The new edition of the successful previous version is 25 percent revised and packed with more than 200 pages of new material on the 2008 release of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) Renowned author Brian Knight and his expert coauthors show developers how to master the 2008 release of SSIS, which is both more powerful and more complex than ever Case studies and tutorial examples acquired over the three years since the previous edition will contribute to helping illustrate advanced concepts and techniques New chapters include coverage of data warehousing using SSIS, new methods for managing the SSIS platform, and improved techniques for ETL operations

* The new edition of the successful previous version is 25percent revised and packed with more than 200 pages of new materialon the 2008 release of SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS)* Renowned author Brian Knight and his expert coauthors showdevelopers how to master the 2008 release of SSIS, which is bothmore powerful and more complex than ever* Case studies and tutorial examples acquired over the threeyears since the previous edition will contribute to helpingillustrate advanced concepts and techniques* New chapters include coverage of data warehousing using SSISnew methods for managing the SSIS platform, and improved techniquesfor ETL operations

Introduction.Chapter 1: Welcome to SQL Server Integration Services.Chapter 2: The SSIS Tools.Chapter 3: SSIS Tasks.Chapter 4: Containers.Chapter 5: The Data Flow.Chapter 6: Using Expressions and Variables.Chapter 7: Joining Data.Chapter 8: Creating an End-to-End Package.Chapter 9: Scripting in SSIS.Chapter 10: Loading a Data Warehouse.Chapter 11: Using the Relational Engine.Chapter 12: Accessing Heterogeneous Data.Chapter 13: Reliability and Scalability.Chapter 14: Understanding and Tuning the Data Flow Engine.Chapter 15: Source Control and Software Development LifeCycle.Chapter 16: DTS 2000 Migration.Chapter 17: Error and Event Handling.Chapter 18: Programming and Extending SSIS.Chapter 19: Adding a User Interface to Your Component.Chapter 20: External Management and WMI Task Implementation.Chapter 21: Using SSIS with External Applications.Chapter 22: Administering SSIS.Chapter 23: Case Study: A Programmatic Example.Index.