I’m happy to announce that I have been selected to present at the SQL PASS Summit in Charlotte, North Carolina this October. I’ll be delivering a session entitled “Data Cleansing in SQL Server Integration Services”, in which I’ll cover various ways to detect and cleanse dirty data using tools built into (or accessible from) SQL Server Integration Services. This will…
I’m happy to announce that I’ll be doing a tour of the 4 SQL Server user groups in central Colorado next week. I’ll be speaking at these four user groups: Monday (3/18): Northern Colorado Database Professionals Tuesday (3/19): Boulder SQL Server User Group Wednesday (3/20): Colorado Springs SQL Server User Group Thursday (3/21): Denver SQL Server User Group At each…
Since I started regularly attending SQL Saturday events some five years ago, I’ve sat in on a number of professional development sessions by Andy Warren, Buck Woody, Don Gabor, and others. Each one offered different bits of advice based on his or her own experience, but there was an overriding theme in all of them: Don’t wait until you need…
With the year 2012 now in the rear view mirror, and while I’m still in the midst of my holiday vacation (two whole weeks! Feels very strange…) , I thought I’d take stock of my tasks and accomplishments of the past year. Sharing knowledge I must sound like a broken record when I say this, but I feel incredibly honored…
Tim Mitchell is a business intelligence architect, author, and trainer. He has been building data solutions for over 17 years, specializing in data warehousing, ETL/SSIS, and reporting. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from Texas A&M at Commerce, and is a 13-time recipient of the Microsoft Data Platform MVP award (2010-2022). Tim is the founder and principal data…
I’m back home after a long week attending and presenting at the SQL PASS 2012 Summit in Seattle. This was the best event yet, in my opinion, and for me it was certainly the busiest. For the second year in a row, our SSIS Design Patterns team was invited to deliver a full-day preconference seminar before the Summit. Unlike last…
It seems just yesterday that we were all in Seattle together, getting a crash course in what’s new and exciting in SQL Server. It couldn’t possible have been 8 months since we were attending after-party events together, stopping by the Tap House for a beer, or closing down Bush Gardens with some spectacular SQL Karaoke. Yet here were are, getting…
Have you voted yet for my sessions your favorite sessions for SQL Rally? If not, this is a friendly reminder to hop on over and vote now. You have to have a PASS login to vote, but don’t worry – it’s free to get one and takes about 2 minutes. Out of the 60 total sessions to be presented at…
There’s a large group of people that mean a lot to me. Some of them I know well, and others I only know peripherally through their relationships with those with whom I am more familiar. Some of them I like a lot, but with others I rarely see eye-to-eye. Many of them I consider to be friends, and a few…
“Hey man, this is Ty*, what’s happening?” roared the familiar voice in my Bluetooth earpiece. It was a voice I knew well, and briefly brought a smile to my face. After exchanging pleasantries and catching up a bit, Ty revealed the real reason for his call: “Say, dude, I’m looking for a new job, and I was hoping you’d write…