thx brian, we would do this on a sunday when users wouldn't be impacted and our level of potential embarrassment would be minimal.

we might be a bit more frugal about...

thx ed b but i'd like to leverage the fact that there are distinguishable data types in this file.   some are int etc.   not sure if doing that would generate...

thx Ken what do you mean by call another phone?  Not the one where the sequence you showed was followed?   Crazy!

thx ratbak.   an sms wouldnt wake me.   sorry if this is a duplicate but i could swear i posted this response already.   but didnt see it when i returned.

well...it wasnt MS, but rather a consulting firm that is notified when you chat on their website where adf is advertised.  Its actually 2 consulting firms and you pick one.

the...

im sitting with ms tomorrow to estimate what our cost would be in just ms charges if we were to migrate our ssis to adf presumably using smaller data objects...

thx jkunkel.   so $200 per month is about what you would expect.  i think you are saying for a low cu which would include the ability to do datasets and...

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thx jkunkel.   to be clear, i believe adf is a subset of fabric and that is probably what you intended to convey.

either way let me ask a question that nobody...

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thx jkunkel, do you mean adf?   the concern there is that its a big data tool.   if you want ssis you call it from there but why bother.  and im...

Thx Jeff.  You must be supporting a lot of code. I’m picturing bulk insert from a traffic cop sp on our server where I believe enough drivers and linked servers...

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thx phil, can they go deeper than 1 level?  i mean the folders.

thx phil.  sorry for the late response.

thx eirikur.   this is a query we use for extracting and loading.    so specifying not null on a "table column" wouldn't really apply even on their side.   they cant...

thx philcart.   i may resort to that.  from what i remember the log is 99% accurate, sometimes just simply missing data.   i may have to pepper something somewhere not coupled...

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hi phil, sorry for the delay.   no we purposely want it to go to the next step so as many erps can load as possible  before human beings step in. ...

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