by Allan Mitchell
5 Jan 2010 18:34
Tony Rogerson and myself are going to be in Dundee (we are going back to school) week beginning 18.1.2010. Whilst there we are going to do a User Group meeting and it would be great to see people there. More details can be found here - http://sqlserverfaq.com?eid=211
by Allan Mitchell
8 Dec 2009 06:46
The Script Task and Script component are often used by people developing SSIS packages because they are easy to use and now because SSIS could be perceived to be more developer friendly they are very powerful. That being said we should no be using them everywhere. There are generally Tasks/Co...
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by Allan Mitchell
12 Sep 2009 07:37
I am going to be doing a webinar with our friends at Attunity on Change Data Capture. Attunity have a good story around this technology and you can use it in your SSIS loads to great effect. Join Attunity and Konesans/SQLIS for a Webinar on 17 September Space is limited. Reserve your...
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by Allan Mitchell
21 Aug 2009 13:34
I am going to be speaking at the first ever SQL Server Saturday in Switzerland this autumn. This event is taking place on Saturday 19th September in Zurich. If you want to know more about it or are thinking of coming then head over to www.sqlsaturday.ch Charley has lined up a top list ...
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by Allan Mitchell
11 Aug 2009 16:01
In July I was invited to speak at the UK SQL Server UG event in Manchester. I spoke about Excel being a good data mining client. I was a little rushed at the end as Chris Testa-ONeill told me I had only 5 minutes to go when I had only been talking for 10 minutes. Apparently I hav...
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by Allan Mitchell
11 Aug 2009 13:36
What do medieval archaeology, fish farming, Southwestern University of Chongqing and Microsoft Business Intelligence have in common? If you know, you should tell Donald Farmer, because he has been deeply involved in all of them at various times. Donald has worked in the Microsoft Business Intelligen...
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by Allan Mitchell
9 Jun 2009 08:23
I recently gave a live meeting presentation to the UK User Group on Integrating Data Mining into your BI Solution. In it I talk about and demo ways of using your data mining models inside Integration Services, Analysis Services and Reporting Services. This is the first in a series of pre...
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by Allan Mitchell
18 May 2009 16:18
I will be speaking at the SQL Server UK User Group event in Manchester on 16.07.2009. I am going to be talking about data mining again and how it isn’t all statistics and people with PhDs from Oxford. Come join me and the excellent Chris Testa-O’Neill. More details and registration...
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by Allan Mitchell
13 May 2009 07:12
There are two events of note for the SQL Server User Group in June. The first is a Live Meeting event with myself on 04.06.2009. I am going to be looking at how to integrate Data Mining into your BI solution. I will be looking at putting DM into SSIS, SSAS and SSRS. It will...
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by Allan Mitchell
13 May 2009 07:02
Our very own Darren Green is speaking at a UK user group event in Cambridge (UK) on 20.05.2009. He will be speaking on Integration Services. Peter Blackburn will also be there and what he doesn’t know about SSRS isn’t worth knowing. It promises to be a good night. We would lo...
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by Allan Mitchell
18 Feb 2009 12:29
I am going to be delivering a one day tuning seminar for SSIS (SQL Server 2005). I am doing it in conjunction with the UK User Group. I will be covering as much as I am able on how to look at your package with performance in mind. I will show you how to get more from the data flow ...
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by Allan Mitchell
18 Feb 2009 12:23
We in no way work for Attunity but we were asked to test drive a beta version of their Oracle CDC solution for SSIS. Everybody should know that moving more data than you need to takes too much time and uses resources that may better be employed doing something else. Change data Capture i...
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