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SSIS Upsert With Lookup Transform

This is a very common question everywhere; how can I check if data is exists in destination table then update it, otherwise insert new records. This Scenario named Upsert in common ( Update / Insert ), there are lots of ways to do it, but in this post I’ll describe how to do it with Read more about SSIS Upsert With Lookup Transform[…]

My Submitted Sessions to SqlBits

Dear friends, I’ve submitted two sessions at http://www.sqlbits.com  for 29th September to 1st October 2011 at Liverpool. sessions are open to vote already, and you can vote any sessions you like, for voting you can go here and vote from 108 sessions. my submitted sessions are : Programming SSIS SSIS Programming seems to be a Read more about My Submitted Sessions to SqlBits[…]

SSIS Audit Transformation

The Audit Transformation in SSIS Data Flow task purposed to fetch some of system variables besides data stream columns to create a log for data stream,  You can audit transformation with source columns to have columns data besides audit information like guid of package, name of data flow task, time of execution and few other Read more about SSIS Audit Transformation[…]

SQL Server Indirect Configuration – SSIS

SSIS Configuration is a handy option in SSIS deployment. there are lots of scenarios which can be implement with SSIS Configuration. in this post I don’t want to explain what configuration is , you can read more about it here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms141682.aspx There are two types of configuration: Direct and Indirect. in Direct configuration, the configuration Read more about SQL Server Indirect Configuration – SSIS[…]

Minimum Requirement To Execute SSIS Package

A very common question is that :  what is minimal requirements for run a package? Minimal Requirements to run SSIS package is : DTEXEC which can be installed with Integration Service at the SQL Server setup media. Note that you should Install Integration Services, because if you install DTEXEC without Integration Service then you will Read more about Minimum Requirement To Execute SSIS Package[…]

Deployment Storage Options for SSIS Package

There are 3 different storage types for SSIS packages when you want to deploy a SSIS package from BIDS with Save a copy of package as ….  These Different types are: SQL Server File System SSIS Package Store each of these types described as below; SSIS Package Locations when you want to deploy package from Read more about Deployment Storage Options for SSIS Package[…]

Script Component as Source – SSIS

There are many situations which you can use power of scripting in SSIS data flow. Today I encounter a situation here , there is source flat file here with header and trailer records which have different structure from data rows. Data rows delimited by vertical line ( | ) , but header and trailer not. Read more about Script Component as Source – SSIS[…]

Retrieve Part of XML File

Today I faced a question on changing style of an xml file and fetch desired result as another xml file,  The XML file has lots of un-necessary tags which should be removed , I tried to do this with C#.NET code. This is the input xml: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?><DataTable>  <xs:schema id="NewDataSet" xmlns="" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">    <xs:element Read more about Retrieve Part of XML File[…]

Great New Year 2011 Gift – Microsoft MVP Award

Today at the first day of 2011, I received a great gift from Microsoft. Microsoft Most Valuable Professional Award ( MVP ). I believe that this award is related to my contribution of technical communities such as MSDN and Exprets-Exchange , and also my posts in this blog in SSIS field. So I want to Read more about Great New Year 2011 Gift – Microsoft MVP Award[…]