A Custom Execution Method – Level 19 of the Stairway to Integration Services
The next level of the Stairway to Integration Services looks at how you can execute your package.
2022-02-02 (first published: 2015-01-21)
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Extending Custom Execution in the SSIS Catalog – Level 21 of the Stairway to Integration Services
In this installment of the Stairway to Integration Services, Andy Leonard shows you how to execute packages synchronously or asynchronously.
2021-04-21 (first published: 2015-07-08)
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Stairway to Biml Level 8 – Using the Relational Database Metadata to Build Packages
In this next level of the Stairway to Biml, we will examine how you can use the information stored in your RDBMS to build packages.
2020-12-16 (first published: 2018-09-19)
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Stairway to Biml Level 7 – Populating the Database for a Custom Biml Framework
In this next level of the Stairway to Biml, we look at a custom framework in Biml.
2020-09-16 (first published: 2018-08-01)
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Provisioning ADF - Level 2 of the Stairway to Azure Data Factory
In this next level of the Stairway to Azure Data Factory, learn how to build your first ADF environment.
2020-01-15 (first published: 2019-09-04)
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SSIS Catalog Environments– Step 20 of the Stairway to Integration Services
In this next level of the Stairway to Integration Services, we look at the SSIS catalog environments and how they help you manage your package parameters.
2020-01-01 (first published: 2015-02-18)
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Stairway to Biml 9 – Refactoring a Simple Custom Biml Framework
This level of the Stairway to Biml examines how to refactor your Biml into an easier to maintain format.
2019-12-04 (first published: 2018-10-10)
2,807 reads
Stairway to Biml Level 2: Biml Basics
The next step in the stairway to Biml teaches you how to build a basic SSIS package using the scripting language.
2019-11-27 (first published: 2013-07-31)
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Stairway to Biml Level 1: What is Biml?
An introduction to the Biml language from Andy Leonard that helps
2019-11-20 (first published: 2013-07-17)
46,710 reads
Updating Rows in Incremental Loads – Level 4 of the Stairway to Integration Services
Part four of this stairway series examines the process of updating the data in an existing table in a load. MVP Andy Leonard talks about the way in which packages can handle changes in a repeatable fashion.
2019-02-27 (first published: 2011-10-12)
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The Empty Aggregate
I have this table in a SQL Server 2025 database:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[CustomerOrder] ( [OrderID] [int] NULL, [CustomerID] [int] NULL, [total] [money] NULL ) ON [PRIMARY] GOWhat is returned from this code? (answers are for the sum and then the count)
SELECT SUM(total) AS sum,
COUNT(total) AS count
FROM dbo.CustomerOrder;
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