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all groups > sql server dts > april 2004 > threads for april 1 - 7, 2004

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Recommend a book on *writing* your own DTS?
Posted by stevesusenet NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 4/7/2004 5:29:44 PM
Hi; Can anyone recommend a book on how to code your own DTS? Thanks in advance Steve...more >>


Data Driven Query - Milliseconds
Posted by MS User at 4/7/2004 3:07:54 PM
DTS Transferring data from one table to another using 'Data Driven Query' task and transformations in VB script with DTSDestination("MyDate) = DTSSource("MyDate") both fields are with datatype 'DATETIME' After the transfer, I noticed - Destination table field (MyDate) is WITHOUT millisec...more >>

DTS Creating Steps/Tasks and precendence
Posted by Edward Hunter at 4/7/2004 12:30:51 PM
Well I've done it now. I've gone and used activeX to create a SQLCopyObjects task, because I wanted to have full dynamic control over the properties of that task including objects to be copied, flags, etc. That part worked GREAT, the tasks and steps are visible in disconnected edit, and the...more >>

Error attempting to execute a DTS package from an ADP
Posted by nygard NO[at]SPAM mr.net at 4/7/2004 11:46:30 AM
Hope someone knows the answer to this. I have looked at several other similar postings as well as the Microsoft web site and I'm at my wits end. I'm simply trying to transfer data from a SQL table to an Excel spreadsheet. Here is the error: "The Microsoft Jet database engine could not find th...more >>

Calling DTS packages from .Net
Posted by marc at 4/7/2004 11:28:20 AM
Hi, I have a dts package which calls a win32 process. when i call that dts package from a .Net client it tries to run the process on the client and not on the server how do I get the process running on the server. thanks Marc ...more >>

Import From TAB File
Posted by Keith at 4/7/2004 10:03:49 AM
I am trying to import data into a table in my database using DTS. The table (SYS_DD_SIC_Codes) has the following structure: [SIC_ID] [numeric](18, 0) IDENTITY (1, 1) NOT NULL , [SIC_Code] [varchar] (255) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL , [SIC_80] [varchar] (50) COLLATE SQL_L...more >>

How do I get month NAME from a date?
Posted by Maria at 4/7/2004 9:56:24 AM
Not sure if this is the right forum for this, but I'm trying to extract the month name (e.g. April) from a date in SQLServer. I know I can use DatePart to get the month number. Is there an easy way to get the name, or do I need to write code to convert? Thanks ...more >>

Peformance Question (DTS Import Package)
Posted by JN at 4/7/2004 9:31:06 AM
Need your expert or experienced opinion and/or suggestions regarding performance tuning an import package. What's the best sourcing option? CSV or SQL Server views with INNER JOINs? If SQL Server views used with multiple inner joins, what's the best way to structure or design to get the best perform...more >>



error when I setup the DTS import wizard
Posted by new at 4/7/2004 9:02:23 AM
ERROR: The application or DLL c:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\MSDART.DLL is not a valid windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette Thanks any help...more >>

scheduling DTS fails with sa rights
Posted by kralemann.r NO[at]SPAM bex.battenfeld.com at 4/7/2004 4:31:28 AM
Hallo to all, I hope the SQL and DTS experts can help me. I have problems with sheduling a small script copy data from Sql2000 to a flat txt-file. When executing it in SEM on a different PC it works fine when sheduling it on the sql server it fails with error 208. I read a lot about this in t...more >>

DTS to run other DTS's
Posted by Chris at 4/7/2004 3:40:54 AM
I have created 23 DTS packages to transfer data from an other database into SQL server. Rather than schedule each of these I would like to create one more package that runs all the others. Is this possible and if so how do I set it up. Thanks Chris North Cotswold Computing *** Sent vi...more >>

Using DTS to export data to textfile
Posted by ohahaahr NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 4/7/2004 2:40:25 AM
Hi ! I want to export data from a very big table on my SQL-server, to a texfile, using DTS. The job is running every night. The table contains 1.000.000 records, and i only want to export the records that have been added to the table, since the last export. Therefore i have a field (field3) t...more >>

DTS - SP from a client connection
Posted by Arun at 4/6/2004 1:23:37 PM
Hi, When I execute an SP in a connection defined on a remote server from my machine, it runs locally on my machine. I am confused - shouldnt the sp run on that server with my machine as the client? ...more >>

Inserting New Records
Posted by Brennan at 4/6/2004 12:34:30 PM
Hello: I have a DTS package that moves some tables from a production database to a reporting database. The tables all have primary keys. I do not want duplicate records in my destination tables but when my DTS package runs, it just stops when it reaches a value that already exists in ...more >>

Yet Another 'Execution was Canceled by User' Problem
Posted by dirkStone NO[at]SPAM excite.com at 4/6/2004 11:37:53 AM
This is a non-VBscript issue. I have a package (PACK1) which has two tasks. The first is a single transform data task that copies rows between two identical tables. The transformations are 3 copy column type. The second task is an execute sql task that truncates the 2nd table. The workf...more >>

Custom task error handling
Posted by gauss9 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 4/6/2004 11:34:26 AM
Hello, I have a strange problem with my error handling. I've started out with code found in the SQL Server 2000 DTS book. The error handler looks like this: ------- EH: 'Bubble any errors to the package eventsink If Not pPackageEvents Is Nothing Then pPackageEvents.On...more >>

Passing values to Variables in DTS
Posted by JN at 4/6/2004 11:06:05 AM
Hello I am using SQL Server 2000 In my Transform Data Task Properties' Source tab of my DTS package, I have a SQL Query to get the SOURCE data, which is filtered by time period (begin date - end date). In the Gobal Variable tab of package properties, I have two variables defined like: BeginDate ...more >>

Programmatically connect to a DSN
Posted by hngo01 NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 4/6/2004 9:01:24 AM
Can I Programmatically connect to DSN in SQL 2k? If yes, how to do that?...more >>

Create Send Mail Task Error: Initialization of MAPI failed
Posted by Matt at 4/5/2004 6:11:59 PM
When I attempted to create "Send Mail Task" in DTS, it pops up a package error dialog: Error Source: Microsoft Data Transformation Services (DTS) Package. Error Description: Initialization of MAPI failed. Please make sure that you have messaging services installed on this system. Any ideas?...more >>

Urgent: again, ActiveX component can't create object, for a Job
Posted by Mihaela M. at 4/5/2004 5:57:31 PM
Hello again. I've created a DTS, which creates an object , like this: Set enobj=CreateObject("encrypt.encr") I execute the DTS from Enterprise Manager, from the server, and it works. Then, I set a schedule for the DTS, and a new job was generated for the DTS. But when I try to execute the...more >>

Backing up DTS packages?
Posted by Kim Noer at 4/5/2004 4:37:52 PM
Hi there... Quick question - how do I backup the packages I've created? -- I doubt, therefore I might be. ...more >>

Urgent: ActiveX component can't create object in DTS
Posted by Mihaela M. at 4/5/2004 3:23:28 PM
I built a DTS package, which contains just one ActiveX Script Task (VBScript). In this script I have to create an object, used for crypting/decrypting strings: Set enobj=CreateObject("encrypt.encr") This object is a DLL registered on the server. I tested the script into an ASP page, it w...more >>

.NET & DTS FTP
Posted by marc at 4/5/2004 3:16:28 PM
Hi, I have a DTS package that imports a file into folder d:\ftp\ thats runs OK. If I run package in an .Net app (on an other machine!!!) I get the message "Folder D:\ftp\ does not exist or is not accesible on destination." What is wrong? thanks Marc ...more >>

DTS - Append and Update
Posted by Paige at 4/5/2004 12:35:32 PM
Greetings. I have a situation that I would like help with. I have created a DTS to pull data from one table to another. To help with my scenario, here is part of my table structure Table1 - (USERID, YEAR, FAMILYID, DELETED, (other fields)) PK - USERID, YEAR Table2 - (USERID, YEAR, FAM...more >>

Problems running a scheduled DTS package
Posted by slambert007 at 4/5/2004 12:16:04 PM
I have a DTS package that calls TurboFTP and FTPs a file. The package runs properly if I run it from DTS. The package is owned by a domain account, SQLAdmin, which is a member of the Domain Administrators. The owner of the scheduled job is the same domain account, SQLAdmin. Both SQL Server and ...more >>

Update files based using values from another file
Posted by Dave Williams at 4/5/2004 10:02:21 AM
I'm fairly new at DTS. I have a customer file with a field for turnover in it plus a second file with turnover figures in it for each customer. For each customer I want to update the turnover field linking the two files on customerID. What's the best way to do this? Thanks - Dave ...more >>

Using DTS for INSERT and UPDATE
Posted by D.J. at 4/5/2004 9:47:41 AM
Hi there, I'm having some trouble in finding out if can I use SQL DTS to perform UPDATE statements onto my tables. The environment is something like this: I have an Access Database and a SQL Server database. It has only one table. And they're exactly the same with the following struct...more >>

MSSQL Not releasing memory
Posted by Stephen J Bement at 4/5/2004 9:28:00 AM
I am running a DTS package via dtspkg.DLL objects in VB6. The package executes all 19 Steps (38 Tasks) correctly but the SQL Server retains >200MB of RAM after executing and consumes >500MB Swap Disk space. This brings the system to a near stand still. Is there any way to tell SQL Server to 'writ...more >>

dts creates a single quote in integer field in excel file
Posted by anonymus at 4/5/2004 8:56:03 AM
Hi I have adts pkg executes a simple query from a tbl it returns an integer and a varchar field and stores the result set in an xls file. First time when I created the pkg it creates the result set correct in xls file. I deleted the resulted rows in xls file and saved the file and ran the pkg agai...more >>

Urgent....globale variables...
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 4/5/2004 2:21:01 AM
Just finishing off something and made an adjustment regarding global variables - but in a execute sql statement i cannot seem to be able to use the global variable in an SET statement Is this true - can it only be used directly in a where statement and not as part of a variable \Michael Vardin...more >>

Package calling another package
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 4/4/2004 2:46:16 PM
Is there some way I can get the "father"-package to automatically detect changes in the "son"-package and update the link ? When changin something i have to open the father-package and point to the son-package again. And another thing ... what are the pro's and con's of saving packages to ...more >>

send emails via DTS?
Posted by Matt at 4/3/2004 10:32:22 PM
If I have emails stored in a table, it is possible for DTS to schedule the task to send out those emails?? Some people told me to use DTS for scheduling jobs? Please advise. Thanks!! ...more >>

Changing DTS Package Properties
Posted by Roy Goldhammer at 4/3/2004 2:39:33 PM
Hello there I've belt DTS package that import data from access file On the DTS i gave path to the access file. Is there a way to change the path of the Access connection on the DTS package befure i execute it? ...more >>

Executing a DTS from another DTS...
Posted by Andreas Terzis at 4/3/2004 3:02:31 AM
Hi there, I am trying to execute a DTS package from another DTS package and change some variables in the original DTS. I have used the info on the following page but it doesn't work: http://www.sqldts.com/default.aspx?215. Would you have any input? Thanks, Andreas...more >>

incremental Transform
Posted by wg at 4/2/2004 6:43:59 PM
hi, i was wondering if there's a way to use the Transform task (or another existing DTS task) to transform/copy data from one (or more) table into another table in an incremental fashion. that is, only transform data that has not already been transformed. this would be used in a package ...more >>

Dynamically determine which server DTS is saved to
Posted by jjrzut NO[at]SPAM gene.com at 4/2/2004 4:29:34 PM
Hi all, I am running into an issue here. I am creating DTS packages that manipulate data. I start on a dev server go to qa, then uat and finally production. Currently each time I promote the Package to a different environment I must go in and manually change the sql server connection. I w...more >>

DTS and Temp Table
Posted by Kevin Potter at 4/2/2004 2:43:32 PM
Hi, I am have a problem using a temp table in a stored procedure which is called from DTS. Within the Transform Data Task Properties dialog the Transformations for the Source does not display any fields. I know the problem is caused by the temp table, what I want to know is there any work a...more >>

DTS and Temp Table
Posted by Kevin Potter at 4/2/2004 1:15:37 PM
Hi, I am have a problem using a temp table in a stored procedure which is called from DTS. Within the Transform Data Task Properties dialog the Transformations for the Source does not display any fields. I know the problem is caused by the temp table, what I want to know is there any work a...more >>

Passing parameter to DTS via VB
Posted by Eugene at 4/2/2004 1:01:09 PM
I'm using VB 6 with SQL 2000. I have a DTS package that works correctly in SQL Enterprise Manager. Now I have to incorporate it into a VB 6 application. I'm using the following code ' Declare SQL DTS Object Dim oPKG As DTS.Package, oStep As DTS.Ste Set oPKG = New DTS.Packa...more >>

Export to Table with variable name in MS-Access
Posted by Joachim Hofmann at 4/2/2004 12:03:18 PM
Hello, I want to create a package which does the following: 1) Use a query with variable value in the WHERE clause (from a global variable content). I already know how to do this. 2) Output the resultset into a new MS-Access - Table which has the same name as the global varable content. ...more >>

Alter Column Help
Posted by PhilipL at 4/2/2004 10:59:12 AM
Any help is appreciated here. My alter column code fails below. I don`t know what I am missing here. The column is a primary key and all I want to do is make it an identity column. Thanks for any idea. Phlip ----------------------------------------------------------- ALTER TABLE dbo.HISTO...more >>

execute package task doesn't stop if it contains analysis services processing task with cube processing
Posted by Alexander Nenashev at 4/2/2004 10:39:17 AM
execute package task doesn't stop if it contains analysis services processing task with cube processing what is the matter? :( ...more >>

DTSRun and Batch file
Posted by jlockard NO[at]SPAM rwd.com at 4/2/2004 8:27:09 AM
Hello - I'm running SQL Server 2000 and I've built 3 OLAP cubes that are refreshed via DTS package, including an Analysis Services task to re-process each cube. Now, I'd like to provide the ability for select users to refresh/re-process the cubes without installing SQL Server EM, Analysis Ser...more >>

DTS logging
Posted by HartA at 4/2/2004 8:15:32 AM
We run some of our DTS packages from a Job Scheduler not thru the SQL scheduler. I want to know if there is away to capture the output of the DTS from start to finish not just using the logging method. My question for this is I have one package that starts on another server opens the command wind...more >>

VBScript: OpenTextFile - Permission denied
Posted by Bodo v. Ulmenstein at 4/2/2004 1:42:18 AM
Hi, In a vbscript I attempt to concatenate textfiles: .... Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") Set fld = fso.GetFolder( VKFolder ) For Each tFil In fld.Files If Left(tFil.Name, 8) = "VERKAUF_" Then fso.OpenTextFile(VKFolder + "\" + VKFileGesamt, ForApp...more >>

Missing rows from Transform - Intermittent Issue??
Posted by pfk92000 NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 4/1/2004 8:40:56 PM
Hi! I have been having an intermittent problem with a Transform in one of my DTS packages that I'm stumped on - when I run the Transform source query thru SQL Analyzer, I consistently get 443K rows returned. When I execute the DTS package (with the exact same SQL in the Trasnform), I *usually*...more >>

Bizarre run time error from DTS ActiveX Task
Posted by Jeff Block at 4/1/2004 5:49:56 PM
This code errors out, runtime error stating Object does not support the property or method from the 2ND write(transform...). If I run this script from the command line, it works fine. But from DTS, the error. And ideas ? ================== ================= ============ Set xml = CreateObje...more >>

Error while parsing for parameters
Posted by Paul Makulski at 4/1/2004 2:15:53 PM
SQL 2000 I have a Transform Data Task that has a SQL query as the source. It uses a function: SELECT SegmentCode, SUM([Value]) AS Amount FROM dbo.FnGLSegJE('200401', 'A', 62) GROUP BY SegmentCode If I hit preview, this works just fine. But when I change the hardcoded '200401' t...more >>

using lookups in an if Statement
Posted by nechamakatan NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 4/1/2004 11:45:34 AM
I am trying to build a DTS that updates a centeral database with data. I need to load only the new data each time. So I build a lookup that gives me the max data in the destination db and then tried to use it in an if statement. It does not work. what am I doing wrong? '**********************...more >>

Maintenance Plan Optimization job fails
Posted by Stephen Rybacki at 4/1/2004 9:06:09 AM
I have a production database that I created a maintenance plan for that includes integrity checks, optimizations, DB Backup and trans log backups. Everything works fine except that the optimization job fails every time. This is the case on our identical test and development databases as well. Spe...more >>

DTS from SQL Server 2000 to Oracle 8i
Posted by (afrisman NO[at]SPAM retailexpert.com) at 4/1/2004 7:27:29 AM
Hi to all. I have a huge database (50 Gb) on SQL Server. It takes more then 7 days for DTS to complete. I tried it both ways: Enterprise Manager and DtsRun command. Is there any way to make it run faster, turn off som active default settings or something? Any help appreciated!!!! Thanx in adva...more >>

Connectivity with DTS: Dummy
Posted by Jack at 4/1/2004 7:23:39 AM
Hi, I have a asp web site connected with SQL Server at the back-end. From this site,I'm connecting with dbc.open "DSN=Mydsn;UID=myUID;PWD=MyPassword" If I have the IP address of that server. Do you know if it's all I need to connect on that server with DTS import/export Wizard. ...more >>

Replacing Blank Strings with Nulls
Posted by Julian at 4/1/2004 5:55:17 AM
Hello, I am copying a table from one sql server to another and some of the columns are coming over as blank strings, I want these converted to NULLS, but at the moment they come over as blank strings, is there an easier way other than doing a column by column activex transform to convert...more >>

Export to Excel with different sources
Posted by trond_wahlstrom NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 4/1/2004 3:31:01 AM
I have created this report generator where the user should be able to export the result to an Excel file. The users can pick their own columns from a wide range of columns and a sourcetable(report_table) will be created every time a user choose 'Export to Excel'. Is it possible to create a DTS t...more >>


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