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Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SQL Server Series) |
Author: Kirk Haselden
Published: 2006-07-31 |
List price: $59.99
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Customer comments on this selection.
 Missing Appendix B
On page 191, it says there is an Appendix B "Expression Syntax and Cookbook". In fact, there are only two pages reference sheets.
 Learn by Doing? Not the book for you.
I learn by doing, and this book didn't work for me. While I am sure this books has all the answers I wouldn't know where to look to find them. It is too long to get practical results in a resonable amount of time, and it is a dry read.
 It's not a HOW TO book
I bought this book in late 2006 as migrating from DTS to SSIS. It was the best rated SSIS book back in late 2006, guess those reviewers had different expectations from mine. Although this book gave me overview of each feature of SSIS, it did not help me much for doing actual projects past year. I learned more about specifics of using SSIS from internet (googling about functions or properties) than this book.
I totally agree with some reviewers saying that this is a paper version of BOL. If you are looking for some simple overview of SSIS, this may be the one for you.
 If you are doing serious SSIS work this is the book to get
I had to jump into a SSIS project for a financial company dealing with mission critical data feeds. There were multiple vendors with different delivery mechanisms and various file formats. Between gathering files and delivering them there were a lot of complex validations and transformations. It had to run every day and be bullet proof. I could not have done it without this book. I purchased two others prior to this one and they were little help. I turned to this one because Kirk's site was so useful. He had worked through things that I was working on and explained them well. The book was exactly what I needed. I refer to it regularly and it has information that cannot be found anywhere else. Kirk is the SSIS guru. This is the book to get.
A reference book, not a tutorial
I am a developer and it is the first time I learn about this topic. I would like to jump in and start coding right away. Most of the time, the author explains the topic by using screenshots without working samples. This book may be used as a reference book if you already has experiences with Integration Services. It is definitely not a tutorial book.
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