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export to flat file - text qualifier or row delimiter problem when importing into excel
Posted by -D- at 6/7/2007 3:52:21 PM
I'm exporting using a query to a flat .txt file. The problem I'm encountering is when I import the .txt file into excel, some columns cause line breaks to the next row. The columns that are breaking to a new row are varchar fields where the user has entered text using double quotes " within ...more >>

migrate dts to SSIS
Posted by Mike at 6/7/2007 2:27:30 PM
I already converted over several databases to SQL 2005 (i'm still running them under sql 2000) for testing. Now I need to convert several DTS packages that are on my SQL 2000 Server to my SQL 2005 server.How do I go about doing this without creating everything again from scratch? ...more >>

DatePart in a DTS
Posted by jmawebco at 6/7/2007 6:40:29 AM
Can someone tell me how to make "fixDate" in the script below be equal to Now() minus one day so that it is equal to yesterday? I am using the Funtion shown below to locate a file in a remote ftp server which has a name ending with a date value in yyyymmdd format. The problem I have is that wh...more >>

2000 dts running on SQL 2005
Posted by Sue at 6/7/2007 3:38:01 AM
I'm getting the following error when I tried to run a dts under 2005. (I did get the sql server 2000 dts designer components downloaded)-CANNOT INSERT THE VALUE NULL INTO COLUMN 'ID' COLUMN DOES NOT ALLOW NULLS. We have the ID as an identity, so there is always values. What should I do, to ...more >>

SSIS Question
Posted by SAM at 6/6/2007 7:12:02 PM
Does anyone know or can provide an example of how to use SQLSourceType: Variable in Execute SQL Task Editor and SQL command from variable in OLE DB Source Editor? ...more >>

SSIS
Posted by SAM at 6/6/2007 6:48:00 PM
Does anyone know or can provide an example of how to use SQLSourceType: Variable in the Execute SQL Task Editor? I selected a user variable that I created in the package but I am not sure how it will use it or why I am getting an error message. Also, an example on how to use Data acces...more >>

DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER
Posted by antonio at 6/6/2007 4:47:12 PM
After deploying my SSIS package into our production server running what I think is a 64 bit version of SQL Server Integration Services, I am unable to execute the package. During validation I get the error: Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER .....etc. ...more >>

Multi - Database Copy/Append
Posted by Tiger at 6/6/2007 3:19:40 PM
Hi All Question for all Im currently working on creating a Datawarehouse but am curious to what the most effective way to accomplish this task with. Here is the situation: 2 Servers (Server A and Server B) Server A has X databases Server B has 1 database Each night, I need to copy ...more >>



converting from 2000 dts to 2005
Posted by sue at 6/6/2007 12:22:01 PM
When I tried to run a dts on 2005 that was migrated from 2000 server, I get the following error: cannot insert the value null into column 'id' column does not allow nulls what do I do now? thanks Sue...more >>

SSIS and Transactions
Posted by C at 6/6/2007 8:37:02 AM
Can you enlist a Transaction withing the SSIS Designer or does this have to be done via TSQL? How do you handle Transactions in your SSIS Packages?...more >>

SSIS project migration
Posted by mvp at 6/6/2007 6:38:02 AM
Hello Everybody, I have SQL SERVER SSIS project developed in my development server. Now I have to migrate project to QA server (basically all the SSIS packages) so that I can run all the packages from batch file from QA server. In the developement server, I have 3 datasource connections. So ...more >>

Flat file connection in SSIS
Posted by Dora Manjula. at 6/5/2007 12:33:02 PM
I have a delimited text file that has data which looks like this: "INV_CLS","LD_DT", "2","2007-06-01" "2","2007-06-01" "2","2007-06-01" This worked perfectly in DTS. (comma delimited, " text qulaifier, {CR}{LF}) However, for the same file, SSIS is unable to parse the file. How do I get a...more >>

File Watcher
Posted by Sachin Chavan at 6/5/2007 1:57:00 AM
Hi, I need your thoughts on how to accomplish following task: I have some SSIS Packages which processes files created or modified in a perticular folders. Now I dont want these Packages to be running continuously n keep monitoring those folders (each package has its own folder to watch...more >>

SSIS and @@Identity
Posted by Scott at 6/4/2007 4:53:01 PM
Is there anything like @@Identity available in SSIS? I need to store the identity value for a very large partitioned table for the switch from the staging table. Thanks, Scott Mescall...more >>

SSIS isDate() function?
Posted by appdevtech at 6/4/2007 12:09:03 PM
I need to import char(10) strings that are formatted like this: 2007-06-14 2007-02-29 2007-06-22 2007-05-15 2007-05-22 1700-01-1 Please note that one of the dates is blank, not NULL and there is one date not valid in SQL. I need to validate they are valid dates and insert t...more >>

How are you documenting your ETL processes
Posted by GreenHillCourt at 6/1/2007 10:27:00 PM
I'm currently using SSIS on a fairly large project. I wanted to know how other developers are documenting their ETL processes. I've started using Visio for flow charting some of my ETL processes. But I am finding it difficult to use. So, What tools/products are you using and are they workin...more >>

ForEach Loop Container Question
Posted by Bob at 6/1/2007 11:21:46 AM
I have a container that loops through files in a directory and performs tasks. It completes successfully even if no files are found so the on Fail constraint does not trigger my sendmail task. the Execution Results tab simply shows a warning. Warning: The For Each File enumerator is empty. ...more >>


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