Change data types from Advanced Editor vs Data Conversion Transformation
I am using SSIS to create some packages. I have gotten confused around the Data Conversion Transformation component and changing columns data types from Advanced editor If I can go into the advanced editor and change the data type of my output, why would I need to input the Data Conversion Transformation? Is this just down to preference or is there a difference between using both approaches? Before showing the difference between both approaches, i will try to give an overview of the data conversion types. Implicit vs Explicit conversion There are 2 different type of data type conversion: