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Summary: Hard To Follow and has Errors
Review: Catherine is right. I tried to work through Chapter 2 which was touted as buildig a "simple" package. The package was simple but I spent hours on it trying to follow poorly laid out directions and missing parts. Chapter 2 needs a redo so that one heads into the rest of the book with confidence in the authors.
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Summary: Hard To Follow and has Errors
Review: Catherine is right. I tried to work through Chapter 2 which was touted as buildig a "simple" package. The package was simple but I spent hours on it trying to follow poorly laid out directions and missing parts. Chapter 2 needs a redo so that one heads into the rest of the book with confidence in the authors.
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Summary: Hard To Follow and has Errors
Review: Catherine is right. I tried to work through Chapter 2 which was touted as buildig a "simple" package. The package was simple but I spent hours on it trying to follow poorly laid out directions and missing parts. Chapter 2 needs a redo so that one heads into the rest of the book with confidence in the authors.
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Summary: Not for Most DBAs
Review: Haven't gotten too far into this book yet. Almost gave up on the whole book just based on my experiences in Chapter 2. It is full of errors. The calls to the lookups have the parameters in the wrong order in listing 2.1 and 2.2. The instructions in chapter 2 are confusing and hard to follow. You shouldn't mix Sql 7 and 2000 together. They should be in separate sections.He references a task on page 36 that doesn't even exist. I spent a whole day trying to interpret what I was really supposed to do. I finally did so, but someone needs desperately to edit this chapter. As I get further into this book, I will update this review. Hopefully, it will improve as I go thru it.
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Summary: Problems as early as Chapter 2
Review: Haven't gotten too far into this book yet. Almost gave up on the whole book just based on my experiences in Chapter 2. It is full of errors. The calls to the lookups have the parameters in the wrong order in listing 2.1 and 2.2. The instructions in chapter 2 are confusing and hard to follow. You shouldn't mix Sql 7 and 2000 together. They should be in separate sections.He references a task on page 36 that doesn't even exist. I spent a whole day trying to interpret what I was really supposed to do. I finally did so, but someone needs desperately to edit this chapter. As I get further into this book, I will update this review. Hopefully, it will improve as I go thru it.
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Summary: Not for DBAs
Review: If you are a DBA who wants all the nitty gritty about DTS, this isn't your book. However, if you are programmer (with some DBA credentials) this will compliment Microsoft's help & documentation nicely. For example, someone trying to create their own custom task with Visual Basic will find Chapter 16 pretty useful. Moreover, if you needed to create a VB application to load up an XML document...All in all, a good read for the programmer wanting to work DTS.
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Summary: Not for Most DBAs
Review: SQL Server DTS is not for the DBA who doesn't like programming. It's for DBAs that code and developers who are familiar with SQL Server. For example, I have yet to see a better description on how to build a custom DTS task with Visual Basic - its complete & easy to follow.
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Summary: Although useful, the book needs a revision.
Review: This book does not provide examples of sufficient quality and number. Examples lack in the explanation of the master plan and the end result, as well as the specifics of the data models involved.In fact, those examples that are there, have errors, especially Chapter 2.
Although useful, the book needs a revision.
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Summary: Where's the Beef?
Review: This one is strictly for amateurs. Perhaps the last section on customized Visual Basic programming is better. The first 4/5 ths of the book are Very Superficial. No details at all. I cannot believe a team of "high-powered Sql Server experts" came up with this cotton candy. Okay for an introduction if nothing else.
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