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SSIS

Configuring SSIS with Environment Variables

Yep it’s more SSIS again this week. Here we’ll be looking at using Environment configuration within the SSIS catalog. This allows sets of parameters to be defined and used across multiple projects and packages which share common values. This approach can either be used as a central point for configuration, or you could use multiple […]

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SSIS

Managing SSIS Parameters in Visual Studio

Last week we looked at project parameters in SSIS to help us configure our projects. This can help us to tailor the project to the package its in for example. Here we’ll look at using Configurations within Visual Studio to manage those parameters for multiple environments. Configuring parameters We’ll start out with the project used last time […]

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SSIS

Building SSIS Project Configuration

Last week we looked at configuring SSIS packages using package configuration. This week we’ll look at another approach for configuration: Project Configuration Project Configuration is the standard way to configure projects. This took over from the legacy approach which we looked at last week. This method allows us to share common parameters and connections across an […]

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SSIS

Controlling SSIS with Package Configuration

Configurations for Integration Services packages allow us to tailor their execution without needing to redeploy. There are two main ways to manage these configurations – Package Configuration and Project Configuration. In this post we’ll look at the Package Configuration approach. Package deployment The ability to use Package Configuration is only available when the project is […]

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SQL

Effectively Deploying Stored Procedure Changes

If writing code is the meat of our work then then packaging our stored procedures for deployment is the bread and butter to complete the sandwich. Deploying them is key so here we’ll be looking at options for how to effectively script those changes. The specific challenge we’re looking at here is how to change […]