Archive for the ‘Windows’ Category

I’m sure there are more posts like these to come, but I just wanted to get this out there. It’s been a small annoyance of mine that carried over from my MySQL days, but why aren’t there unsigned numerics in SQL Server? Why do I have to waste a whole bit on the sign in [...]

SSIS does not allow an FTP password to be set through Expressions. Fortunately, we can manually set the value stored in a variable through a Script Component.

SSIS breaks when processing embedded text qualifiers in flat file sources. Tutorial on how to configure a script component to manually split on delimiters.

Unlike my last post on the issue, instead of simply pointing to another blog for instructions on how to query Active Directory from SQL Server, I’ll provide some useful tips on getting things all working.

Explanation on how to use PowerShell to automate generating a build file. Code and walkthrough included.


  • shiva ramani: good instruction. How to push data to MySQL from SQL 2005 [...]
  • Winkey: I've created a linked server for mysql successfully, and also can do Insert, Select. But when I try [...]
  • RaghuRam: Thanks a lot buddy it helped me to change the root password when I got the error trying to c [...]
  • Taylor Gerring: If you're on a 64-bit OS, did you run the 32-bit version of ODBC applet? Run: odbcad32 [...]
  • Taylor Gerring: If the issue is the guest sync'ing to the host, can't you just force time sync the host if you can't [...]


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