I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns to the Charlotte SQL Server Users Group Wednesday, 18 May 2011! If you read this blog and will be in the area Wednesday, stop by and say Hi! :{>

Introduction I'm honored to be presenting at SQL Saturday #70 in Coumbia SC 19 Mar 2011! Its always good to travel to places where I don't have to suppress my accent (what accent? I talk normal. Everyone else sounds funny...) and repeat my order at Waffle House. It's always an honor to hang out with The Keeper of the Duck (K. Brian Kelley) ...

Introduction I am honored to once again be selected to present at Roanoke Code Camp! An Introductory Topic One of my presentations is titled ''I See a Control Flow Tab. Now What?'' It's a Level 100 talk for those wishing to learn how to build their very first SSIS package. This highly-interactive, demo-intense presentation is for beginners and ...

I'm honored to present Designing an SSIS Execution Framework (Level 300) to Steel City SQL - the Birmingham Alabama chapter of PASS - on 18 Jan 2011! The meeting starts at 6:00 PM 18 Jan 2011 and will be held at: New Horizons Computer Learning Center601 Beacon Pkwy. WestSuite 106 Birmingham, Alabama, 35209 (Map for directions) AbstractIn this ...

I am honored to present SSIS Design Patterns to the newly re-formed Roanoke Valley SQL Server Users Group Wednesday, 12 Jan 2011! The meeting starts at 6:00 PM ET and will be held at: Blue Ridge Library28 Avery RowRoanoke, VA 24012 (Map) If you read this blog and will be in the area, stop by and introduce yourself! :{>

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'm excited to present SSIS Design Patterns to the Richmond SQL Server Users Group 9 Dec 2010! You can register here. If you read this blog and will be in Richmond Virginia 9 Dec, please stop by and introduce yourself! :{>

Introduction The PASS Summit 2010 is fast approaching, and I'm honored to present two sessions and participate in several events. I look forward to meeting lots of SQL Server professionals - some of whom I already know via Twitter! Tuesday, 9 Nov 2010 12:00 PM Birds of a Feather - I'll be hosting a table to talk about SSIS at lunch. ...

I'm honored and excited to present SSIS Design Patterns 1c: Variables, Events, and Automated Custom Logging Patterns for SQLLunch today (11 Oct 2010)! In this talk, I cover building a custom logging solution in SSIS. I hope to see you there! :{>

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 ...