Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services: Step by Step

Teach yourself the fundamentals of SQL Server Integration Services—one step at a time. This practical, learn-by-doing tutorial delivers the guidance you need to transform and consolidate data—and build solutions that support your business intelligence needs.

Discover how to:


Design and execute packages that transform data between files and relational databases


Configure connection managers to access other data sources


Create data flows that alter, split, match, and merge data


Develop event-handlers and monitor package performance


Encrypt sensitive information and control access to packages


Customize script code to automate Control Flow and Data Flow tasks


Debug, troubleshoot, and optimize packages


CD features:


All practice exercises


Sample databases


Fully searchable eBook


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