Steve

Having been in this business for 40+ years, I can only say "Welcome to the real Life of a busy person".....

As the 'old' saying goes "Life's a B.... and...

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My wish would be to have SQLServerCentral discontinue the practice of having to login when one wants read some of your articles. Having been in the computer industry for over...

Mike and Matt

Thanks for your input.....

The last sentence in Matt's reply really says it all!

I hope this is the end of this thread...... Thanks to all who participated.

Adam

Once again, Thanks for the assist, (Especially the fast turn-around) it is most appreciated!

Yes, I have considered SSIS. But our system (package) is distributed to many different clients, running as...

Adam

Thanks for the reply.... The data being imported is in a uniform format being exported from an Oracle database. The method has been working perfectly using DTS for a long...

In the section "So why encrypt?" you seem to have forgotten about those institutions that are required by law to encrypt, if not all, at least part of their data. (i.e....

Thank you Pam! I've found another way, but yours appears to be much easier!