’ing! :{> Learn more: Biml Academy BimlScript.com
Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS is Available!
My latest book – Data Integration Life Cycle Management with SSIS – is now available! In this focused (185-page) book, I walk through ways to manage SSIS in the enterprise using what ships in the box. I point out what works well and what’s missing. I share workarounds for the stuff that’s missing, and then I …
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