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What tools other than SSIS do SQL Server developers use for complex database migrations?

  • That is migrations for large databases where the source and destination schemas are highly dissimilar and many data transformations and much data cleansing are required?

  • Answer:

    There are many ETL tools around in addition to SSIS. There are other commercial tools e.g. Informatica, IBM Data Stage, Oracle Warehouse Builder. You can find also open source Talend Open Studio.

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SSIS is pretty solid, so people haven't had a lot of incentive to look elsewhere. Especially if data transformation is performed on on-going basis, and error handling and logging are a requirement. On ad-hoc bases, I've seen pretty amazing T-SQL scripts, and quickie console apps that were used to move data around.

Mordechai Danielov

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