First blog post of the year and I’d like to take the opportunity to wish everyone the best, professionally and otherwise. And what better way to start the new year with a user group session? On Thursday 25th of January 2018 I will be giving an evening session for dataminds.be, formerly known as SQLUG.be aka […]
Category: SSIS
Book Review – The Biml Book
After years of waiting, a book about Biml has been published! It’s conveniently titled “The Biml Book” (subtitled Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse Automation) and I can tell you immediately it’s the best Biml book I’ve ever read! (haha, it will take a while until this joke gets old). In all seriousness though, it’s a great […]
SQL Server Data Tools 2017 and TFS Integration
UPDATE 2018-06-20: I was finally able to install the stand-alone version of SSDT for VS 2017 with working TFS integration. Read more about it here. I’ve blogged a while back on how SSIS 2017 was finally here. Not much has changed; there is still no Visual Studio extension for SSIS, so if you want to […]
The Wait Is Over – SSIS 2017 Is Here!
UPDATE: recent builds of SSDT for VS 2017 can break TFS integration. Read more about it in the blog post SQL Server Data Tools 2017 and TFS Integration. UPDATE 2018-06-20: I was finally able to install the stand-alone version of SSDT for VS 2017 with working TFS integration. Read more about it here. Finally, months […]
SSIS – Error while deploying package The locale identifier (LCID) is not supported by SQL Server
A quick blog post about an issue I encountered today. I tried deploying a simple SSIS project to my local SSIS catalog. No biggie. However, at the last step of the deployment I was greeted with the following .NET error: A .NET Framework error occurred during execution user-defined routine or aggregate “deploy-project-internal”: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: The locale […]
Webinar – Executing, Configuring and Scheduling SSIS 2016 Packages
I’ll be giving a webinar for MSSQLTips.com at March 30th. It’s a sponsored webinar, meaning there will also be a vendor to talk about JAMS, a scheduler that “runs, monitors and audits critical processes across a diverse array of servers and business applications”. Anyway, the title is Executing, Configuring and Scheduling SQL Server 2016 Integration Services […]
SSIS Naming Conventions 2.0
People who have been working for a while with Integration Services probably know the legendary blog post by SQL Server MVP Jamie Thomson: Suggested Best Practises and naming conventions. The blog post served as a guidance point for many SSIS projects regarding naming conventions of the various tasks and components. I still use them every […]
Webinar – What’s new in SSIS 2016
I’ll be giving a webinar on the new features of Integration Services 2016. When? August 11, 2016 Where? On the MSSQLTips.com website. You can register here. Abstract: SQL Server Integration Services is Microsoft’s leading data integration and transformation tool. In this webcast, we will take a look at which exciting new features SQL Server 2016 has […]
An update on AutoAdjustBufferSize in SSIS 2016
This week SQL Server 2016 Cumulative Update 1 was released and it contains a lot of updates/fixes for SSIS, SSAS, SSRS and MDS. If you are already working on SQL Server 2016, I’d urge to install this update as soon as possible. Anyway, one of the particular updates that caught my attention was Adds the adjusted […]
Reblog: Unexpected result with the File System Task
SQLKover update: nowadays you would probably use package parameters to pass the directory value. However, they still have a default value, so this still applies. Recently I ran across a forum thread where someone encountered an unexpected result when creating a directory using the File System Task in Integration Services. He used a variable to […]