Patrick Index

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.

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Patrick Index 25 November 2010

Executing SSIS Packages continued

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 for deploying and executing SSIS packages. … Read more

Patrick Index 20 August 2008

Passing Variables to and from an SSIS task

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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

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Patrick Index 27 November 2007

The Resurrection of the Contractometer

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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 mora… Read more

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Patrick Index 24 August 2007

A Cynic’s Top Ten Tips for IT Contractors

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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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