We never found any workarounds. To minimize the amount of work in converting the DTS packages to SSIS, we created SSIS "wrapper" packages that used the "execute DTS...

Thanks, Andy. I suspected that a custom solution was probably the way to go, but I haven't seen any details anyone was willing to share. I appreciate the...

I would also like to hear any ideas about this issue. The task-level logging provided by DTS was helpful for not only evaluating past history, but also for determining...

Thanks, Greg.  I've passed it on to the developer.

Thanks!  We'll give this a try.

FYI - installing locally from the DVD drive on the server solved the problem.  Thanks everyone for your advice.

Ronald, thanks for the tip, I've passed it along.  I was told that we start with one DVD, but that it was copied to a network drive and the install...

The server OS is Windows 2003 Server, R2, Enterprise Edition, SP1.

Robert - this is a brand new server, no previous versions exist.  Linda - thanks for the tip, I'll check with the DBA's regarding whether they are using the CDs.  Thanks!

The error is:

TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Setup

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There was an unexpected failure during the setup wizard. You may review the setup logs...

We use a lot of MS Query in our shop and have had the same problem.  MS Query will not use parameters for queries that "cannot be displayed graphically" -...

Excellent article, however, I'm sure the value of indexed views can be communicated just as effectively without preaching to us about denormalization...which seems to be the author's real point of...

I agree with Mark! The ability to set dependencies on jobs, in addition to time, would be of great value. Although this can be done within DTS packages,...