For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current publication date is 27 Aug 2012 and I have high confidence in this date. I take ...

I am installing SQL Server 2012 Evaluation Edition on a virtual machine as I type. You can do this. Here’s one way: Grab some virtual machine software. I like Oracle VirtualBox. It’s cool. It’s free. Install VirtualBox. Download the 180-day free trial of Windows Server 2008 R2. Also cool. Also free. Once Windows ...

SQLRally The SQLRally team has been working overtime and you can now vote on the pre-conference session you'd most like to see. What a great idea. This is a much better way to select pre-cons. This way, the SQL Server Community wins. I submitted a pre-conference session called A Day of SSIS. You can cast your vote here. A Day of ...

I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns 1b: Incremental Loads and Parent-Child Patterns at SQLLunch today beginning at 12:30 PM EDT! This is part two of a three part series. (UPDATED)In this presentation, I walk through Incremental Load and Parent-Child SSIS design pattern basics. I also include a discussion of Change Detection in ETL. Hope ...

Introduction SSIS is case-sensitive even if the database is case-insensitive. Imagine...  ... you work in an ETL shop where someone who believes in natural keys won the Battle of the Joins. Imagine one of your natural keys is a string. (I know it's a stretch... play along!). Let's build some tables to sketch it out. If you do ...

I'm honored to join Glen Gordon (Blog - @glengordon) and G. Andrew Duthie (Blog - @devhammer) today at 3:00 PM EDT for an MSDN Webcast entitled GeekSpeak: Inside SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS). This is a LiveMeeting and you can join in the fun as an attendee here. It's a live show, so bring your questions! :{> Andy

My article Anatomy of an Incremental Load was recently republished at SQLServerCentral.com. In the article I describe the base design pattern I use for doing incremental loads in SSIS. :{> Andy

I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns tonight at RichmondSQL! If you're in ther area, stop by for some free food and networking.  :{> Andy

I'm honored to present Incremental Loads, Change Data Capture, and SSIS 2008 to the Columbus SQL Server Users Group tomorrow evening! This is the first remote presentation I've attempted in a while. I won't be in physical attendance, only virtually. I'll be in my office in Farmville, VA. Isn't technology cool? :{> Andy

I will be presenting Change Data Capture, Incremental ETL, and SSIS 2008 to Philadelphia Code Camp 2008.2 Saturday, 17 May 2008! The good folks in Philadelphia always do a great job with Code Camps and the attendance numbers are growing to reflect that! They're sold out again. Great job! :{> Andy