As most of you know I am a consultant with Pragmatic Works , which requires me to travel a bit. During my travels I encounter new people, new places and what I realized recently new food. I am not going to say this is some type of new blog series that I am starting, because I have started several and just got bored with them after a few postings. What I am going to say is that if time allows I am going to share a few thoughts and photos on places that I eat during my travels. With that, here are...
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Over the past couple of weeks I have given several presentations. At each presentation I have promised to post the slides and demos for each. Well finally here they are. I want to apologize for the long delay. SQL Lunch 47 – Introduction to Change Data Capture ( watch video ) Pragmatic Works Free Training Webinar – Change Data Capture with SSIS ( watch video ) SQL Saturday #57 Houston – SSIS: Configuring, Deploying and a Little Tuning SQL Saturday #57 Houston – What’s new in Reporting Services R...
Since I am working at a client this week in Houston, I begged Nancy Hide Wilson (President Houston SQL Server Users Group) to let me speak at her monthly Users Group meeting. Fortunately, she did not have anyone lined up, therefore she graciously agreed. If you are in the Houston Area or have access to a computer join the User Group. I will be giving a talk on Incremental Data Warehouse loads using SSIS and CDC. Visit the Houston Groups Site for more details. Talk to you soon, Patrick LeBlanc, M...
Recently at SQL Saturday #57 – Houston I explained how to add a custom folder to your SSIS package store. I promised to provide the steps in my blog on how to do this. So, here you go. First, open the MsDtsSrvr.ini file, which is stored here by default: C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn With the file open copy the following code chunk: Change the Name attribute to the desired name and change the StorePath attribute to the location where your SSIS Packages will be stored. Paste t...
Over the past six months I have writing chapters for my next book. The book is titled SharePoint 2010 Business Intelligence 24-Hour Trainer . This was a group effort with a bunch of us from Pragmatic Works consulting. If you want to learn about SharePoint Business Intelligence this book is a must read. Talk to you soon, Patrick LeBlanc, MVP founder www.SQLLunch.com
Well, one of my goals this year was to focus on branding myself a little more. So I decided to launch www.patrickdleblanc.com . My wife hates the site. She hates it because she thinks it is not professional. I, on-the-other-hand, thinks it reflects who I am. Each image represents how I think about, search for, absorb and share any knowledge I learn about SQL Server. So far I only have the main blog page up, but I am working on adding a few additional pages. This is kind of interesting for me bec...