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all groups > sql server dts > september 2007 > threads for september 22 - 28, 2007

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Importing tables from Access to SQL Server
Posted by Shane Jones at 9/28/2007 10:31:56 AM
I've inherited a project which has numerous fields that have extra spaces in them -- this is causing a problem with data Inserts, Edits, and Deletions in my .ASP Website. I'm importing data tables from ACCESS 2003 into SQL Server 2005, and I need to know if there's a way that I can Right Tr...more >>

Script Task & Scripting.FileSystemObject
Posted by Rmoore at 9/28/2007 8:41:01 AM
I am tring to convert an existing ActiveX task to a Script Task using VB.net. Below is the code from ActiveXScript (SQL 2000)? What will be the equivlant in SSIS (Script task)? Dim FSO Dim InputFile Dim InputFile2 Dim OutputFile Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject") FSO.C...more >>

Why does Userid appear to change in DTS ?
Posted by rmcompute at 9/28/2007 5:04:00 AM
We run a scheduled job with Owner: SvcExePUser. In the log after the job completes, it appears to run as US\svcClus as listed below: Executed as user: US\svcClus. ...OnStart: DTSStep_DTSExecutePackageTask_1 One of our scheduled jobs keeps failing because the directory it is transmitin...more >>

Passing parameter to Teradata
Posted by Ashish at 9/28/2007 3:21:01 AM
Hi, I am writing a DTS package to get data from Teradata. It seems like Teradata driver does not support parameters. I need to pass parameter to the query. Is it possible to write ActiveX to substitute query parameters from global variables? Please give me the steps how to do it. Also, should...more >>

Checkpoints not saving variables
Posted by Jason at 9/27/2007 3:25:00 PM
Hello, If I have to restart an SSIS package at the checkpoint, how do I keep my variable values? Is there a way to persist the variables in the checkpoint files so when the package restarts, it knows what variables were written too in an earlier task? Here's my problem, if step A writes ...more >>

Source Excel's null value overrides destination table column default value
Posted by michaelt at 9/27/2007 11:33:07 AM
Using SSIS 2005, I am importing an excel worksheet whose column c (formatted as number) has some null values. The destination table column "c" (datatype of float) has a default of 0. After executing the SSIS package, there's are NULL values instead 0's. Why is this? Is there a package confi...more >>

cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode data types
Posted by cindy at 9/27/2007 10:46:00 AM
I am converting a simple (at least in the SQL Server 2000 DTS days) to this new SSIS. I have a data source (which is Oracle 8 using .Net ODBC provider) and am trying to pump the data into a SQL Server table. I get an error that it cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode data types. A...more >>

Transfert DTS Packages
Posted by Cy at 9/26/2007 7:03:10 PM
Newbie question. What is the easiest method of transfering DTS packages between servers that cannot see eachother? ...more >>



DTS / COM puzzle
Posted by earthStrapped at 9/25/2007 8:08:01 AM
I am having a puzzling problem with a DTS package in SQL 2000 that uses a combination of "Execute Process Tasks" and "ActiveX Script Tasks." The issue occurs with one of (the second) the ActiveX Script Task. The script invokes a COM object that was written in C#. This COM object connects to...more >>

Execute Process Task timing out
Posted by Karl Hoaglund at 9/23/2007 10:19:15 AM
Hi! I'm calling a VB.net exe using an Execute Process Task and it appears to be timing out on me. It runs for 3 or 4 minutes and then just stops and returns an error 128. I think it is timing out because 1) if I run the exe directly it finishes completely without an error, 2) the program do...more >>


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