"Allan Mitchell" <allan@no-spam.sqldts.com> wrote in message
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> The same package cn be called at the same time multiple times.
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> OK so what I think you are trying to do is this
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> Fire a DTS package every 3 minutes (Parent)
> In the parent package you check a csv file. Based on the CSV file you
> call a package(Child)
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> I am not sure how you do the check here.
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> Would it be possible for you to fire the package based on an event? The
> file being dropped?
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> "J-T" <J-T@nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:e5OWyMHdFHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Allan,
>>
>> My parent package is a separte package than the child packages.I load the
>> package based on the CSV file which is recieved in Parent package,then in
>> an Activex script I load the appropriate package.
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>>> The same job cannot be run more than once at the same time.
>> What a pitty,I thought it could be.Now the only option I have is that I
>> can create two or three jobs of my Parent Package,can I? My only concern
>> is that child packages logging the validation errors in one Table (That
>> table is shared between all the child packages).Will I be stuck in dead
>> lucks or something? I insert the log records by calling a stored
>> procedure (no transaction involved) in child packages(there is a Execute
>> SQL Task in each child package which referes to that stored procedure).
>>
>> Thanks for your help Allan (as always:-))
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>>
>> "Allan Mitchell" <allan@no-spam.sqldts.com> wrote in message
>> news:OXTVqP$cFHA.3488@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>> The same job cannot be run more than once at the same time.
>>>
>>> A way to control child package exeution would be to link them through
>>> workflow wouldn't it?
>>>
>>>
>>> --
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>>>
>>>
>>> Allan Mitchell MCSE,MCDBA, (Microsoft SQL Server MVP)
>>>
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>>>
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>>> "J-T" <J-T@nospam.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ulaKIj4cFHA.412@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>>>>I have a Parent package which call different child packages.I have
>>>>schaduled the Parent package to be executed evey 3 minutes and I'm using
>>>>a Table in which I insert the name of the child package which is working
>>>>and when it is done I delete the row,by this mechanism I control not 2
>>>>child packages get executed at the same time(Because they do
>>>>transactional things on their own table, and I won;t tend to be stuck in
>>>>deadlocks).
>>>>
>>>> Problem is that I am expecting that two different child packages could
>>>> be executed at the same time but for some reason when Parent package
>>>> call one child package and it takes more than 3 minutes,none of the
>>>> other packages run.There is no any other instance of Parent package
>>>> running.
>>>>
>>>> When I schadule something ,it is supposed to be run at an specific
>>>> interval right?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>
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