The problem with classes is they are VERY expensive and usually they try and get you to pass the test through ye old "Memorize it and then forget it" technique. ...

I have to admit, Joe's description is a pretty good one. @=)

To me, a senior DBA starts with a minimum of 1-2 years experience. 

I know some people don't like to say years of experience have anything to do with what a senior...

David,

Your schedule works great, for those of us whose only job duties are server upgrades. @=)

Though, I suppose if the products worked out of the box every time (or at least 99.9%...

Huh.  That's odd.  It's never done that to me before.  Though most of the time, when I'm going back and doing inserts, it's on tables created by the results of...

And if the other developers are sysadmin, you can run the Deny statement, but they can just undo it later on.

Easily solved, yes, but that doesn't explain why I got the error message in the first place.  All I did was a SELECT...INTO.  Nothing else except using that table in...

My thoughts are 3-4 years (preferably 4) between releases is a good idea.

Consider this: Not everyone is going to jump on the upgrade bandwagon.  Of those who do, 85% of...

Given what Steve Jones has said in another thread, I'm planning on taking 431 first before I take 447.  Apparently 431 is the hardest of the Admin exams. I figure if...

Well, I support the production environment (Data fixes, performance monitoring, backups, etc.).  I support the Dev/Test/QC environments (backups, restores, releasing T-SQL code created by our development team).  I do schema...

Steve,

I thank you for your thoughts on that one.  I was going to take 431 first and the 447 (the upgrade).  I've been working with SSMS for the past 6+...

I have to wonder if someone from Transceder isn't working with the MS crew that they can be that good with the exams and not get sued.  Surely MS would...

Good catch on the typos!  Thanks for pointing them out.

I apologize for not mentioning the Security Settings.  I re-create this project 3 times to make sure my code worked consistantly and...

BTW, thank you both for your replies.  I do appreciate them.

Bob,

Actually, I finally figured out what the problem is.  It isn't SSIS (per say), but the Excel connection to SSIS.  Even if I pull a sheet with data first, each...