Tim Van Wassenhove

Passionate geek, interested in Technology. Proud father of two

19 May 2011

Set variables in SSIS package at runtime

The documentation on dtexec Utility (SSIS Tool) says the following: /Set propertyPath;value (Optional). Overrides the co...
09 May 2011

How to handle (short) bursts of work

Here is a summary of how businesses around me handle short bursts of work: When i go to the doctor: find an empty seat i...
21 Mar 2011

Invoke parameterized stored procedure with PowerShell

Here is a quick snippet that demonstrates how you can invoke a parametrized stored procedure with PowerShell: $CreateTra...
16 Mar 2011

Global hotkeys for iTunes on windows

These days i use iTunes as media player. Unlike winamp this program does not seem to support system-wide hotkeys to cont...
16 Mar 2011

Navigation to the webpage was canceled

Earlier today i ran into the ‘Navigation to the webpage was canceled’ when i tried to open a CHM file: Navig...
12 Mar 2011

Consume locally build software without overloading your $PATH

How do you consume locally build software? For a while now i have used the following approach: Create a ~/bin folder Add...
12 Mar 2011

Dynamic scriptblock with PowerShell

Earlier this week i tried to run a command on a remote computer but it did not seem to work: $name = 'tim' $comp...
12 Mar 2011

Some PowerShell functions to work with SSIS packages

Here are some powershell functions (using XPath) that come in handy when working with SSIS packages: function FindConnec...
12 Mar 2011

Some tips for .Net developers using git on cygwin

Here are some tips that i want to share with fellow .Net developers that use git on cygwin. First of all i defined some ...
12 Mar 2011

Using WinMerge as difftool on cygwin/git

Last couple of weeks i have been using Git on cygwin and i got very satisfying results out of it. One thing that i wante...