There’s a back-story to my post titled SSIS 2016 CTP 3 and Data Flow Column LineageID. I’ll get to the story in a minute, but first I’d like to say that every company has excellent customer service. You don’t believe me? Ask them, “Company, do you have excellent customer service?” They will all answer, “Yes. Yes we do.” Microsoft has been ...

I am honored to participate in the Reston SQL Server 2014 Launch Update event – a half-day event held 16 May 2014 at the Microsoft Reston Office. You can learn more and register here. Art Rask will kick-off the event with an overview of new features of SQL Server 2014, including: Integrated In-memory technology AlwaysOn HA / DR for ...

One thing that has always infuriated me about SSIS is the fact that every package has three different type systems; to give you an idea of what I am talking about consider the following: The SSIS dataflow's type system is made up of types called DT_*  (e.g. DT_STR, DT_I4) The SSIS variable type system is based on .Net datatypes (e.g. ...

On the MVP Summit...  Later today Christy and I leave Seattle. Our trek to my first MVP Summit was our first trip alone since Stevie Ray was born - and Stevie Ray turned five in February. We won't wait that long again. We had fun! :) Since this was my first MVP Summit I'm not sure how it compares with previous years. ...