Gosh darnit! I had multiple windows open this morning and thought I put this one in the SSRS forum. Sorry all.

But I'll take Matt's suggestion and see if...

You might be stuck with making the DBA of the other database export the data as a flat file and then hooking up with that.

But I'm positive I read...

That's not what I meant. I only ever use the OLE DB sources and destinations. Hence, I don't know the trick (and there is one, I remember seeing...

Technically, nothing should be using the SA account. If you have jobs, processes, users or anything else using the SA account, you've already got a serious security problem.

SA should...

And once the email goes out, even if it's only to legit business users, it only takes one "blonde moment" to forward the email to someone outside of the business,...

I always use OLE DB sources, so I really can't answer that question for you. Has anyone else done ODBC sources?

I recommend the SSIS book put out by McGraw...

What you need to do next is add a data flow task to the control Flow. Data flow should be in the Toolbox. Add that, double-click the icon,...

Yes, that's what I was looking for, but couldn't find it because I was looking in BOL under "Table" instead of "Database".

And in BOL 2000, they actually list "statement" as...

You can also use the COALESCE() function to pull everything together.

Declare @cols varchar(4000);

Select @cols = COALESCE(@cols + ', ' + MyColName, MyColName)

from MyTable Order by MyDate;

Select @cols;

The order by...

You want scary documentation?

Google "SA Account" or "SA Account best practices". This should come up with plenty. Especially since so many worms & viruses use the SA account...

And then there are global temp tables that start with 2 pound signs (##d). These tables are available to any connection using the database so long as there are...

You're also going to have to create your destination data source before you do anything. Once you've done that, add a Data Flow Task to the Control Flow. ...

You know, it occurs to me to add a few more replies to the original post.

RE Q#2) Yes & no. If you're new to SQL 2k5 or haven't used...

The only way that kind of lazy works IRL is if you have a boss that doesn't care if you can actually adminster or develop on SQL Server and allows...

I'm glad someone found them useful. @=)