Occasionally, my engineering curiosity gets the better of me, and I ask myself questions like, “Self, do I think such-and-such is possible?” Most of the time, these questions lead to some brain exercise and little else of use. Sometimes, some good comes from the effort.
One day in late summer 2012, I asked myself, “Do you think it is possible to create a custom SSIS task using Visual Basic Express?” Crazy question, right?
The short answer is: Yes.
Why is this significant? Because the Visual Studio IDE (Integrated Development Environment) is now free. This means ...
