maccenon, the editor corrected the missing information recently (thanks Steve!). The entire article should now display.

zespri, this article is intended to demonstrate introductory principles of incremental loads. I actually have...

Hi Bryan,

There are a couple approaches you may want to try.

1. See if the site has or can supply access to the download via ftp.

2. See...

You may want to check out my article on Incremental Loads. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Integration+Services+(SSIS)/62063/

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You can use a Script Task to retrieve the file creation date. This may get you started:

Imports System

Imports System.Data

Imports System.IO

Imports System.Math

Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime

Public Class ScriptMain

Public Sub Main()

...

Excellent (again) Steve!

I agree, although I include Views along with Store Procedures in the definition of a database API. I suppose one could argue for Functions as well, although I...

Thanks Hemal!

I completely forgot to include that in the article.

:{> Andy

Excellent editorial Steve!

I too find it fascinating and inspiring what people can accomplish when they put their minds to a task! It never ceases to amaze me what I can...

I've seen Steve's presentation in total recently and heard snippets before that. He uses "some guy from Virginia" in some of his examples - other than that, it's great! 😉

Seriously,...

Great post Phil.

It inspired a blog post (http://sqlblog.com/blogs/andy_leonard/archive/2009/07/11/art-vs-science.aspx).

:{> Andy

I like this idea a lot, Ladislau! I will dig in as soon as I can.

I'm writing a series on database development. One of the things I'm covering is...

Hi Jason,

There's a way to configure the connection string property of an OLE DB Connection Manager that will allow it to connect to Excel. You can then...

I've done battle with similar stuff. I can't put my finger on a link right now, but the way I'd approach this is to use an OLE DB Destination instead...

Hi Ian,

That's a good candidate for a Steve Jones Friday poll: What SQL Server myths did you once believe?

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Interesting JJ B,

I get some resistance from some about deploying database via script. I think it standard operating procedure in a lot of shops to restore backups...

Thanks all for the feedback! Keep it coming, please.

First: Bstauffer, we all have rough days. I'm glad you brought up the point you did because I learned from Adam's and...