I have recently had the opportunity to attend some SSIS training / workshops led by our DBA. Learning more about SQL Server has been on my list of TODO's for a long long time, but something better always came up (with more coding). But I have to say, I have been impressed with the functionality I have seen provided by Sql Server Integration Services. It is logical, there is coding, and you develop (yes, I said develop) using the Visual Studio IDE. It is one of the Business Intelligence project templates ......
It has been a long time since I posted. But I just discovered that it is much easier to resume blogging than to resume exercising. The Roanoke Valley .NET User Group Community Launch was a sweet success, it far exceeded my greatest hopes for the event. Talk about fallout from success - Roanoke now has a SQL User Group, there have been 20 new members join the RV.NUG. People are actually approaching me ASKING what they can do to help - and then doing it. Not only was the launch super, the month after ......