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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies®
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Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2008 All-In-One Desk Reference For Dummies®

by Robert D. Schneider, Darril Gibson
September 2008
Beginner to intermediate
768 pages
17h 40m
English
For Dummies
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VIII.4.1. Common Integration Challenges

Overcoming integration-based problems has always tested the skills and patience of database administrators. While technology continues to proliferate, however, the number of integration touch-points expands exponentially. Here are a few examples of some common integration scenarios. Fortunately, SQL Server Integration Services can help you address each one of them.

  • Periodic exporting of information to flat files (text, comma-separated, and so on)

  • Periodic importing of information from flat files

  • Setting up a Web services/XML interface

  • Consolidating multiple data sources into one

  • Distributing a single data source to multiple locations

  • Feeding information into a packaged enterprise application (such as SAP, Oracle, and so on)

  • Interacting with multiple relational database platforms (such as Oracle, MySQL, and so on)

  • Creating a data warehouse

  • Using FTP to send and receive data

  • Integrating data with desktop productivity tools (such as Microsoft Excel, Word, and so on)

These are just a few examples; chances are that most readers are faced with several additional, specialized integration requirements of their own.

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