How to migrate DTS Package into SSIS 2008 package
Posted by Ravi Khanal on Jan 10, 2009
If You are planning to migrate DTS Package of SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2008’s SSIS Package then first open the Sql Server Management Studio. Connect to the database engine and open the Migration Wizard as shown in the image.
Sample SSIS Package
Posted by Ravi Khanal on Dec 6, 2008
Scenario:
In the inbound location, I have to create a directory which would be like “DealerSales and Current Date” and then download files from the remote location to that directory. Then I have to move the files from there to the working directory. Then I have to unzip the zip files and load the text files to the database and delete the text files from the working directory and move the zip from the working directory to the Archive folder. The directory’s date format should be in MMDDYYYY format.
Solution:
There could be a different approach to make the SSIS Package. One of the easier way to make the Package for this type of scenario could be like this:
- Let’s first have the File System Task which will create a directory like “DealerSales12052008″ inside download directory, if it doesn’t exist.
- Then let’s have the FTP Task which will download files from remote location to that folder.
- Then let’s have the File System Task which will create a directory like “DealerSales12052008″ inside the working directory, if it doesn’t exist.
- Then let’s have the For Each Loop Container and File System task which will move files from download directory to the working directory.
- Then let’s have the For Each Loop Container and Execute Process Task which will unzip the Zip files.
- Then let’s have the For Each Loop Container and Data Flow Task which will load all the text files into the SQL Server database.
- Then let’s have the File System Task which will create a directory like “DealerSales12052008″ inside the Archive Directory.
- Then let’s have the For Each Loop Container and File System Task which will move the zip files to the Archive Directory.
- Then let’s have the For Each Loop Container and File System Task which will delete the text files from the working directory.
- Then let’s have a File System tasks which will clean up our download directory and working directory.
So now let’s begin by making the skeleton of the package by dragging the task and which would look like this:
Database Migration best practices
Posted by Ravi Khanal on Jun 4, 2008
Database Migration is always a very challenging job since data is the major component of any System and it should always be secured. You are not migrating database when any new version of the database is in the market. You have to spend a lot time researching whether the database migration is really fruitful. After the data migration from one version to another, you should have the all the usefullness of the previos version with the usefullness of the new one.
Some of the best practice that I used to follow while migrating database from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 are:
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