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Using the PipelineComponentTime event
Today’s post is from Wee Hyong Tok – a Program Manager on the SSIS team based in Shanghai. It covers the PipelineComponentTime event, which was introduced in SQL Server 2008, and talks about how the...
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SSIS T-SQL API Overview
Today’s post is from Carla Sabotta, lead writer for the Integration Services team. It covers the stored procedures and Views that make up the API for the new SSIS Catalog in SQL Server Denali. You can...
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Montreal and Ottawa User Group Meetings
I’ll be presenting SSIS topics for two Canadian user groups next month - the Communauté .NET Montréal on September 7th, and the OttawaSQL.NET group on September 15th. Both sessions have the same...
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Expression Adorners
A quick post today about SQL Server Denali. BIDS now uses a special icon marker (called an Adorner) to indicate package objects that have expressions set on them. In CTP3, these adorners appear on...
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SSIS at the 2011 PASS Summit
The PASS Summit Schedule Builder is live, and I’ve spent the morning looking over all of the great sessions they have lined up. I always find putting together a schedule challenging – it’s hard to...
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What’s New in SSIS for SQL Server 2012 RC0
At the 2011 PASS Summit I presented a Top 10 list of features that had been added since CTP3, or hadn’t gotten much attention so far. Now that the SQL Server Release Candidate 0 (RC0) available, I can...
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SSIS and PowerShell in SQL Server 2012
This post is from Parth Shah, a Software Development Engineer in Test on the SSIS Team. Previously we have talked about SSIS Catalog Managed Object Model. For those of you don’t remember what MOM is or...
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The Pivot Transform – Now with UI!
One of the post-CTP3 changes for SSIS in SQL Server 2012 is the addition of a user interface for the Pivot transform. This post walks through the new UI, which can be found in the new RC0 preview...
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Package Configuration File Editor
A new tool for SSIS 2008 and 2008 R2 is now available for editing package configuration files. The Package Configuration File Editor identifies configuration paths that are not valid and enables you to...
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Raw File Improvements
There have been a couple of improvements made to the Raw File Source and Destination in RC0. The Raw file format now contains Sort information The Destination saves all sort info (including the...
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5 Tips for a Smooth SSIS Upgrade to SQL Server 2012
A new whitepaper on upgrading SSIS to SQL Server 2012 is now available. Summary: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SSIS) provides significant improvements in both the developer and...
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Small Changes to the SSIS Team Blog
Now that the MSDN blog platform supports having multiple authors (ok, it’s supported it for years, but I only just figured out how to do it…), we’re going to start seeing a lot more posts from other...
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SSIS Team Now Hiring!
The SSIS team is now hiring developers! Would you like to be a key part of a successful team that is rapidly increasing its impact on the multi-billion dollar Data Integration market? Are you...
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SQL Server OLE DB Deprecation and Integration Services
As you may already know, the SQL Native Client OLE DB provider is being deprecated. This doesn't affect other OLE DB providers or the OLE DB API. Also, the SSIS OLE DB components are not being...
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Script Component Debugging in SSIS 2012
In SQL Server 2012, you can now debug the Script component by setting breakpoints and running the package in SQL Server Data Tools (replaces BIDS) . When the package execution enters the Script...
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SSIS Training at SQL Bits and SQL Saturday #105 | Dublin
Quick post – just wanted to mention the full day SSIS Design Patterns talks I’ll be doing at SQL Saturday #105 and SQL Bits X. Details are available here: SQL Saturday #105 Pre-Con SQL Bits X –...
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EzAPI Updated for SQL Server 2012
The EzAPI project has been updated for the SQL Server 2012 release. You can find the updated source code here. Changes Task and Component IDs updated for SQL 2012 For 2005/2008 support, please use a...
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SQL 2012 Connectors for Oracle & Teradata Coming Soon
An updated version of the Attunity Connectors for Oracle & Teradata are not yet available on the Microsoft.com download center, but will be up there soon. The plan is to have these connectors...
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Changing Variable Scope and other Enhancements
In SQL Server 2012, SSIS includes some very useful enhancements to package variables. You can now change the scope of an existing package variable. Just select the variable in the Variables window and...
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SSIS Catalog Access Control Tips
SSIS 2012 introduces significant improvements in how SSIS packages are deployed, configured and managed in a centralized SSIS catalog. The SSIS catalog corresponds to a user database, called SSISDB....
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