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I have been contracting for 14 years and before that I worked for a software house for 5 years in the late 80's. I started out as a Lotus 1-2-3 developer and then did database development with Paradox. That soon became Access development which progressed to Access with SQL Server in a client server scenario and now I suppose I would describe myself as a SQL Server developer.
Executing SSIS Packages continued
by Patrick Index | 25 November 2010 |  1 comment |
When Nigel Rivett wrote his article about Executing SSIS packages for Simple-Talk, four years ago, it proved very popular and has since been read by nearly 150,000 visitors. Now, Patrick Index, like Boswell to Nigel Rivett's 'Dr Johnson', recounts another technique... Read more...
Passing Variables to and from an SSIS task
by Patrick Index | 20 August 2008 |  11 comments |
In which Patrick Index casts a jaundiced eye on SSIS, and decides that, for all its faults, it has a number of uses as an ETL tool. In the first of a series of articles 'from the trenches', Patrick describes how to pass variables to, and from, an SSIS task. Read more...
The Resurrection of the Contractometer
by Patrick Index | 27 November 2007 |  14 comments |
Patrick is gripped by nostalgia for the golden age of IT Contactors in London, and proposes a revival of the Contractometer, a software device for increasing morale Read more...
A Cynic's Top Ten Tips for IT Contractors
by Patrick Index | 24 August 2007 |  33 comments |
As autumn approaches, Patrick Index produces ten hot chestnuts for IT Contractors like himself, with a jaundiced 'contractors-eye view'. Read more...
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