I liked this article! This method could come in handy sometimes. One question regarding the part, which deals with linked servers. What exactly are you doing when...

Thank you for the series! I just checked on Amazon and there is no book about BIML yet. I hope somebody is working on one :-).

Quick question related...

I just returned from PASS where I first heard about BIML, so this article was very timely. Thank you for this! It's very powerful stuff. I noticed that apparently...

This is an incredibly useful solution! Thank you for sharing all your hard work with the community!

Good to know! Thank you for sharing.

I just love anything that's is data-driven since it allows for flexibility and centralization at the same time. Thank you for the article!

Wow, thank you, David, for such detailed information! I really appreciate it and I am sure others will as well.

Thank you, David!

I know this is an old thread, but I have a related issue and hope that somebody can comment. I noticed that when I ALTER a table column on...

Great explanation and examples!

This is so simple and clever! Thank you for sharing this solution with the rest of us.

Thank you very much for the article! I found it very useful. I do have a comment though. With the approach presented, we have to incorporate logging code...

Very clever solution to enforce business rules!

Note that if you are using SQL 2012, you have the ability to run SSIS packages from T-SQL without having to resort to xp_cmdshell:

http://sqlblog.com/blogs/davide_mauri/archive/2011/11/24/execute-a-ssis-package-in-sync-or-async-mode-from-sql-server-2012.aspx

Thank you, Andy, for the article and thank you, ehancen, for the pointing out the bug in the BIML.

My local instance of SQL Server is a named instance, so I...