Using SSIS to Transfer Your Data
Of all the methods for transferring databases, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) is the most flexible and robust. Not only can it transfer data, it can transform it. While this transformation capability is quite useful, it is not within the scope of this book. We will consider only the various options available in SSIS for moving data from your source system to your target system; we will not discuss any of the sophisticated data transformations that are possible with SSIS.
While the previously described methods required you to spend time in SQL Server Management Studio, in order to use SQL Server Integration Services, you will need to work in the Visual Studio 2005 IDE (Integrated Development Environment). ...
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