SSIS when we need to use raw file source ? in what situation we need to go for it?

Hi, Please go through the below link for details of RAW files. Please post questions in appropriate forums, so that you can get better help. http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/stratesql/archive/2011/1/1/31-days-of-ssis-_1320_-raw-files-are-awesome-_2800_1_2F00_31_2900_.aspxMSBI Developer

Have a read of the following http://www.bimonkey.com/2009/04/the-raw-file-source-and-destination/Jeff Wharton MSysDev (C.Sturt), MDbDsgnMgt (C.Sturt), MCT, MCPD, MCITP, MCDBA Blog: Mr. Wharty's Ramblings MC ID: Microsoft Transcript Please mark solved if I've answered your question, vote for it as helpful to help other user's find a solution quicker

you can pass data from one data flow task to another with RAW files which has good performance, they can be good place for staging. in addition to BIMonkey's article which is referenced in Jeff's post, this is articles about Raw files in SSIS: http://sqlserverpedia.com/blog/sql-server-2005/31-days-of-ssis-%E2%80%93-raw-files-are-awesome-131/http://www.rad.pasfu.com