Recently I had a piece of JSON of which I needed to extract data from to put into a table in Azure SQL DB. Unfortunately, the structure of the JSON itself was too complex to map automatically in Azure Data Factory. It might be possible though, but after a few tries to map it manually […]
Category: SQL Server
Convert Local Datetime to UTC (pre-SQL Server 2016)
Recently I was working with a client who was still on SQL Server 2012. Support issues aside, there are some very useful T-SQL functions/clauses who didn’t exist in 2012, but were introduced in a later version. One of them is AT TIME ZONE, which you can use the convert dates between time zones, as demonstrated […]
T-SQL Tuesday #143 – Short code examples
It’s this time of the month again! T-SQL Tuesday is a monthly blogging party on the second Tuesday. This month’s topic is “What are your go to handy short scripts?” brought to you by John McCormack. What are those little short bits of code that you can’t live without? I’m talking about little snippets that […]
Webinar – Improve SQL Server Data Quality in SSIS
On the 5th of October 2021 I’ll be giving a webinar about improving data quality of contact data (names, addresses, emails etc) using the Melissa Data Tools. I’ll be doing half an hour of technical demos, while Jeremy of MSSQLTips.com will take for another half our of the business value of the Melissa software. Data […]
Upcoming Webinar – Intro to SSIS – Advanced Topics
On July the 22th at 9PM CET I will give the second part of the “Introduction to SSIS” webinar series on the MSSQLTips.com website. If you’ve never worked with SSIS before, it helps if you’ve seen part 1. The abstract: In this webinar, we build upon the Getting Started with SSIS webinar. You already know how to […]
The GREATEST new T-SQL Function
If the title isn’t obvious enough, this blog post is about the new function GREATEST, and it’s sibling LEAST. But wait, how come there’s a new T-SQL function? There isn’t a new release of SQL Server! That’s right, those two new functions are released in Azure SQL DB, Azure SQL Managed Instance and Azure Synapse […]
#TSQL2sday 136 – Your Favorite Data Type
It’s T-SQL Tuesday time again, and this month’s honor to host the blog party goes to Brent Ozar. The topic is data types: Mad about money? Feverish about float? Tell us what you use your favorite data type for, and what people need to know before they get started using it. Data types have so many interesting […]
SSIS and the “ORA-00907: missing right parenthesis” error
I had the extreme pleasure recently to extract some data out of an Oracle database. I wrote the source query in Toad, where it executed successfully. I created my SSIS package, added the dataflow and an OLE DB Source component. I copy pasted the query into the editor and tested it using the preview. Which […]
Unable to validate source query in Tabular Editor
When you have a very large fact table in Analysis Services Tabular, you most likely have it partitioned. Suppose you are making some changes to the underlying source of the table and you hit “refresh table metadata” to add some new columns for example. What happens behind the scenes is that Tabular Editor will run […]
Upcoming Webinar- Introduction to SSIS
At February 25th March the 4th 2021 I’ll be giving a webinar on the MSSQLTips.com website. The topic is Integration Services. This webinar is meant as an introduction for beginners. The abstract: For years, Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) has been the tool in the data platform stack to integrate, move and transform your […]