Immersion Event on Learning SSIS – May 2018!

I am honored to partner with the awesome team at SQLSkills to deliver IESSIS1: Immersion Event on Learning SQL Server Integration Services in person in Chicago 7-11 May 2018! Click here to register! Here’s what I’ll be covering: Module 1: Introduction In the introduction we share information about the instructor, course flow, and content, and gather …
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Presenting at the Seattle SQL Pro Workshop 2017

I am honored to be among the presenters at the Seattle SQL Pro Workshop 2017! Also presenting are Jason Brimhall, Louis Davidson, Jimmy May, Gail Shaw and Wayne Sheffield. I’m looking forward to learning a bunch from these smart folks! My session is titled Designing an SSIS Framework: In this “demo-tastic” presentation, SSIS trainer, author, and …
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Available for Pre-Order – The Biml Book!

  I am excited to announce The Biml Book is now available for pre-order from Amazon and Apress! I was honored to write with the inventor of Biml, Scott Currie, and an awesome team of BimlHeroes: Jacob Alley, Martin Andersson, Peter Avenant, Bill Fellows, Simon Peck, Reeves Smith, Raymond Sondak, Benjamin Weissman, and Cathrine Wilhelmsen. Chapters …
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BLObs in SSIS – Part 2 – The BLOb-Load Turbo Button.

As we saw in the first post in this series – BLObs in SSIS – Part 1 – How Does SSIS Load BLObs? – SSIS copies BLObs from their source to the location stored in the TEMP and TMP operation system environment variables. That location defaults to %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp. That’s a problem because that default location …
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SSIS Version 15.0 Script Error

There I was… Delivering ExpertSSIS training with Brent Ozar Unlimited (we’re going to present another ExpertSSIS class – stay tuned for more information). I scheduled the execution of an SSIS package that contains a Script Task via SQL Agent, executed the job, and boom: “Excellent teaching moment,” I thought as I opened SSIS Catalog Overview and …
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Coming Soon: SSIS Catalog Compare Updates

I spent a lot of time this year writing and managing a book project. I will blog about that later, I promise. While I enjoy writing it really cuts into my play time. What do I do when I play? I write software. This weekend I cracked open the code for SSIS Catalog Compare and …
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