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Summary: Just not enough meat...
Review: Every time you think it's about to get good with this book, they cut you off and go on to some other topic. I found sqldts.com far more complete and helpful than this book. Good luck finding anything in the index.
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Summary: No rush to judgment
Review: I am new to DTS and VB. This book was a big help in the early chapters. It got me using the basic DTS features. Now I'm up to page 308 and have just spent 1-1/2 hours keying in a VB example. It doesn't work. I went over the code; I've keyed it in as it is shown and it still doesn't work. I do not have the expertise to troubleshoot it. I'm beginning to have my doubts about the next 800 pages. Sorry, guys. Before you publish you should try this stuff out on real world users.
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Summary: Pass on this one
Review: I got this book to help me get a head start on the Analysis Services MCDBA exam. I found it to be disorganized and full of filler. This book clearly could have been, no, should have been half its length but was fluffed to justify the standard $50 min that is charged for all the books in the Wrox Professional series. There is some useful stuff in this book but its not very well done.
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Summary: Awesome Book
Review: I have been a DBA/Developer for many years, and finding any text on DTs was a challenge. This book is awesome, and really put together very well with excellent examples. I would recommend this book for anyone looking to increase his or her understanding of DTs. I can't wait until the authors come out with a more advanced version working with Classes and VB. Killer book!!!!
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Summary: Perfect for SQl power users that want to know about DTS
Review: I have been working on a project involving DTS and needed a firm grash of it. the book far from scaring me with all the technicalities and programming depth at the begining gradually introduced me to DTS and step by step with example showed me how to harness the power of DTS including the programming side it is the perfect book to introduce you to the subject and for self learner like me it succeed at opening your mind and pointing you to the right direction I 'll recommend it
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Summary: Preliminary Review
Review: I have just started working through this book and I am already frustrated. This is one disorganized book. The authors like to jump around a lot. When they are explaining a concept (exporting data using a wizard), they jump to a different topic right in the middle and come back to the original thread may be a couple of pages later. This is extremely dis-orienting since you are trying to follow along with the wizard. I will post a complete review later.
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Summary: a nice laid out wrox book
Review: I have used dts for a long time but only got to grips with the
dts deseigner recently. This is book is very good for the
dba who has never tried manipulating dts packages.
Good job by the authors.
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Summary: Fantastic Beginning DTS Reference
Review: I'm a new DBA and an ex-ASP developer. When I found myself needing to import flat files exported from an AS400 into a new SQL Server 2K database, I turned to this book for guidance. I'm glad I did. I've used the DTS wizard a million times, and I thought I knew DTS's capabilities. I had no idea it was as powerful as it is. Due to the usual downtime the first week of a new job, I was able to run through every example in the first four chapters. All worked flawlessly and were extremely enlightening. The first 4 chapters essentially explain the DTS Designer (very different and more powerful than the wizard) and the 17 built in tasks that DTS can perform. By the end of the week, I was importing data from all over the place, scrubbing it with VBScript built into the job, and capturing any errors in logs. The remaining chapters deal with more specialized topics, and I expect to refer to them as needed. There is a very good introduction to VBScripting for those that might need the basics or just a syntax reference. Other topics include creating custom tasks, error handling, and data warehouse loading. However, if you are looking for a guide to using the DTS object model, this is not the text for you. The book limits its scope to the GUI. It provides an excellent introduction to using DTS, and I know that the jobs I have been able to create have saved me a ton of time at work, even if they are heavily dependant on embedded VBScript. Four Stars -HawkeyeGK
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Summary: Wrox does it again!
Review: I've always loved Wrox books and this one lives up to their reputation. This is a very detailed book and I love the advanced topics that are covered.
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Summary: The best book on DTS
Review: I've read the other books on DTS and this one is by far the best! It offers the most useful information, has the best examples and covers each task thoroughly. Also, the examples at the end really tie all of the tasks and techniques together in a real-world example. If you want to learn how to DO something with DTS, rather than just read descriptions, read this book.
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