I also agree that this all too formalized approach has replaced the weekly round up that used to be the team meeting. To me, those should be check ins...

I signed up for one too. It kind of worked as a spur to get me started up again. My present job doesn't involve DBA work, an I'd...

Since you've already done NoTruncate (which moves all the data to the left, but doesn't release any space), Try using ShrinkDatabase TruncateOnly. This will not move any data...

Do you have any ActiveX or Dynamic Steps running? Sometimes, these will run when executed from package, but not from scheduled job. Make sure the scripts or...

As far as the Drop Table, Create Table SQL Tasks, You have to make sure that the Insert/Names in Excel is reading your table correctly. Then you can not...

The message box can be changed by right clicking on the box while in design format. Select properties, this brings up a list of parameters. Color and font...

You can also check SQL Books online for data type conversions Access to SQL and look for any mismatch....

When you get this it means your link is not working and the fields have not been populated. Try going to File/Get External Data/Link Tables and refresh the linked...