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 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 I'm borrowing an idea and blog post title from Brent Ozar (Blog - @BrentO). I am honored the PASS Summit 2010 (Seattle, 8 - 11 Nov 2010) would consider allowing me to present. It's a truly awesome event. If you have an opportunity to attend and read this blog, please find me and introduce yourself. If you've built a cool ...