Andy Leonard is CSO of Linchpin People and SQLPeople, an SSIS Trainer, Consultant, and developer; SQL Server database and data warehouse developer, community mentor, engineer, and farmer. He is a co-author of SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns. His background includes web application architecture and development, VB, and ASP. Andy loves the SQL Server Community!

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• New Book! SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns!

  SQL Server 2012 Integration Services Design Patterns has been released! The book is done and available thanks to the hard work and dedication of a great crew: Michelle Ufford ( Blog | @sqlfool ) – co-author Jessica M. Moss ( Blog | @jessicammoss ) – co-author Read More... Posted Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 4 Comments Filed under: Books, Business Intelligence, SSIS, SSIS 2012, Writing

• SSIS Design Patterns, the Book

  For the past two years, I have had the honor and privilege or authoring SSIS Design Patterns alongside Jessica Moss, Michelle Ufford, Tim Mitchell, and Matt Masson. Publication of the book – like many projects of this scope – has been delayed. The current Read More... Posted Monday, August 06, 2012 1:37 PM by andyleonard | 4 Comments Filed under: BIML, Books, Business Intelligence, Components, Data Warehouse, Data Warehousing, Database Developer, Deployment, Design Pattern, Developer Community, Elegant Design, ETL, ETL Instrumentation, Expression Language, Incremental, SQL Azure, SQL Server, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2012, Writing

• New Article: The SSIS Data Pump - Step 2 of the Stairway to Integration Services

  My latest Stairway to SSIS article - The SSIS Data Pump - Step 2 of the Stairway to Integration Services - is featured today at SQL Server Central ! :{> Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 06, 2011 9:00 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: SSIS, Writing

• Joel Spolsky Retires From Blogging in 3 Days

  No it's not 1 Apr. Joel Spolsky ( Blog - @spolsky ) announced recently he is retiring from blogging 17 Mar 2010 . Reading Joel on Software always makes me think. Mr. Spolsky pioneered a writing style. Along the way he empowered developers, encouraging Read More... Posted Monday, March 15, 2010 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 2 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, Writing

• On Writing

  Introduction Brent Ozar ( Blog - @BrentO ) published a series of posts on experinces authoring his first book. If you're interested in writing, Brent is fresh from the battlefield and eloquently conveys a sense of the trials and triumphs of the experience. Read More... Posted Tuesday, January 26, 2010 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: SQL Server, Writing

• Blog (Durnit!), Getting Started

  Introduction I got some cool responses to my post Blog (Durnit!) . This includes at least one blog, Adventures In SQL , by David Levy ( Blog / Twitter ), started as a result! Wow, how cool! Reading comments and email, I realize I left out one important Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 1 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, SQL Server, Writing

• Blog (Durnit!)

  Introduction The past few days I've read several blurbs from folks expressing why they don't blog. The reasons range from "I have nothing interesting to say" to "I don't know enough" to "Everything I want to write about has been blogged already." Pfffft Read More... Posted Friday, December 11, 2009 8:00 AM by andyleonard | 9 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, SQL Server, Writing

• On Developer Communities: Feedback and Communication

  Note: I never write about personal stuff that's happened until at least 12 months have passed. This affords both the event and my opinion of the event perspective that only time can bring. :{> Andy Introduction I've written pieces of five books. Some Read More... Posted Monday, February 23, 2009 6:00 AM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Developer Community, quality, Support, Writing

• A Developer's Post on Database Books

  Brian Johnston , a new VSTeamSystemCentral blogger, has an impassioned first post entitled My problem with Databsae Books . As an author, I find his words challenging and inspiring. :{> Andy Read More... Posted Sunday, April 13, 2008 10:13 PM by andyleonard | 0 Comments Filed under: Writing