Corrected in the explanation.

Sorry, the wrong reference was given in the explanation.

However, from BOL: The transformation output includes all input columns, one or more columns with standardized data, and a column that contains...

I've noticed that it's been called both things and I think this is the case of a name change at some point and not all documentation being up do date....

We've definitely sent the one from this week to you. I'd suggest you check and be sure that it didn't get filtered for some reason.

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Good advice given and I'll way that while I passed, I didn't use any books. Of course I did a lot of work using SQL 2005 while writing about it...

I've tended to document my own stuff. Actually I usually put up a small db on each instance and then schedule jobs to let the server run it's own documentation...

I'd argue that domain admin isn't needed and if there is a hole in your permissions, it's not worth allowing a contractor or malicious (or unlucky) employee, the capabilies to...

Manual clock synchronization isn't probably working.

Rex thanks and if anyone has questions, feel free to post them here.

Some people have asked me a few questions, so I'll provide a couple updates here.

First, I've asked Rex for a more recent update on Katie, so as soon as he...

AFAIK, there's just one Phil Factor. I'll have to check and see

From what I've heard during 2 years of use from lots of people, this is the most stable release. That might be different in your environment, but the general impression...

The three year comment was made as a look forward, guessing that SQL Server 2008 would be released sometime late next summer. At that point it would be 30+ months...

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