BI Polar

Hi faithful readers! After a series of ongoing frustrations I've decided to shut down my BI Polar blog and move away from the Blogger platform. I'm starting up a new blog on Wordpress , and...

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I love SQL Server. I love working for Microsoft. For me, these two loves are two things that go well together. I also love competition . If you love SQL Server as much as I do (and if y...

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Calling all SQL professionals! Oh yeah, we used that in the last video, didn’t we… We’re just getting started. Yes we did, and SQL Server fans from across the country have visited ...

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The SSIS team has just released a white paper on upgrading to SSIS in SQL Server 2012 : > SUMMARY: Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Integration Services (SSIS) > provides significant improv...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2011/11/5-tips-for-smooth-ssis-upgrade-to-sql.html

I ran across this excellent article last week, but forgot to share it before I went offline for the Thanksgiving holiday. Fortunately it was waiting for me in a browser tab this morning to remind...

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If you’ve been following the pre-release versions SQL Server 2012 (previously code-named “Denali”) you’ve probably been using the Community Technology Preview (CTP3) that Microsoft releas...

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If you’ve been following recent SQL Server news, you know that the next version of SQL Server has lost its “Denali” code name and has been officially named SQL Server 2012. This is actually...

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If you’re working with the pre-release versions of SQL Server 2012, or if you’re thinking about preparing for its release, today is a big day. The first release candidate has been published o...

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I love my new job. This morning I’m sitting in a training session organized by the SQL Server team to bring Microsoft team members up to speed on new Business Intelligence capabilities in SQL S...

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Testing… Testing… Is this thing on? Although I still get the occasional comment on older blog posts, I assume that pretty much nobody subscribes to my blog anymore for SSIS information....

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This is another one of those “I thought I blogged this years ago” posts. I was having a conversation with a fellow MCT a few days ago, and he described SSIS data flow transformations as “ta...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/10/transformations-are-not-tasks.html

I’m not a SQL Server Most Valuable Professional anymore, but I was when this amazing project got underway, and I am proud to contribute as an author on SQL Server Integration Services. SQL Serv...

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This is one of those “I could have sworn I blogged on this topic years ago” posts. I speak to this topic whenever I’m presenting on SSIS development best practices, and with my half-day min...

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I’m struggling with how to best start this post. Here are a few possibilities: I like to think that I’m a hard person to impress. But… I swear at my computer many times a day, but usually i...

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If you’re someone who presents on SQL Server topics, you have probably run into something of a wall when it comes to getting interesting spatial data sets to demonstrate. The spatial data inclu...

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Douglas Laudenschlager from the SSIS documentation team has posted an excellent article to his unofficial SSIS blog on how package configurations are applied in SQL Server 2005 and SQL Server 200...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/04/more-on-package-configurations.html

My friend and colleague Lynn Langit has a habit of blogging where she posts an image and a brief question and that’s it. I’m very jealous, because I can’t seem to write a blog post that’...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/04/visual-studio-window-layout-for-ssis.html

This is another one of those “I could have sworn I blogged on this years ago” posts. I was looking for something I’d already written that discussed the ProtectionLevel property of the SSIS ...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/04/ssis-and-package-protectionlevel.html

As you probably know, I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT). As you may not know, MCTs are required to renew their certification each year, and the 2009 renewal period is currently underway. ...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/03/hey-that-was-fun.html

In my personal best practices for SSIS development , I claim that we need to treat SSIS packages like code. When I give presentations on this topic, I have a slide that elaborates and talks about...

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I’ve been to Tech·Ed North America every year for the last four years. It’s Microsoft’s biggest technical conference and is an amazing opportunity to learn and to network – and it’s a...

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if (you.Location.Match(“Atlanta”,     “Charlotte”, “Philadelphia”, “Columbus”,     “Indianapolis”, “St. Louis”, “Kansas City”,     “Denver”, “Albuque...

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Wow – it’s been a while, hasn’t it? As you may know, I took a job with Microsoft back in October. It’s been a fun (and insanely busy) five months; the work is challenging and diverse, t...

http://bi-polar23.blogspot.com/2009/03/indexes-and-ssis-data-flow-performance.html

Odd are, if you read this blog you are certifiable. One way or the other. But of course, I’m talking about Microsoft technical certifications in the developer and IT Professional world. (What...

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I installed the public Windows 7 beta on one of my laptops early this week. This is a laptop that I use all the time when I’m at home (I love the keyboard, so I sit at this one and Remote Deskt...

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