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all groups > sql server dts > october 2005 > threads for october 29 - 31, 2005

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Best method for daily syncing of databases from various sources?
Posted by Yorro at 10/31/2005 8:11:45 PM
Greetings, I have a newbie question. I've been reading methods of syncing a Foxpro DB to a MSSQL server daily. Each record luckily contains a last modified date so it may make it easier. DTS seems like the way to go but I wish to perform more advanced logic mainly: * Sync only new r...more >>

Log Shipping or Replication
Posted by Gabe Matteson at 10/31/2005 4:46:34 PM
Which would you recommend to setup as a failover database server? (We do not have the ability right now to setup a sql cluster). What is the difference between log shipping and database replication? Pros/Cons? Thanks. - Gabe ...more >>

DTS Scheduled Job
Posted by Kibagami23 at 10/31/2005 10:43:15 AM
I have a scheduled job to run daily at 6:00 am, but it only executes the first day after scheduled after that it stays on "Executing Step 1" and since the job doesn't finish it doesn't start the day after that, how can stop the job after it completes, because the job does everything it supposed ...more >>

Record Length of DTS text file
Posted by Stan at 10/31/2005 7:05:07 AM
Is there a way to force a DTS .txt file to always be a set length? I have fixed length fields and the customer needs the record to be 80 characters. Do I need to create a 'dummy' variable to be a filler a blank spaces? Thanks -- Stan Gosselin...more >>

Import from Excel 2000 to SQL Server 2000
Posted by KKSMS at 10/31/2005 6:08:34 AM
Is there a tool or code which I can use to import multiple Excel 2000 Spreadsheets data into SQL Server 2000 tables. Earlier I had been using EM data import feature to import the data one excel spreadsheet at a time. But now am at a point where there are plenty of Excel spreadsheets (to impor...more >>

File splitter
Posted by karenmiddleol NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 10/31/2005 4:22:24 AM
I have a large text file but a process that is external to DTS can process only 10000 records in the text file. So before calling this external program I want a file if it greater than 10000 records to be split into multiple files of size 10000 records each. Please advise the best way to sp...more >>

SSIS Connection
Posted by Michael Tissington at 10/29/2005 10:52:15 AM
(not sure the best news group to post this) I'm trying to create a new OLEDB connection in the RTM version of SQL 2005 I get back the following error The connection manager 'OLEDB' is not properly installed on this computer. (Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design) This is a clean...more >>



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