lassoman

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   by lassoman 11y ago

   That's exactly what I though! Holly cow......maybe I should take my name off the organ donors list. Have heard of people 'coming back to life' after being incorrectly pronounced dead (even young ones) and from memory there ha
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   by lassoman 11y ago

   If you just need to move data from A 2 B than no. If your transformations are complex and will grow overtime than yes, the time and learning curve are justified IMO.
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   by lassoman 11y ago

   I don't think so. I used it since it was DTS, not SSIS and whilst Informatica is better at all things ETL, SSIS is great for what it can do out of the box. Besides, if it can't, you can always do it via custom C#or VB extension. J
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   by lassoman 11y ago

   Pentaho if you have no or little money or SSIS (comes with SQL Server licence)
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   by lassoman 11y ago

   Fully agree! This article is based on merits that I would hardly consider if making a choice between any relational engine. It is even more disturbing that the author claims to be a data analyst. CSV support.......R U serious? Who in the ri