Category Archives: Tips

Monday Morning Mistakes: SSIS Expressions Not Evaluating Correctly

SSIS Expressions Expressions in SSIS are great. They allow you to create dynamic values for all sorts of stuff like variables, connection strings, properties for almost anything, etc. One huge issue that tends to trip up a lot of folks, … Continue reading

Monday Morning Mistakes, Syndication, Tips

Monday Morning Mistakes: Remote Connectivity to SQL Server

Inspired by common emails and questions I  see, I figured I’d do a series of blog posts on common mistakes folks make with SQL Server called Monday Morning Mistakes (or #sqlM3 for short, since we all love quick hashtags these … Continue reading

Monday Morning Mistakes, Syndication, Tips

Sharing Remote Desktop Sessions

I work for a very large company where divisions are spread out literally all over the world. There are many times where I have to confer with someone else remotely in order to get something done or figure out an … Continue reading

Syndication, Tips

The PowerShell and XML Corollary

I’ve just started watching The Big Bang Theory so I figured I’d borrow a naming convention from their episodes with this blog post. This is a quick post as the problem itself is small and doesn’t have an application (yet). … Continue reading

PowerShell, Syndication, Tips ,

Missing Crystal Reports 10.5 runtime?

The other morning I was migrating an application from a desktop machine to server. Some real fun with this project includes zero documentation from the developer (he was a contractor who did a rush job and left). Thankfully I have … Continue reading

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