* 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

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 Life Cycle
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