Knight's 24-Hour Trainer: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services | Date: 28 April 2011, 06:04
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Knight's 24-Hour Trainer: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Integration Services (Wrox Programmer to Programmer)
By Brian Knight, Devin Knight, Mike Davis
* Publisher: Wrox
* Number Of Pages: 384
* Publication Date: 2009-07-20
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0470496924
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780470496923
Product Description:
yA 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: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
Summary: Text + Video + Hands On = Up to Speed Fast
Rating: 5
I am a professional software developer with a focus on Visual Basic and T-SQL but with no SSIS experience. This book brought me up to speed quickly and I was productively using SSIS in no time at all. I probably spent about 20 hours working through all of the lessons and it was a very painless introduction. The video training is what sets this book apart from the crowd. From now on, any book with similar video will move to the top of my list.
Summary: Great Introduction. The videos add a lot!
Rating: 5
I hadn't heard of SSIS until the week before I bought this book. This book gave me a broad overview with enough depth to get started. Now I'm using the software for actual work. Very worthwhile.
Couple of notes:
1) Not for SQL Server Express
2) Are you old-school? SSIS is the new Data Transformation Services
3) The book is for MS SQL 2008. I'm using 2005, and could follow along easily. Minor differences.
On another note, all computer books should have video. I can't tell you how helpful that was. They didn't spend a lot of time or money making the video. They just had something running that recorded their screen actions and voice, and let them zoom in. Then they basically just showed on screen what they were talking about in the book. It looks like they spent five or ten minutes per chapter. They make it look so easy, that from now on I'm going to consider anyone who doesn't include a video in a computer book to be lazy. In other words, they raised the bar. Authors, this is the new standard. It doesn't have to be expensive to be effective. Not perfect, just useful.
Summary: Need to learn SSIS? This book is for you!
Rating: 5
If you need to "come up to speed" quickly or are just learning at your own pase, this is the right book for you. And here is why:
1. Straight forward and simple explanations.
2. Solid examples that you can work on your own.
3. You CAN jump around in this book learning what you need 'right now' to get the job done.
4. DVD in the back of the book where you can watch every example being worked by the authors while they explain it.
Even if you have some experience with SSIS, this book teaches you exactly what you need to know about each object. Each object in the toolbar has been given its own chapter in this book, so you can learn what you need to know quickly, allowing you to jump around in the book. The authors have left out the 'complex business examples' and 'chapter build ups' where you must understand chapter 3 before going on to chapter 4 as you find in other books.
I really enjoyed how the authors included all the three ways of learning: reading, working examples, and watching the videos. After reading the book cover to cover, I now keep it at home, but carry the DVD with my laptop for quick reference.
Summary: Not just a great book but also with a great DVD!
Rating: 5
I like the way the book was written, its very organized and it showed a lot of practical examples. The way they present things are clear. The DVD itself is worth the price. I wish more books and DVDs are like this.
Summary: Good book with video lessons.
Rating: 4
Pretty good book, despite coverage of SSIS is limited. Epecially handy the video lessons on the attached disk. I would like to have more coverage on using SSIS with XML files.
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