Every now and then I get an email or meet someone at an event and they say something like, “I learned SSIS from your book!” I’m not going to lie to you, that makes me feel pretty good. Since I’ve written most of my books as part of a team, I usually reply, “It was a team effort and our team was a bunch of really smart people… plus me!”
These folks tell me they read other books about SSIS (SQL Server Integration Services) but they didn’t really grok SSIS until they read the book authored by the team and me. I suppose that could mean the team and I are awesome. I believe that’s mostly true, but I am definitely biased…
Here’s what I believe is really happening, though. I think these folks and many others I’ve never met learned more than they realized from those other books. I think our book was the last or latest SSIS book they read. I think the other books exposed these readers to complex data integration concepts, perhaps for the very first time. I still remember learning data integration and it was painful for me and I believe I have a knack for it!
I think our book is merely the book they read after the others. I’m willing to bet other folks have read our books first, then read books by other authors, and told those authors the same thing. I’m cool with that. As an author, I’m happy you’re reading books about the topic.
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