Ben-Gan and some other authors just published a book on this exam, "Training Kit (Exam 70-461): Querying Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012," from O'Reilly. It is also available as an e-book,...

1. No, I haven't attended one.

2. I think a reasonably priced, focused "boot camp" offered on the weekends or after normal business hours would be great. I'd like to see...

My take on this article was that it was meant to demonstrate some SSIS mechanics for identifying new and changed rows, and, as such, I found it pretty useful, notwithstanding...

Andy,

Great post.

What if the source were db2 and the destination were Sql Server. Would you use linked servers for the initial query? Or is there another way?

Thanks.

Nice.

Here's a plug for going the way of the Report Manager instead of the Report Builder. If you can figure out ahead of time what fields the users want to...

Understood. Then I think a pdf editor is, indeed, the only way to go. (Too bad you can't realign the business practices, though, and give them access to the report...

These days, with furloughs a popular tool for profitability, a flexible approach is necessary.

Holidays have to be managed by the company, not just by logic. I think a two-step process...

Why don't you redo the report with a new set of parameters? These parameters would be the items that your users want to change in the pdf. So if they...

Great stuff. Thanks for doing this.