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Consuming Web Services in SSIS Script Component

I recently was given an assignment where the enterprise decided to access their legacy databases by using Windows Communication Foundation (WCF). So in populating the data warehouse I had to retrieve...

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Creating the Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB)

SQL Server 2012 Integration Services has a new Integration Services Catalog (SSISDB) that is used for monitoring and managing SSIS projects. The Catalog will store all the integration services objects...

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SSIS - SQL Server 2012 Project Deployment

With SQL Server 2012 there are several ways to deploy SSIS packages. The legacy methods are still available – SQL Server Deployment, File System Deployment, and Package Store Deployment. But, with SQL...

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Installing SQL Server 2012

There are several blogs that describe the steps necessary to install SQL Server 2012. My two favorites are Step by Step: Installing SQL Server 2012 RC 0 written by blakhani and How to install SQL...

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Converting Oracle Varchar2 Data Type to SQL Server

Have you ever had to import data from Oracle and store it in a SQL Server database? Normally, I don't think too hard about what is required, but I ran into a situation where I had a table with a row...

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Book - Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012

I received a copy of Learning SQL Server Reporting Services 2012 written by Jayaram Krishnaswamy. This is a pretty good book for getting up and running with SSRS 2012. It is well-organized and...

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Converting A String Datatype Into DateTime in SSIS

Converting a string data type into a Datetime data type in SSIS can be done using SQL such as CONVERT(DATETIME, [stringcolumn], 112). But if the source is a flat file or an Excel file, the conversion...

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Saving a Power View Report

Power View is built into Excel 2013, which means users can create Power View reports without having to start in SharePoint. (Power Pivot is also a built-in component in Excel 2013.) A Power View report...

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Should I Use a Float Data Type?

My approach is to only use a float data type when I encounter calculations (and/or numerical values) where the decimal data type cannot handle the task. The decimal data type can handle calculations...

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Convert DATETIME From UTC to Local Time

Recently I had to convert date time data that was recorded as a UTC datetime and display it as local time. My solution is somewhat similar to Aaron Bertran's solution here, but I thought I would...

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