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Hey Guys! I’m going to be giving a presentation on Enterprise Class Analysis Services Development at the Vancouver PASS Chapter Friday, March 12th.  http://vancouverbi.sqlpass.org/Home/tabid/1551/Default.aspx I’ll be talking about some of the topics I’ve blogged about here, including working with multiple … Continue reading →

The Charlotte SQL Saturday is coming up next weekend, March 6th. There is a great lineup of speakers presenting, and we are approaching capacity for the event, so get registered soon, if you haven’t already. It’s going to be a … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who made it out to the Columbia Code Camp this weekend, even with the sleet and snow in the area. I had a number of requests for the slides from my presentations, so I’ve uploaded them to … Continue reading →

Thanks to the Columbia Enterprise Developer’s Guild for letting me present last night. The audience was great, and I got a lot of good questions. Several people asked if the samples could be made available, and I also had a … Continue reading →

It’s a new year, and already a lot going on. The new job is going well, but keeping me extremely busy. I’ve got several upcoming presentations, and there’s a SQL Saturday event planned for Charlotte in March that I’m helping … Continue reading →

It’s pretty well accepted that raw files in SSIS are a very fast means of getting data in and out of the pipeline. Jamie Thomson has referenced the use of raw files a number of times and Todd McDermid recently … Continue reading →

I’ve worked with Mariner for almost 12 years. It’s been a very good journey, with many great experiences. I’ve worked with a lot of great people, and delivered some really interesting BI solutions to clients in a number of industries. … Continue reading →

We had good turnout at the Greenville, SC SSIG on Tuesday. If you attended, I hope you enjoyed the presentation. After the meeting, I promised several attendees that I would make the samples developed during the demo available, and here … Continue reading →

I’ll be doing a presentation on Analysis Services at the SQL Server Innovators Guild in Greenville, SC on Tuesday, Dec. 1st. I’ll be delivering an introduction to SSAS, with lots of demos. If you are interested in attending, please register … Continue reading →

One of the common problems that beginners have with SSIS is debugging errors involving variables. One example of this occurs when a package uses a Foreach Loop container. These are often used to set a variable value differently for each … Continue reading →