Hugo Tap asked me on Twitter earlier today whether or not there existed a SSIS Dataflow Destination component that enabled one to MERGE data into a table rather than INSERT it. Its a common request so I thought it might be useful to summarise the current state of play as regards a MERGE destination for SSIS. Firstly, there is no MERGE destination ...

Slides and demos for my hdc08omaha talks are now available for download from http://tinyurl.com/5oykgj Thanks to all who attended!

On 6 August 2008, I will be giving a presentation to the Omaha SQL/BI User Group on the new features in SQL Server 2008 Integration Services. We will talk about improvements in scripting, how the redesigned pipeline improves performance and how to leverage the new Cache Transform to improve package performance. Quinn Jones from Farm Credit ...

Yesterday I drove down from Sioux Falls to Omaha so that I could catch a talk being given by Sudhir Gajre to the Omaha SQL Server/BI Interest Group. I first got to know Sudhir when he, I and Luke Schollmeyer were restarting a SQL Server Users Group in Omaha. Sudhir is a stud at SQL Server performance tuning and helped write one of the best papers ...