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We had another CBusPASS meeting last night. I would love to say that things went off without a hitch, but that was not the case.

Due to circumstances outside of anyone’s control our speaker, Andy Leonard, was very late getting signed in to LiveMeeting. What do you do when you have a room full of SQL Server people? You talk shop!

Over the course of the evening we talked about how to find the date when data was last inserted into a table, how to cope with rapidly growing data, future presentations for the user group, future presentations within PASS and the local community, performance on virtual machines, and a few other things that I can’t remember off the top of my head.

Andy’s presentation was phenomenal. I thought I knew at least enough about SSIS to call my self competent. After last night’s presentation on Change Data Capture and Incremental Loading with SSIS, I know that I have a lot left to learn. The best thing about a great presenter and a great presentation is that 1)they make it look effortless and 2) you walk away having learned so much without realizing it. I know that I took away a great deal from the presentation. Andy graciously stuck around on LiveMeeting and answered audience questions. A big thank you to Andy for donating his evening to sharing his knowledge and experience. And an even bigger thank you to the Leonard family for letting us borrow Andy for the evening.

Going along with last night’s presentation topic, here are some SSIS tips.