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all groups > sql server dts > june 2004 > threads for june 22 - 28, 2004

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DTS Import text file
Posted by Mike P. at 6/28/2004 7:23:34 PM
I have SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition with SP3A. I have set up a DTS job to import Windows 2000 Advanced Server performance monitor output values from a text file. Connection1 is a text file: E:\Server_dd_yyyymmdd.txt Connection2 is a OLE DB Provider Connection for SQL Server: Pe...more >>


DTS : SqlServer to Oracle, problem Create Destination Table
Posted by tristant at 6/28/2004 6:22:24 PM
Hi All, I want to transfer data from SqlServer2000 tables into Oracle 9i. I use Transform Data Task, when I specify the destination table, table does not exist yet, and it dts offers to 'Create Destination Table', when I press Create, the script is : CREATE TABLE "Product_Temp" ( "KDPROD" CH...more >>

Can't create more than 256 partitions?
Posted by FLX at 6/28/2004 5:16:43 PM
I designed a partition scheme which will partition one extremely large table into many partitions (> 256). I want to build a same name view on the top of all these partions so that I don't need change any code in the current system. The queries against the original table can still query against ...more >>

Job in a package
Posted by Jérémie Gent at 6/28/2004 12:39:55 PM
I'm looking for a solution for my Intranet users (ASP website) to execute jobs on my SQL Server As I don't know all the possibilities of SQL Server, I had thought I could do a DTS package, save it as VB source code, compile it in a .exe application which my ASP page would execute. I've already...more >>

Suppress Package/Job Failure Report?
Posted by DHatheway at 6/28/2004 9:47:36 AM
I set up a package with a SQL task that may or may not fail (I do a raiserror if it fails). There's a notfication task dependent on the SQL task step that will only fire on a failure in the SQL Task. If the failure path is taken and the notification step works, I consider this a "success." H...more >>

Error executing a job with SQL Server Agent
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 6/28/2004 9:38:35 AM
Does anybody know what to do with this one: Unable to determine if the owner (xxx) of job xxx has server access reason. Could not obtain information about Windows NT group/user xxx. SQLSTATE 42000. Error 8198. The owner of the job is set to the specific user - the user is part of a windows ...more >>

Error while executing DTS job
Posted by haseeb at 6/28/2004 9:28:21 AM
Hi all, I am running a DTS package job which runs on its schedule. The job truncates the destination table and copies data from source. The job runs fine most of the times and at times the job fails with the following error msg in view job history. Please help me to resolve this issue. ...more >>

Not returning from errors
Posted by Thomas Scheiderich at 6/27/2004 5:07:41 PM
I have a package I am trying to move data from a progress database to our SQL Server 2000 database. I am getting some field size errors from Progress database, which is expected. I have the max error count set to 100. I am passing the error count to an Sql table on completion. The problem...more >>



Global Variables and SQl Task
Posted by Ian Clare at 6/26/2004 4:11:01 PM
Have a DTS package that uses a Sequence number off a table to insert records into a database using a incremented global variable. Have a sql task that performs various other tasks and want to set the global variable from within the SQL task. The question is, is this possible and how does one d...more >>

dts transaction
Posted by news.microsoft.com at 6/25/2004 6:03:02 PM
Hi, I am trying to create a dts package to import about 10 tables from access to SQL server using the DTS import and export wizard. I saved the dts package and tried to add a work flow to make sure the person table is inserted first before the other table. But how can I roll back the entire ...more >>

Help from experienced DTS Gurus
Posted by Chumma Dede at 6/25/2004 1:55:08 PM
Hi, We have several large and complex DTS packages for converting from OLTP to Star schema, and maintaining them on SQL server is becoming quite cumbersome. Additionaly, we have to change the server/db names and other parameters for different client installations and we're currently doing this...more >>

Modify DTS Package from Visual Basic
Posted by krutyihoriok NO[at]SPAM hotmail.com at 6/25/2004 12:27:51 PM
Hello. I'm trying to find out if it is possible for me to create some sort of a function to automatically modify a DTS package in a given SQL database. For example, I have 4 MS Access databases containing tables that I need to modify slightly and pull into one table in an SQL database. All 4 hav...more >>

VBScript and G.Variables
Posted by Nexx at 6/25/2004 10:19:19 AM
Greetings everyone, I have a dts package with a dynamic properties task and the typical assortment of sql queries, connections, etc... The dynamic properties task exists to set the properties of various global variables which are to be passed in from the command line. Question, can I set one ...more >>

Execute Process Task in dts package
Posted by Greg Barnes at 6/25/2004 7:57:16 AM
I am having a problem running bat or cmd files in my dts packages. Whenever I first create a new package which runs a bat file, the package runs fine. However, if I log out of Enterprise Manager or schedule to run the package later, the bat file is never able to run. From what I can tel...more >>

Automate Importing Daily Performance File into Table
Posted by Dan at 6/25/2004 7:48:52 AM
My server has Windows 2000 Advanced Server as operating system with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition. I would like to create a SQL Server DTS package to automate the import of my daily performance monitor file. My performance monitor file is created daily at 7:00 am with the followin...more >>

dts loop problem
Posted by aengusd at 6/25/2004 1:53:17 AM
I've created a loop in a DTS, which retrieves connection information from a SQL table and then (is supposed to) populates tables in different Databases. The loop works, but it keeps updating the same DB, rather than updating each of the individual DBs. The connection information seems to be updat...more >>

FTP Task : Where to specify the ftp site ?
Posted by Newbie at 6/24/2004 11:55:28 PM
I want to send a text file over to a ftp server via ftp. so I use add the File Transfer Protocol Task and I see that it only allows me to specify the source (which I change to Directory since the text file is on my pc) but I don't know how I could enter the IP address of the ftp server ?...more >>

xp_cmdshell
Posted by Paul at 6/24/2004 8:46:57 PM
Hi, When I run xp_cmdshell in an ActiveX script that is executed within a DTS package, I get the following error... "Type Mismatch : 'xp_cmdshell' " The below line is what I execute .... xp_cmdshell 'open c:\test\blah.bat', no_output I have tried different variants of the above to no a...more >>

Help desperately needed - UserDefinedFunctions with parameters in ExecuteSQLTask
Posted by Andreas.Bretl at 6/24/2004 3:54:30 PM
Hi all, I try to implement the following in a DTS: Executing a SQL-Task like the following: SELECT ContactExists FROM BrainBase.DBO.IDP_CheckContactID(?) (Table Function) OR SELECT BrainBase.DBO.IDP_CheckContactID(?) (Function) I want to write the result into a Glob...more >>

Processing AS task
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 6/24/2004 2:35:33 PM
How come it doesn't tell me if something goes wroing in AS ? The package just looks as is it is till running. When doing the same thing directly in AS i get error information. ...more >>

Programmatically decrypt stored procedure?
Posted by FLX at 6/24/2004 2:32:45 PM
Does anyone know how to programmatically decrypt the stored procedures (In SQL Server 2000) encryted with the "With Encryption" clause? Thanks a lot, Lixin ...more >>

Cancelling..
Posted by Michael Vardinghus at 6/24/2004 2:01:30 PM
SQL / AS is great - but one thing annoys me - if I want to cancel a dts task it seems as if it never works...it persists on doing a package till the end and before starting a new package it will cancel and sometimes it just doesn't get back when cancelled. Is there someway to make this better ...more >>

Column name "X" was not found
Posted by laura.guanchiale NO[at]SPAM unidos.com.ar at 6/24/2004 5:34:01 AM
Hi ! When I execute a DTS from Enterprise Manager the package reported "Column name Col00x was not found". This error happens when I change the source TXT File. Is there a way to configure a "dynamically" mappings cloumns ? Thanks a lot...more >>

Data Pump Task with stored proc won't work
Posted by pipo1 NO[at]SPAM ilse.nl at 6/24/2004 4:50:14 AM
I have built a stored procedure that returns a result set I want to use in DTS to populate a table, but on the Transformations tab I see no Source columns? The procedure uses data from several tables to populate a temp table, which is then joined to other tables. Nothing very fancy... On th...more >>

import a text file to SQL server
Posted by CR at 6/24/2004 2:18:01 AM
I have typed to import a text file to SQL server 2000 with MDAC2.8 installed. The text file is with different record width in each row. I use the 'add connection' and choose the data source 'Text File (Source) and my file. In the text file properties, Fixed field, file type: ANSI, Row delimiter:{...more >>

Lost package info when we use
Posted by Bernard at 6/23/2004 2:09:01 PM
When i use this code Dim objLotDts As New DTS.Package2 objLotDts.LoadFromStorageFile strNomLotDTS objLotDts.SaveToStorageFile vstrNomFichierDTS Set objLotDts = Nothing I lost the comment put in the DTS package and all the task in this...more >>

Check Connection
Posted by Gary Spence at 6/23/2004 2:30:02 AM
Hello People, I would like to check that I have a valid connection between SQL Server and an AS 400 (200 miles away) before I execute a DTS Package, an ActiveX script would be great, and also how to terminte the package if the connection is down, I'll be executing the package every 10 mins. Much...more >>

Check connection to db
Posted by YRAG1 at 6/23/2004 2:18:01 AM
Hello People, Can any one tell me how to check if the connection between SQLServer and an AS400 (200 miles away) is enabled using a DTS Package, I want to make sure the connection is there before I execute the package, an ActiveX script would be great, also how can I exit from a DTS package if the ...more >>

DTS Problem In Importing from Textfile
Posted by vins at 6/22/2004 10:43:02 PM
Hi. I have Sql Server 2000 With Sql SP3 on Win2K. I am Importing Data from Textfiles to a table which has a column of Varchar(512) Thru DTS Package in VB6 but DTS Truncates the Column to 256 Charcters during import. can anyone help me as this is urgent. I have a deadline to meet....more >>

DTS Performance Monitor Values to a table
Posted by Pete at 6/22/2004 8:32:59 PM
My server operating system is Windows 2000 Advanced server with SQL Server 2000 Enterprise. I have about 30 performance counters that collects samples every minute on the server. I would like to automated a system that will copy the values to a SQL Server database table daily. Please ...more >>

DTS as scheduled job and Security Authorization.
Posted by jkiffer at 6/22/2004 1:45:02 PM
I'm looking for some help in the best approach for the following solution. I need to do the following: 1. Create a DTS Package to run as a scheduled job. 2. The Package must do the following: a. drop several tables on a local SQL Server database b. create tables and copy their d...more >>

DTS Execution multiple servers dtsrun
Posted by Jim Israel at 6/22/2004 12:59:10 PM
How do you specify a "local" server without calling the server by name. (Dynamic picture can not use a package) Example: dtsrun /s GenericLocalName /n dtsrun...more >>

Length of String global variables
Posted by Jamie at 6/22/2004 9:21:01 AM
Hello, Does anyone know the maximum length of global variable of type "String" in DTS. I have a string (greater than 180) that works its way out through a stored procedure hierarchy, back out into DTS and then inserted into a table. The string ends up length 180 and the only way I can envisage t...more >>

Just copy a table structure or structure and data to another database
Posted by Barry G. Sumpter at 6/22/2004 7:48:01 AM
Hi all, I just want to copy a table structure or a table structure and data to another database. Whats the easiest way to do it? I've been just copy/pasting in enterprise manager. Thanks, baz ...more >>

DTS Transform Task Crashing out
Posted by Siobhan at 6/22/2004 3:44:01 AM
Hi On my task I enter in the SQL query as the source and if I do preview, the correct data is shown. For my destination I have a .txt file, but when I try to 'Populate from Source' and 'Execute' Nothing happens. The column names in the Destination Box remain blank.. If I try to click on the 'D...more >>

DTS and System DSN
Posted by manu_l63 at 6/22/2004 2:58:02 AM
hi all, I manupule a lot of excel files, so i ll make a DTS package. At this time my package it s ok, it make an delete of my table then copy in my excel file. I create a System DSN named test for excel in ODBC. When i ll try to use this i ve got error 0x80040e4e. Someone can help me please?...more >>

System DSN
Posted by Manuel at 6/22/2004 2:52:01 AM
Hi all, I ll make a DTS pacakge. My package delete my table, then copy an excel file in it. When I try to make the samething with a System DNS (because i must manupulate lots of excel files), it s wrong and i ve got error 0x80040e4e. Someone can help me?...more >>

execute DTS Package from a VB script
Posted by alhoffmann NO[at]SPAM free.fr at 6/22/2004 12:34:16 AM
Hello! I'm trying to execute my VB Package from a VB script. My code is : dtsPackage.LoadFromSQLServer _ ServerName:=gs_ServerName, _ ServerUserName:=gs_UserName, _ ServerPassword:=gs_Password, _ PackageName:=gs_PackageName But I cannot find what is the gs_UserName and the gs_Password....more >>


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