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I got this exception when I tried to execute a query using DB2 ODBC script. There fore I found that ODBC property has a time out option which we can used to omit this problem. go to configuration section and then Performance section and click  Advanced button. and clear the option “ Allow Query Time out ”

I encountered a problem when using the slowly changing dimension (SCD) in large databases. SCD is easy and fast when it comes to less number of records. therefore I used following mechanism to  speed up the process using available SSIS components. First record set is send through Lookup command . in there we are checking that item is already available with the table. If yes we are redirecting to UPDARE Command and If not we are redirecting to Insert Command . But make sure following redirect option (Redirect rows to no match output) is set in the lookup component.

This is a common question that we need in most of the time in developing. .NET provides powerful function in Enum Class to do that. enum DBType { SQLSERVER, ACCESS, SQLCE } private static DBType getDBType() { String dbType = "SQLCE" ; return ( DBType ) Enum .Parse( typeof ( DBType ),dbType); }

C# extensions can be used to extended the  functionality of already written class. (Yes it is true that we can use it for our classes as well. But then we can add the method directly rather than having it as extension method) Following example shows a extension method which I used for extend the functionality of the windows.form class. public static class Extensions { public enum SpliterModes { PanelOne,PanelTwo } public static void Show( this Form frm, String name) { frm.TopLevel = false ; frm.Visible = true ; frm.FormBorderStyle = FormBorderStyle .FixedSingle; frm.MaximizeBox = false ; frm.Text = name; } }

This is not a complete post. I came across a situation that I needed to show [Date] dimension values which is not empty as report parameter. But I need yeas that only have values in measure. there for I used following MDX to get that. with member yKey as [ Date ].[ Year ].currentmember.uniquename member yValue as [ Date ].[ Year ].currentmember.MEMBER_CAPTION select {yKey,yValue} on 0, { filter([ Date ].[ Year ].[ Year ],[Measures].[Total Amount]<> null ) } on 1 from [RetailigenceBI] this code result in getting