I hoping someone can help me with this. I am unable to get an excel data source to work properly. I am getting an error saying that the source cannot convert between Unicode and non-Unicode string types. I have attempted to set the format of external and output columns in the input and output properties of the advanced editor to both be the data [DT_STR] type, but the data type of the external column keeps reverting back to Unicode string [DT_WSTR] as soon as I exit the advanced editor.
I am running the project in 32 bit mode.
What is the trick I am missing?