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iphonelover
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Posted - 2012-02-29 : 22:44:13
Our company has made a new acquisition. You will be helping with the data conversion. They will be pulling out original owner data and convert into our system.

How do you proceed?

I have never worked on such project before. All the data I worked on are right there in front of me...quite simple. Now I am afraid to make mistakes. Could someone explain? your help is much appreciated!



tkizer
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Posted - 2012-02-29 : 22:48:24
This is clearly a homework question. How I would handle this situation is probably not what your instructor wants to see on your homework. I would use bcp/bulk insert into staging tables and then T-SQL to do the conversion. But your instructor is likely looking for an answer of SSIS.

So what do your class materials say about this type of thing?

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iphonelover
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Posted - 2012-02-29 : 23:07:07
Thanks for your reply tkizer. Yes, bulk insert into staging table then conversion in T-SQL make sense. I know it looks like a homework but its actually a possible interview question. Which is more efficient at workplace? SSIS or Bulk insert? Would that be related to stored procedures? Thanks a lot!
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tkizer
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Posted - 2012-03-01 : 13:15:11
They are both efficient. You can use stored procedures but not required.

It doesn't sound like you have anywhere near enough knowledge to answer this question though. Do you not have any BI experience? What kind of job are you applying for?

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