Posted in DBA SSIS

Send Meaningful Errors for SSIS Packages

Recently, Kevin Hill (b | t ) posted on getting package errors from the SSIS catalog in a single query as opposed to clicking through…

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Posted in SQL Server

A Speaker’s Workshop in 35 Minutes

Buck Woody shares a much abbreviated video of his speaking workshop to help others become a better speaker and present more effective sessions. Well, not…

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Posted in SQL Server TSQL

TSQL: OUTPUT Columns Not In Target Table

One of the challenges I’ve run into regularly throughout my years trying to convert data from one system to another is that we have a…

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Posted in Programming SQL Server TSQL TSQL Tuesday

TSQL Tuesday: “Disabling” Triggers Without ALTERs

I’ve worked with my share of Triggers over the years. Most of the time, they were relatively simple affairs – do a simple update to…

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Posted in Programming

Very Simple Data Entry with C# Winforms & Datasets

I recently needed to generate a quick and dirty app for data entry into a normalized database. I’ve done this sort of thing in Access…

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TSQL Tuesday #102: Giving Back

This TSQL Tuesday comes to us from Riley Major (b | t), He asks us in what ways we can give back to the SQL…

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Posted in Azure

Azure DB, ROUTE ADD, and VPNs

One of the things that I have to content with every now and then with Azure SQL is accessing our Azure SQL databases through the…

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T-SQL Tuesday #99 : Singing and Music

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is hosted by Aaron Bertrand (b/t), and he offers as a topic what he calls Dealer’s Choice. We can either share…

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T-SQL Tuesday #97 – Learning Goals for 2018

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday is brought to us by Mala Mahadevan.  Mala has challenged us to set some goals for our own learning in 2018….

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TSQL Tuesday #96: Folks Who Have Made a Difference

This month’s T-SQL Tuesday, hosted by ewald, touches on the people who have made a positive difference in our journeys in the SQL Server world….

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