I don't believe they do either. There is a 2000 DTS runtime you can install on SS2K5 that will run your packages for you. There is also a conversion utility,...

Great article, Brandie!!!

And thanks :blush:

It can be if you hoard information. However I've seen that often a company doesn't want to (or doesn't have time) to upgrade something and no one wants to work...

I'd add my 2 cents

Programmer - Someone hired to write code

Good Programmer - Someone that gets the code written I need written and it works.

Great Programmer - Works faster and...

I'd vote for the File Watcher task. Works well.

Yep, you can batch your transaction if business rules allow it. You still could end up with stuff to clean up, but I wrote about this before:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Miscellaneous/batching/151/

You cannot turn off...

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Could be anywhere on the system. Could be named anything. It's custom.

I'd start just looking for a DLL with a date similar to that of the package. On the old...

It's paid support that goes until 2013, and you don't get "hotfixes" or things changed. That is probably not a big deal for most people in a practical sense, but...

The encryption algorithms for code aren't very strong and there are programs easily available on the Internet that will decrypt them. But they'll work for casual users.

There's no way to...

Thanks and I'll take a look.

Search is still on the list, but it's a major project. And more importantly, we're not sure how to go about this. We'll be working...

Just SQL Server. We , like most people, drop data into Excel for various purposes, and we rely on Google's database for some statistics, but we're a plain SS2K5, database...

I'll tell you when I get into the servers ;), they upgraded the VPN and I'm waiting on a new client.

Last I checked, we were around 700MB. Not huge. Lots...

Evaluate?

Use it to solve a problem and either decide how well it works relative to how much time you spend. What tool works for you might not work for me.

It's...