Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services: Problem, Design, Solution

Erik Veerman · Jessica M. Moss · Brian Knight · Jay Hackney

Oct 2009 · John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

An authoritative guide to designing effective solutions for datacleansing, ETL, and file management with SQL Server 2008Integration Services

SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the leading tool inthe data warehouse industry, used for performing extraction,transformation, and load operations.

After an overview of SSIS architecture, the authors walk you aseries of real-world problems and show various techniques forhandling them.

• Shows you how to design SSIS solutions for data cleansing, ETLand file management
• Demonstrates how to integrate data from a variety of datasources,
• Shows how to monitor SSIS performance,
• Demonstrates how to avoid common pitfalls involved with SSISdeployment
• Explains how to ensure performance of the deployed solution andeffectively handle unexpected system failures and outages
• The companion Web site provides sample code and databasescripts that readers can directly implement

This book shows you how to design, build, deploy, and managesolutions to real-world problems that SSIS administrators anddevelopers face day-to-day.

About the author

Erik Veerman is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server and a mentor for Solid Quality Mentors. He is a coauthor of Professional SQL Server 2008/2005 Integration Services with Brian Knight.

Jessica M. Moss is a Microsoft MVP in SQL Server and a BI mentor, consultant, and trainer with Solid Quality Mentors.

Brian Knight is a Microsoft MVP For SQL Server and the cofounder of SQLServerCentral.com and JumpstartTV.com.

Jay Hackney is a mentor and consultant for Solid Quality Mentors, who works with SSIS to provide data warehousing and ETL solutions.