Thanks for the responses and I wish I'd had a few of these on Tue in the MVP sessions. There were questions about what compelling things would get people to...

Lynn,

I agree and noted as much in my email. I did ask him/her to have a friend or two read through it and give an opinion.

I'd say BCP. use a format file.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa174646(SQL.80).aspx

Apologies for not getting in there sooner. I could see the heat coming through the wires from people's ears.

Supposedly this is an "MVP" as well. I suggested he post the...

We have a fix (I think) in test now. We're hoping to roll that out before too much longer.

same idea as here:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/164485

Set the variables, create the objects, make the call. ASP uses VBScript, so the code is the same, minus the <! stuff.

Jack,

Good thought on the rating. Not sure we can move that to a post level, but it's something to consider.

OK, my apologies for missing out on this for a few days. In Seattle I didn't have a lot of time for threads and didn't get to this one. I...

I'm not sure the blame list should be too small or infrequent. I want people trying things and growing, and that often requires mistakes. You don't want big mistakes, or...

Haven't seen it, but here's something: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5699448884004201579

Sorry a little out of touch and late in responding. I'm reviewing the other thread, and I have a complaint and explanation in my email from the OP.

Not sure what...

Mia,

Brent Ozar addresses some of this (http://www.brentozar.com/archive/2009/03/are-you-being-treated-fairly/) in his blog post.

If a manager doesn't appreciate what you've done, re-examine it and be sure that you have gone above and beyond....

Thanks for the update. I think scale out is an important thing to do.

I was thinking Elmers. Seem to have too much of that around 🙂

The energy savings from those studs can be significant. They often show up on thermal scans.

Angry Boy,

I sense some frustration, and I can definitely understand that. SSIS can be a bit annoying as you get used to it.

Does this help?

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Video/64762/