SSIS Myths - Phil May Have Beaten Me To It

Last week I posted a "call for myths" about SSIS. My schedule has been insane since then and I've found little time to follow up on this myself, but today I stumbled across a delightful source of misinformation about SSIS, on Oren Eini's blog: http://ayende.com/Blog/archive/2007/07/15/SSIS-15-Faults.aspx.

Hooray, I thought, here is a pre-built source of "myths" about SSIS that I can use instead of needing to build the entire list myself.

But sadly (for me, not for the SSIS community), Phil Brammer (SQL Server MVP and vocal member of the SSIS community) has already responded to Oren's attack:

http://www.ssistalk.com/2007/07/27/ssis-15-faults-rebuttal/#more-60

I may still use some of Oren's points later on, but for now, you should check it out and see what Phil has to say in response.

SSIS Myths - Call for Entries

I mentioned this to Greg Low during our SQL Down Under chat this morning, so I should probably mention it here in writing as well. I'm planning to start a series of "SSIS Myths" entries on this blog. What this will entail (based on what I see today, in any event) will be presenting a misconception about SSIS, and then digging into the details behind it and presenting the truth (or truths) behind the myth.

So although I have a few of these already in mind, I'd like to put out an open call for entries. If you have a myth in mind, if you've seen or heard statements about SSIS that you don't know if they're true, please let me know. Post a comment or send me an email[1] and I'll add it to my queue. Hopefully I'll have the first myth debunked by next week and will keep a steady stream of them coming your way in the weeks that follow, but in order to keep them coming I will need your help.

So let your voice be heard!


[1] Matthew MCT at Gmail dot calm - you can figure out what to do with it.