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all groups > sql server dts > april 2004 > threads for april 29 - 30, 2004

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String Trim not working in DTS package
Posted by Joel at 4/30/2004 3:51:06 PM
I used the DTS wizard to create a DTS package that would use string trim to remove leading spaces in strings in a column. First I configured it to make the transformation to the same column on the same table in the same database. The DTS package appeared to hang and didn't finish after waiting for...more >>

Local DTS Packages Backup?
Posted by Don Miller at 4/30/2004 1:34:41 PM
How do you reliably backup local DTS packages on a server? I know you can save each package separately as a package or VB file somewhere that does get backed-up but that certainly requires someone to ALWAYS save a backup whenever any package is tinkered with. Is there an easier way? Thanks....more >>

Recreate table - including new columns
Posted by Michael Schamberger at 4/30/2004 12:06:09 PM
My source table is on an AS400. I can access it with ODBC and create my table in SQL. I wanted to schedule a job that would: A. Drop destination table B. Recreate destination table (inluding any new fields/columns in source) C. Pump in the data The problem is that my DTS job ignores any...more >>

Call to a dts
Posted by Javi at 4/30/2004 9:39:22 AM
Hello everybody, I want to execute a dts from an ASP page. The problem is that this ASP is not in the same server where the SQL Server is. Is possible to do what I want? All examples i found are calling to a local SQL Server. If it is not possible, can I leave the resultant excer file in ...more >>

searching within a DTS package
Posted by Dan at 4/30/2004 8:24:51 AM
I'm using SQL Server 2000. I created a function in a dts that I want to use again but I don't remember which package it is in but I do remember the function name. Is there a way to search all dts packages for the name? Thanks, Dan ...more >>

Automating data insert from email attachment?
Posted by Jason at 4/30/2004 7:10:04 AM
I work with a client who provides me daily updates of data on their FTP site. I created a DTS package to load this data on a nightly basis. Now they will be sending a weekly email with some other data that I will be responsible for inserting into our SQL 2000 DB. For whatever reason the...more >>

strange occurence with DTS
Posted by mbarrick NO[at]SPAM yahoo.com at 4/30/2004 7:07:39 AM
Hello. I have created a fairly straightforward DTS that queries a SQL Server database and exports the results to a text file. If I execute the DTS package from the server it runs successfully. When I run the DTS package from an ASP page using the following code (I have not included full code...more >>

problem with export to text file
Posted by Yana at 4/30/2004 6:51:02 AM
Hi I found that long strings are cut when import to the text file. Does it mean that something is wrong with my database definition or this is a real bug I just defined test table with one varchar(6000) column. I put in string with 600 characters. After export to the text file, string was cut to t...more >>



DTS services import process terminating
Posted by Patrick Kamau at 4/30/2004 3:56:04 AM
I recently attempted to install EPO server (McAfee antivirus product) on one of my servers and selected the option for it to create a database to maintain it's logs on our SQL 2000 server that is in another server. The EPO server installation reported an error trying to link to the SQL 2000 server a...more >>

Darren Green - help
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 4/29/2004 10:08:36 PM
Sorry bout the personal post.... But I tried to get this to work...but it failed when trying to open it .. translated from danish ("not valid class string") http://www.sqldts.com/default.aspx?299 Could it be a language problem ? \Michael Vardinghus ...more >>

Find ServerName inside DTS
Posted by josefszeliga NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 4/29/2004 6:21:49 PM
My DTS package requires that parameters be set depending on which of our sql 2000 servers the package runs on. ie the servername determins the name of the database in development, testing and production. I created a dynamic property task and used the Environment Variable "SERVERNAME" to retrie...more >>

OLEDBProperty Error - Running DTS
Posted by Jose Inacio Menezes at 4/29/2004 4:21:15 PM
When running a DTS package, I often get the following error: OLEDBProperty '....' already exists in the collection. The name of the property is allways different, like 'Data Source Name1', 'User ID', etc. Thanks for any advice. ...more >>

Exporting data into a text file
Posted by archiben.muller2 NO[at]SPAM asbbank.co.nz at 4/29/2004 3:25:20 PM
Ok I have a problem with column names in my destination text file. There seems to be a restriction on total length of column name characters and I'm not talking about maximum characters per column either. e.g. Say I ha three columns - "col1,col2,col3" = 14 characters long If Column Names pr...more >>

Conditional SQL
Posted by Bruce Loving at 4/29/2004 12:03:41 PM
Trying to create an Execute SQL task that only runs if a global variable is set tried the following in Workflow ActiveX script but if it does not execute then package fails the next step too. Function Main() if DTSGlobalVariables("Action").Value = 1 then MsgBox( "Good" ) Main = DDTSStepS...more >>

12 million row DTS package Help Reqd
Posted by anonymous NO[at]SPAM discussions.microsoft.com at 4/29/2004 11:29:11 AM
I've just set a DTS package to copy one database from a sql7 server to a sql 2000 server. After 5 hours its finally copied 90% of the tables including one with 12m lines, but it's now just started to create huge tables out of the views. I need to cancel the views on 2 fronts - not much d...more >>

Execute SQL Task
Posted by EG at 4/29/2004 9:46:10 AM
I am using a SQL Task in my DTS package. If the SQL being executed fails, I would like to proceed to a specific task. If it suceeds, I would like to proceed to another. However, if the SQL raises an error, the step fails and none of the other steps run. Fail package on first error is not selecte...more >>

export all tables into a text file
Posted by NoName at 4/29/2004 5:11:05 AM
I want to export all my tables in one time into a text file, but I can't find it In DTS there is a possibility to export one table after one table. How can I export all tables together Thanks a lot for your help...more >>


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