Fun with SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)

Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is a powerful tool that comes with any of the paid editions of SQL server. By design its main function is to extract, transform and load data into databases however by mixing in CSV exports and PowerShell commands it can help automate various workflows. Although I won’t delve into too much detail in this… Read more



Moodle and Capita SIMS – Database enrolment (a short how to)

One of the holy grails of Moodle is having it such that students are added to the right courses in an automated way. This becomes particularly true if you have individual courses for each and every class each of which could have up to 30 enrolments to go through (just far to many to do using manual methods). Moodle has… Read more