Copy environment variables between SSIS catalogues on different servers

Problem Usually when developing SSIS packages, you want the project to run on different servers, e.g. development, test and production server. If you have many environment variables creating all of them is tedious and unnecessary work. I’ll show you how you can copy environment variables between SSIS catalogues that are located on different servers. Solution … Continue reading Copy environment variables between SSIS catalogues on different servers

Accessing MSSQL Server with R (RSQLServer with dplyr)

Recently I have been starting to use dplyr for handling my data in R. It makes everything a lot smoother! My previous workflow – running an SQL query, storing the results as CSV, loading it in RStudio – is now history. With dplyr you can directly query data from many different databases in a very … Continue reading Accessing MSSQL Server with R (RSQLServer with dplyr)

Workaround: Restore failed (MSSQL Server)

That a database restore fails, can be due to several reasons. I actually didn’t figure out why it didn’t work for me but I found a workaround. Since it is a very similar process I will also show you how you can copy a database on the same server with a different name. Idea 1: … Continue reading Workaround: Restore failed (MSSQL Server)