opc.three (5/3/2013)

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Also worth noting, once you move file parsing into the database you gave up the option for doing data cleansing, validation, multi-system data enrichment, lots of things, in the SSIS space. I realize that sometimes we go with what we know, but SSIS was built to do this kind of work, and dynamically too. I think a lot of folks consider using tools other than T-SQL when the task seems to stretch the limits of what T-SQL should be doing, but when it gets to a point where they just need to get something done they revert to T-SQL because that is what is comfortable to them. Crutches like xp_cmdshell (as one poster mentioned, not your article) make it easier to do that as well and point to that type of thought process. I applaud your use of SSIS to at least avoid accessing the cmd prompt and file system from within T-SQL, something I never condone.