Thanks Jim,

Got the info.  I will reach out.  Appreciate the help!

Bill

Hi Jim

Would they be interested in some part-time? I can work in both of those platforms.  I can't offer any time during my normal business hours though.

I am only one...

I would suggest building a 'Calendar' table that contains fields that contains fields pertaining to your fiscal year and fiscal period information. It could also include the regular calendar...

Hi Jeff,

For us, yes. We had backups and file transfers happening between locations.

Bill

Hi EB,

I had been in a similar situation shortly ago. In a nutshell, our issue was an inadequate storage array. I would analyze disk performance using iPerf or...

SSRS would work.

Just wanted to post a solution I've implemented with help from:

http://www.bidn.com/blogs/DevinKnight/ssis/2899/ssrs-%E2%80%93-using-lookup-function-for-multiple-column-join

and

http://www.sqldbpros.com/2012/05/create-a-list-in-your-ssrs-tooltip-not-impossible/

The first link explains a method to create a 'KeyField' that joins multiple values into...

The blades were upgraded to 5.5 about 6 months ago. About a month ago, firmware was been updated on the blades to current levels.

It is on Windows 2008 Standard....

Yes. Log files are clean.

This issue appears to be only on the updates from a SQL task. Inserts via a Transform Data Task have been ok.

Thanks Aaron. I'm planning on moving from an old DTS package to SSIS once we convert to 10. I will remember that.

Will a Data Conversion component catch those...

Hi Aaron,

I understand your dilemma. I also import from a version 9 database nightly into SQL. 10 is supposed to be coming soon here...

I'm afraid I can't offer...

The link is similar to what I referred to in the first part of my reply. Yes. It is a hyperlink between reports.

The bookmark method can link within the...

Hi DBA,

There isn't a way to replicate excel-like tabs except doing so with images, and then linking to a different report.

An alternative that may give you what you need is...

One solution is to create a Calendar table.

You can have as many date related fields as needed.

The structure might be something like this:

Date CalendarMonth ...

Thanks Lowell. I will see what I can do.

Bill