This (SSC) being primarily a community of folks that favor T-SQL I am not surprised at the piling on to SSIS and SSRS on a thread highlighting SSMS :hehe: To me it's a matter of what works and what quirks you're willing to manage to get a particular job done. All this while remaining mindful that not every screw embedded in a business requirement is best bashed in with a T-SQL hammer, however possible it might be.