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Asked: 2026-05-12T10:29:47+00:00

I have rewritten an old program and designed a new database for it. I

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I have rewritten an old program and designed a new database for it. I need to transfer the old data to the new database. The new database has a new schema, so I will have to manipulate much of the data that is going to be transfered.

I have thought about writing a console app with 2 linq to sql contexts, one for each database and coding the transformation logic and the inserts.

I have also thought about using SSIS, but I have never used it before.

Is SSIS suited for this sort of thing? Where can I learn how to do this in SSIS?

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  1. Editorial Team

    It can and is suited for this but if you haven’t used it the learning curve is a little steep and setup / config can be a bit obtuse.

    If you are familar with Linq then I would go that route before trying to learn SSIS especially if this is a one time thing and time is a factor.

    There is also the import and export wizard in SQL Server (uses SSIS) and you can setup straight copies from one table to another and / or custom sql statements. This should work for fairly simple conversions. For transformations that require more advanced logic it won’t work.

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