Good topic Steve!

I'm going to jump out on a limb here and disagree a bit. I see this as an evolution of language and one (more) of several challenges to...

You're most welcome! Thanks to Steve and the Red-Gate folks for this forum.

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Logging in SSIS is different from DTS.

There are a few ways to obtain the row count from a Data Flow Task. The OnPipelineRowsSent event will provide information in the...

Like Hugo, I post at SQLBlog. My blog posts are scraped off SQLBlog without my permission as well. Most of the material I post there is posted on one of...

Hi Steve,

I like the new format. I read the Users That Need Help section about once per week. If I subscribe I will probably take more time...

Another great editorial Steve!

When a customer relationship goes bad sometimes (gasp) I'm the one that's wrong.

Usually there's room for improvement on both sides in those situations. But you're absolutely correct...

In my opinion, a little government interference is a little too much.

I don't necessarily want to get into politics here (although that last sentence certainly did), but good government goes...

I run Vista Ultimate and I like it.

It took some getting-used-to. I turned off the pesky user access stuff and enabled the Administrator account, which I use.

Vista is a...

I fired myself from Nextel a couple years ago. I took all my pesky business (and the accompanying pesky cash) to Verizon. Nobody's perfect, but Verizon has treated me better...

Another great editorial Steve!

Corporate blogging is a great way to get the word out about your product or service. It's the internet equivalent of word-of-mouth advertising. It can also provide powerful journalism /...

There are a lot of good points here - and I don't have a solution for this either.

I think any solution is going to be database-specific, mainly because database usage is...

As the experiences of DBAs in this thread reflect, someone has to be trusted in the enterprise. I fully understand and relate to the experience of DBAs who suddenly find...

Great editorial Michael!

My career cycle has involved both kinds of companies mentioned in responses above: risk-encouraging companies and risk-avoiding companies. I've been independent before, then returned to the corporate workforce,...

As I replied on Oren's blog, 75% of the "issues" are addressed with training and experience. I've trained hundreds in SSIS - and any of them will readily identify the...

http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/07/24/Rhino-ETL-First-Code-Drop.aspx

Oren is developing an ETL product and he slams SSIS? This seems an "interesting" response to the issues he perceives with SSIS.

I applaud the applomb, but I have to wonder...