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Scripts and assembly caching in 2005
A recent discussion with MVP Andy Leonard about a new property which showed up on the Script Task in SQL Server 2005 SP3 reminded me that I’ve been meaning to blog about how the script task and script...
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Speaking for the Vancouver BI PASS Chapter
I’ll be presenting for the Vancouver BI PASS Chapter next Friday, July 10th, at the Microsoft Canada offices. I really enjoyed meeting the Pacific Northwest SQL Server User Group a couple of weeks ago,...
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Debugging a COMException during package generation
You’ll occasionally receive a COMException when you’re programmatically generating SSIS package – typically when dealing with Data Flow components. These COM Exceptions will provide you with an HRESULT...
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Looking up SSIS HResult / COMException ErrorCode
The method I describe in my post about handling COMExceptions during package generation works if you have control over the package generation code, but sometimes you’ll be using third party libraries,...
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SQL PASS 2009
I was just looking at the sessions for the SQL PASS 2009 Summit and was happy to see so many SSIS presentations on the list! Andy Leonard Applied SSIS Design Patterns Steve Simon SQL Server Integration...
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No new features in for Integration Services in SQL Server 2008 R2
Update 2009-11-12: One minor feature change announced. Have you been holding your breath waiting for Microsoft to announce the new SSIS features for SQL Server 2008 R2? The answer is pretty simple –...
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2009 PASS Summit next week
I’m really looking forward to attending PASS next week! I’ll be presenting two separate talks this time around: Maximize Your SSIS Investment with Tuning Tricks and Tips Session Details Maximize the...
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Something new for SSIS in SQL Server 2008 R2 November CTP
Ok, so it turns my previous post about R2 wasn’t entirely correct. SSIS does have one new feature which appears in the latest SQL Server 2008 R2 CTP. If you open up the ADO.NET Destination UI, you’ll...
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Handling Slowly Changing Dimensions in SSIS
I had a great time at PASS last week, and had a chance to talk to a lot of different SSIS users. One of the big topics seemed to be Slowly Changing Dimensions – I had a number of people ask for various...
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How do I disable all logging on my packages?
A quick post today – I received this question from a customer earlier today, and it took me a little while to figure it out. We have a number of packages that use a SQL Server logger. We want to turn...
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Version 1.1 of the Connectors for Oracle and Teradata by Attunity now available
A new version of the SSIS connectors for Oracle and Teradata is now available from the Microsoft download site. Changes Performance Improvements for Oracle and Teradata Components Optimize conversion...
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Exporting to Excel 2007 - .xlsx vs. .xlsb
Douglas blogged about this a while back, but it’s come up a couple of times in the last little while, so I thought I’d repeat it here. The Excel 2007 default output format for the SSIS Excel...
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SSIS sessions at Tech·Ed 2010 in New Orleans
I’m really looking forward to presenting at Tech·Ed again this year! As you probably already know, the Microsoft BI Conference is happening at the same time / place, which means the conference will...
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SQL Server 2008 R2 launches
SQL Server 2008 R2 was released to manufacturing today! For more R2 information, please see: SQL Server 2008 R2 Website SQL Server 2008 R2 Digital Tour SQL Server Team Blog SQL Server Performance Blog...
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Presenting at the Pacific Northwest SQL User Group May 12th
The Pacific Northwest SQL Server Users Group has invited me to come speak to them about SSIS next week (Wednesday, May 12th). I’ll be presenting a preview version of my Performance Design Patterns talk...
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SSIS and Visual Studio 2010
There was a very lively connect issue about SSIS’ lack of support for VS 2010. Jeff Bernhardt recently posted an official reply on the thread, and I thought it would be good to repost it here: First of...
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ADO.NET Destination package format change in SQL 2008 R2
As I previously mentioned, SQL 2008 R2 added new Bulk Insert functionality to the ADO.NET Destination. This changed the component version, which means that if you edit/save packages that have ADO.NET...
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Speaking at SQL Saturday #43 in Redmond
I’m happy to be presenting at SQL Saturday on June 12th. I’ll be presenting a modified version of the SSIS Performance Design Patterns I’ll be giving at the MS BI Conference in New Orleans next week....
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Handling HRESULT 0xC020402D from BufferManager.FindColumnByLineageID
While developing some custom transforms for my talks at the BI Conference next week, I hit a problem where I was getting an a failed HRESULT (COM Exception) in my PreExecute() method on a call to...
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Beyond Scripting presentation available online
One of the sessions I did at the MS BI Conference last week is now available online at msteched.com. Beyond Scripting: Developing Reusable Extensions for Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services Have...
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