December 2008 - Posts

Off topic: Talking SQL Server on an Italian beach
Published 29 December 8 1:14 PM | dougbert
In the midst of the recent snowfall that put the Seattle area out of business for 10 days, one sunny spot ( advance pun ) was a Christmas email from SQL Server MVP Andrea Montanari . I haven't seen Andrea in person since the MVP Summit in 2006 or...
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Read and write SharePoint lists from Integration Services packages
Published 29 December 8 11:33 AM | dougbert
Since the release of SQL Server 2005 Integration Services, there has been an unanticipated amount of interest in reading and writing SharePoint data from SSIS packages . Microsoft developer Kevin Idzi recently filled this need by releasing the SharePoint...
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Design DTS packages reliably on Windows Server 2008 and Vista
Published 16 December 8 11:42 AM | dougbert
Yesterday (Monday, Dec 15, 2008) Microsoft released Service Pack 3 for SQL Server 2005 . This release includes an update to the Feature Pack, which includes the DTS Package Designer components for use with SQL Server 2005 Integration Services and SQL...
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