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How to enforce order of execution of parallel tasks?
How do I set the order of execution of parallel tasks in a container?The execution isn't truly random. It appears to be set to a random constant at package creation.DemoI set up a dummy package.Max...
View ArticleDSV in SSIS
Hi,How can we make use of DSV in SSIS?In the connection manager of a package i tried to add a link to it but couldn't.I believe it has an importance since it is there. Could anyone tell me what is its...
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Cannot Show Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Applications Editor
I'm trying to teach myself the ins and outs of SSDT (I believe it was formerly called SSIS; correct me if I am wrong).So, I'm checking to see if a file exists, and I'm following the example...
View ArticleUpdate OLTP PROD tables
There is a scenario where we have OLTP 3NF PROD tables that source data for an application, now what is the best way to update those tables? In real time do you use SSIS or anything else?Note: These...
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Task fails on server but not on my development PC
hiI have this annoying error on my server but not in my PC,When I run the task from VisualStudio2010 it works perfectly. Then I deploy the package to my SqlServer2012 "Intgegration Services Catalogs"...
View ArticleInsert only unique column in to a table
I have two tables say STG_DATA and FACT_DATA. I need to insert data from STG_DATA in to FACT_DATA only when the [KEY] column in the STG_DATA does not exist in FACT_DATA. I tried the following,INSERT...
View ArticleSSIS FTP Task for File Transfer Requirements
I would like to move file from another server to SQL Server with FTP. What are requirements from source server?Server must Support FTP? Or could any Windows Server serve as FTP Server?What are...
View ArticleConvert blob data to string
How do I use the GetBlobdata to get the string representation?I have tried numerous version of Encoders thinking that System.Text.Encoding.GetEncoding(Row.TextData.ColumnInfo.CodePage).GetString(b)...
View ArticleSSIS Variable - 'dynmaic reference' / refer to with dynamic Name.
Hi,Just trying to see if I can create less Variables by using 'dynamic references'. The quotes are because I made up this phrase(!).As an example, a have a file system tasks:SalesReps File System Task...
View ArticleImport NULL GUID - SSIS Help needed
Hi Everyone, I am a newbie here. I am trying to import data from flat file to SQL DB using SSIS. I have GUID data which i am importing into uniqueidentifier field. My flow is as "Source File" ->...
View ArticleFor Each file , load into the table where table name is determined by the...
I have a folder containing like 100 files and I need to load each file into a different table.Each file has a different structure.Eg : file named as A.txt goes into table A, filenamed as B goes into...
View ArticleDeleting old flat files inside a SSIS package - SSIS 2005
Hi,after each flat file import, I need to move the acquired file into an history folder and deleting old files of 1 week ago.How can I cancel these files, acting inside my SSIS 2005 pckg?Many thanks
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Read data from excel
I have package which will read data from db and move it into excel fileBelow is how package looks like..
View ArticleFuzzy Lookup Transform Fails/Stops with no reason reported other than...
SQL Server 2008 Developer x64 SP1 on Windows 7 Ultimate x64. VS 2008 BIDS SSIS project.SSIS package containing a Data Flow Task which contains a Fuzzy Lookup Transform.Running in debugger, pipeline...
View Articlemonitoring/ tuning tool for sql server and os environment
What is a good tool for monitoring/tuning OS and SQL layers.
View ArticleGeneral Scenario- Adding columns into a table with more than 100 million rows
I was asked/given a scenario, what issues do you encounter when you try to add new columns to a table with more than 200 million rows? How do you overcome those?Thanks in advance.svk
View ArticleWhy is Run64BitRuntime greyed out in my SSDT
I have 64-bit SSIS (in SqlServer 2012 Developer install) running in 64-bit Windows 8 Professional. Everything that I've read indicates that I should be able to toggle the Run64BitRuntime project...
View ArticleRun64BitRuntime Disabled
I am using Visual Studio 2012 with SSDT... the Run64BitRuntime property is disabledhttp://support.microsoft.com/kb/2881285The above bug seems to only apply to Visual Studio 2010 - and we do not have it...
View ArticleSSIS Script Transformation - Performing WebClient Async Operation
I'm receiving 6 unique URLs for different domains/hosts, parsing the XML they return, and inserting into a table. I had this working fine except it was doing each server synchronously (one at a time)....
View ArticleSSIS Stored procedure general observation
I was given/asked a scenario, if a stored procedure is responsible for an SSIS package failure. How do start trouble shooting it ??Thanks in advance.svk
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