Introduction I'm honored to deliver two presentations to the Regina Technology Community 26 Apr 2011! Part I - Database Design for DevelopersThis interactive session is for software developers tasked with database development. Attend and learn about patterns and anti-patterns of database development, one method for building re-executable ...

The next public delivery of my SSIS training course From Zero To SSIS! is scheduled for 6-10 Jun 2011 in Farmville Virginia! :{>

Introduction It's always an honor to present anywhere. Presenting at the PASS Summit is a special honor. I delivered three presentations last month: Database Design for Developers SSIS Design Patterns, Part 2 A Lightning Talk on SSIS Database Design for Developers First, a bit of explanation (defense): I submitted this abstract ...

I am honored to present at SQL Saturday #46 in Raleigh 18 Sep 2010! I get to deliver two talks: Building Your First SSIS Package (Beginner) Database Design for Developers (Intermediate) If you read this blog and will be attending SQL Saturday #46, introduce yourself!  :{> Andy

I am honored to be selected to present at the 2008 PASS Summit! I'm presenting two sessions: Test-Driven Development For Database Professionals and SSIS Scripting. I've been working on the presentations recently and realize there will be a few minutes left in the SSIS Scripting talk unless I talk slow. (Some people say I talk slow enough ...

My latest SSIS 101 article - SSIS 101: Object Variables, ResultSets, and Foreach Loop Containers - is live at SQL Server Central today! Enjoy! :{> Andy

Harper Trow of GenYSystems tells me he cannot open SSIS 2005 packages in Visual Studio 2008. I have not yet confirmed this personally but I trust Harper implicitly - he's one of the smartest developers I know. More later... In a related story: there's a download that allows you to interact with SQL Server 2008 CTP 5 from within Visual Studio ...

I am honored and so excited to be presenting a couple sessions at the PASS Summit in Denver next month! One presentation is entitled Integrate Your SSIS Development. The focus is on SSIS development and testing. I touch on continuous integration and test-first development - using Team Foundation Server for the CI and Team ...