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Calling all wise men!Join us and rejoice!THE FINAL CHALLENGE OF 2016!!December 2016 Guru, it’s time to share great skills as a TechNet Wiki article and WIN medal(s). Medals? Yes, you can share multiple...
View ArticleImporting UTF8 text files to SQL is not working
Hi All,I am trying to import flat file which is UTF8 encoded file to SQL server. I have set delimiters correctly but it throws below error:[Flat File Source [2]] Error: An error occurred while skipping...
View ArticleSSIS :[Pivot [85]] Error: Duplicate pivot key value
Hi All.I am working on the below data set(source) to pivot and get desired output...
View ArticleCustom exit codes in ssis
Hi Team,I got a requirement to create custom exit code from package after its run. I tried ForcedExecutionValue and found no luck there. I want to send Custom exit code 10 to system variable...
View ArticleWhat is Difference Between DT_STR and DT_WSTR in ssis?
Hi All,What is difference between DT_STR and DT_WSTR in ssis?ThanksCMK..
View ArticleEnvironment Error in Agent Job GUI
Hi,for a couple of days we get the following error on editing an Agent Job Step via GUI."The parameter "ServerPath_Import_Merlin_SampleStreetECS" is configured to use an environment variable, but no...
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Receiving error "Failed to retrieve data for this request....
A vendor previously had access to the Integration Services, but now they're receiving the following error uploaded in the image. Nothing has changed recently to my knowledge, besides the server being...
View ArticleSSIS Derived Field - REPLACE expression failing
Trying to create a derived field using REPLACE. The column I am using is 'transaction_type'Derived Column...
View ArticleCheck database server is down or not
Hi All,I have a table having DB server names stored in it.I want to perform a task on each server present in table.Before performing the tasks I want to check whether servers are available or not.If a...
View ArticleSSIS package to read nested sub folders without using script task
I need to copy or move certain type files in a network shared directory. It has nested folder and folder names will be added or modified automatically by some other process. Script task I wouldn't...
View ArticleHow to use dynamic SQL to insert into a dynamic target table
Hi All,Using SSIS Package, I want to insert into a table, where my source and target tables have dynamic col names. Also these source and target are from two different servers. Explained the scenario...
View ArticleHow to pass excel column values to a ssis variable to be used in a stored...
Hi All,I have a excel file from which I want to read all the values one by one from column A and use those values as a parameter for a stored procedure. The stored procedure will evaluate the output...
View ArticleMerge Join : Need no output match values (don't want to use lookup)
Hi,I have a scenario where i need to get no match output values using merge join. I know usually we do that with lookup but i'm using third party data connector (salesforce connector) and can't use...
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where can i find the native oledb/PostgresSQL Native Provider to download
hi all, i have downloaded from pgoledb.com->download->PGNP OLEDB Providers for Postgres, Greenplum and Redshift->Intellisoft OLEDB Provider for PostgreSQL, Desktop Edition. but when i selected...
View ArticleSSIS package execution - SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error...
Hi All,When I execute package i am getting following error.SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x8000FFFF.[Execute SQL Task] Error: Failed to acquire connection...
View Articleimport data from multiple excel worksheets into multiple sql server tables...
Hi, I am working on a requirement to import multiple excel worksheets into multiple SQL Server tables using SSDT for visual studio 2013. My excel spreadsheet has 13 different worksheets and I only need...
View ArticleDTS Script Task Runtime Error :
Hi,DTS Script Task has encountered an exception in user code: project Name : ST_9f0e9b7dda0e42329ba8efcfed20ffdfException has been thrown by the target of an invocation. at...
View ArticleHow does SQL define which is a NULL and which is a Blank?
Hi All,I have a table which loads the data from an excel file and i have 2 columns in the excel file which are blank one is datetime and the other one is varchar. When i load this excel into the table...
View ArticleSSIS excel data import issue
Hi, I am using SSDT for visual studio 2013 and SQL Server 2014. I am working on importing data from excel spreadsheets to SQL Server tables, using excel source and ole db destination. I get this...
View ArticleWeird SSIS errors
I've been trying to find the resolution for this online, but I am landing no where. I am not sure what is the reason behind this. Most of the times the jobs running SSIS packages fail during the day...
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