Introduction This isn’t a trick. It’s not a gimmick. It’s not bait-and-switch. It is selfish; please allow me to explain: I Am Here To Help™ This has been my motto for the past few years. How can I serve you today? Are you thinking about starting a User Group and don’t know where to begin? I can help. Are you planning an event and encountering ...

I am honored to present Designing an SSIS Framework to Hampton Roads SQL Server and SharePoint Users Group tomorrow, 20 Jul 2011! You can register here. Details: Infotec 100 Constitution Dr Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 6:30 PM (ET) If you read this blog and will be there, introduce yourself! I’m the fat ...

The Try-N-Save SSIS Packages from my SSIS Dimensional Data Optimization presentation are available at http://cid-8f7e6c950afc6b3e.office.live.com/self.aspx/.Public/Presentation/TryNSave.zip. I'm still working on getting the sample database uploaded - even compressed a backup is larger than SkyDrive's upload filesize limit. I'll script it out when ...

I ran into an issue the other day and I needed a solution for automically configuring my SSIS packages from securely stored DBMS connection strings. Problem is that most DBMSs don’t support Integrated Authentication—they require a username and password. Storing the username/password combo in the connection string in plain text is a security risk, ...

I'm honored to be presenting a day of SSIS training entitled From Zero To SSIS on 15 Oct 2009 - the Thursday before SQLSaturday #21 (17 Oct 2009) in Orlando. I'm so excited about the opportunity! I've personally taught hundreds of developers to use SSIS and wrote courseware used to train even more. In this course, I use real-world data ...

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