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Using Variables and Parameters SSIS
When creating an SSIS package it is always a best practice to use variables, and parameters in 2012, to avoid hard coding values into any part of your package. But there are some best practices...
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SSIS Web Service Task
The Web Service task in SSIS can be used to call a web service command to perform a needed operation in your package. The results of most web services will be in XML Format. You can save these results...
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SSIS XML Task
The XML Task in SSIS allows you to parse through an XML file and read the nodes in the XML. In a previous blog I showed how to use a web service task to get the city and state when entering a zip code....
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Make an SSIS package Delay or Wait for Data
Packages can be scheduled to run at a time when you expect data to be in a database. Instead of guessing the time when the data will be in the database we can have the package look for data in a SQL...
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SSIS Records on the Same Row – kind of like pivot
If you have two or more records on the same row, and need to write each record on its own row in a destination, you have two choices. You can do this in series or parallel in a single data flow in...
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SSIS Pivot on bad data
The pivot transform in SSIS is already a pain to use. When you have bad data it makes it even worse. In this blog I am going to show how to handle bad data when using the pivot transform. You should...
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SSIS Execute SQL error – No disconnected record set is available
If you get the error in SSIS that says: …failed with the following error: “No disconnected record set is available for the specified SQL statement.”. Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query,...
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SSIS For Loop Skip Files
When running a For Each Loop through a set of files, sometimes you will have specific files that you do not want to load. For example, I have a set of files named: Abc.txtMno.txtRts.txtWln.txtXyz.txt...
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SSIS – Using Kill with SP_Who to Break locks
The dreaded table lock can occur and cause your SSIS packages to fail. A popular request I receive asks “How can I get rid of these table locks?” This blog will show you how to build a package that...
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Using Configuration Files in SSIS
Now in SQL 2012 we have parameters that make it easy, but configuration files are still an option and I still see a lot of my clients using them even on 2012 due to several reasons, but mostly because...
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Using Variables and Parameters SSIS
When creating an SSIS package it is always a best practice to use variables, and parameters in 2012, to avoid hard coding values into any part of your package. But there are some best practices...
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SSIS Web Service Task
The Web Service task in SSIS can be used to call a web service command to perform a needed operation in your package. The results of most web services will be in XML Format. You can save these results...
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SSIS XML Task
The XML Task in SSIS allows you to parse through an XML file and read the nodes in the XML. In a previous blog I showed how to use a web service task to get the city and state when entering a zip code....
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