I'd agree with the temp mapping table approach because a CASE statement can inadvertantly overwrite an "earlier" conversion if you're not careful. Also, you can use the IN for the...

One thing not previously mentioned, which happens in our environment all the time. If you have procs constantly added to the database which the client needs to use and this...

Have you tried the following yet?

Select * from tbldeals

where trade_date = '03/06/2009';

Depending on your database collation, this might make all the difference.

Nelson,

Do you understand the difference between GROUP BY & ORDER BY? GROUP BY is like taking a bowl of fruit and putting the grapes with the grapes and the apples...

Did any of the other information help?

Have you looked at DDL triggers yet? They can help you log the information to the table. Then all you have to do is schedule a job that checks for...

A little more detail on what you're trying to accomplish would help us help you better. @=)

From what I understand, SQL 2008 has more Administrator tools than 2005, but most of the developer tools have remained the same. Therefore, it would behoove your company to upgrade...

The biggest issue will be performance. SSIS is a memory hog and each instance of the package (if it even allows you to kick off the package multiple times at...

Just add a flat file connection manager for each different file. Then, in your data flow, use them as multiple sources, join them with a UNION (works faster than a...

Timestamp is a really poor data type to use for any sort of date comparison. It isn't really a date, but an incrementing number that mimics an approximate date/time. It...

I had a similar problem a few times in the past when I was on SP1 for SQL 2005. I had to write out a T-SQL Statement instead of using...

What kind of job are you executing? Sounds like an SSIS package error.

What version of SQL Server are you using (including service pack)?

If the databases are being modified daily, there is something seriously wrong with the development process. There should be an SDLC (software development life cycle) process in place which forces...

So far as I know, SQL Server itself does not change the min value of the memory setting.

Are you sure you're the only person with the security to go in...