Book description
A unique book-and-video package for learning Microsoft SQL Server
Integration Services
If you need a practical, hands-on introduction to Microsoft SQL
Server 2008 Integration Services (SSIS), this book and video package
from foremost SSIS authority Brian Knight gets you thoroughly up to
speed. Each lesson in the book includes three major components: a
thorough description of how each SSIS feature or process works; a
tutorial that walks you through the process or technique; and a video
lesson that demonstrates it.
If you take full advantage of this comprehensive package, you will
gain enough experience to tackle your first SSIS project with confidence.
- SQL Server Integration Services 2008 (SSIS) builds on the
revolutionary database product suite first introduced by Microsoft
in 2005 and is a powerful tool for performing extraction,
transformation, and load (ETL) operations essential to data warehousing
- If you're just learning SSIS, the step-by-step tutorials in this
book and DVD training package will ready you to tackle your own
first project
- Every lesson in the book is supplemented by instructional video
on the DVD
Note:As a part of this title, video lessons are included on DVD.
For the e-book versions, video lessons can be accessed at wrox. com
using a link provided in the interior of the e-book.
Brian Knight
, SQL Server MVP, MCITP, MCSE, MCDBA, is the owner and founder of
Pragmatic Works. He is also the co-founder of SQLServerCentral. com and
JumpstartTV. com. He runs the local SQL Server users group in
Jacksonville (JSSUG). Brian is a contributing columnist at several
technical magazines and does regular webcasts at Jumpstart TV. He is the
author of ten SQL Server books. Brian has spoken at conferences like
PASS, SQL Connections, and TechEd and many Code Camps. His blog can be
found at http://www. pragmaticworks. com. Brian watches his 401k wither
away in Jacksonville, Florida.
Devin Knight is a BI consultant at Pragmatic Works. Previously,
he has tech edited the book Professional Microsoft SQL Server 2008
Integration Services (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.). Devin has
spoken at past conferences like PASS and at several SQL Saturday
events. He is a contributing member to the Business Intelligence
Special Interest Group (SIG) for PASS as a leader in the SSIS Focus
Group. Making his home in Jacksonville, Florida, Devin is a
participating member of the local users' group (JSSUG). Visit his blog
at http://pragmaticworks. com/community/blogs/.
Mike Davis (Jacksonville, Florida) is an author, developer,
consultant, and trainer with Pragmatic Works. He has expertise in many
areas of Business Intelligence including Integration Services,
Reporting Services, Analysis Services, Database Administration, and
.NET Software Development. Mike has created enterprise level BI and
software solutions for numerous corporations. As a trainer he travels
the world teaching classes on SQL Server and BI. He also participates
as a speaker at events like SQL Saturdays, SQL Server launches, SQL
server user groups, and SQL PASS. In his spare time Mike plays guitar
and darts. He is a member of the North Florida Dart League.
