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I have been working with Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services, since its first release, within many of my projects.  One of the biggest tasks, that I find with writing a report is the testing the reports and making sure the data that is displayed is correct.  My method of developing and testing reports is as follows: Write the ...

Here's a useful page to keep an eye on: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms403408.aspx. It lists the current features within SSIS that will be disappearing in future versions and the strongest message I take from it is that you should upgrade your existing DTS packages from SSIS sooner rather than later. Currently it also makes ...

Here is the next in my series of posts explaining how common tasks in DTS can now be implemented in SSIS.Use multiple connection objects in order to maintain seperate connections to a database It was commonly recommended in DTS that a package should contain multiple connection objects pointing to the same database if you had multiple ...

Many people like to use stored procedures as the source of data for the SSIS pipeline. In theory there is nothing wrong with that however it does have its complications. Depending on the way the stored procedure is written, it may or may not be suitable to be used in this way. Namely, it is possible to preview the data being returned from a stored ...

For all you data integration pros out there, its worth bringing your attention toa site I've just come across - Connectionstrings.com. In short, it shows you how to build connection strings for many heterogeneous data sources when accessed using one of a multitude of middleware technologies. OK, so its not the most thrilling subject in the world ...

Did you know.... ...that you can run regular SQL Server transactions in SSIS over multiple tasks without requiring the use of Distributed Transaction Coordinator (DTC)? Well I didn't but thanks to that man again, Kirk Haselden, I do now. The default behaviour of a Connection Manager is that every task has its own connection which is why they ...