Changing Data Types Of A Variable In An Expression
May 18, 2006
Greetings once again SQL friends,
Sorry to bug you with my silly questions but this little problem has been driving me crazy for the last hour or so!
I am attempting to change the data type of a variable in an expression but I keep getting an error saying that the expression can not be evaluated.
The syntax I am using is as follows :
(dt_str) @[User::MAX_OFFER_PRICE_ID]
My variable MAX_OFFER_PRICE_ID is type int32 and I am attempting to cast it as a string.
What am I doing wrong?!
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Dec 27, 2006
How do I go from a text data type to a numeric data type without having to delete the column and put it back out there. I tried to changed the data type but it gave me a error saying that I couldn't go from text to int data type. Help.
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Sep 4, 2007
Hi All,I have a varchar(255) column for storing text in english and inhebrew.It was a stupid mistake to set the data type to be varchar, becausenow I need to store text in german and francais too.Question: Is it safe to change the data type from varchar to nvarchar,without damaging the data that's already present?(I have more than 1000000 records stored...)Thanks,Danny
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Mar 20, 2007
i changed a float data type to a decimal and have lost accurate details, is there a way of rolling back to what it was before
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Aug 24, 2000
Is there a way to change the physical mapping of a user defined data type to the physical SQL Server datatype. It seems that once you create them, it is just about impossible to change it.
Thanks,
Andrew Abrams
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May 14, 2008
Hi there.
"This is a simple problem, so do not be discouraged by the amount of text ahead. I wrote so much because I thought this needed to be explained as well as possible, even though it's simple."
I have two (almost) same sets of tables on two servers, call them Source and Destination.
What needs to be done is that the data in the tables on Source has to be transferred to the same (corresponding) tables on Destination. The unfortunate thing is that in some of the tables on Source some columns are Unicode and in the corresponding tables on Destination the same columns are non-Unicode. Since the data kept in the tables is always ASCII there is no need to have a distinction.
Remark: No, I can't delete the Destination tables and recreate them with the Unicode settings.
Now, I know there is a task that can convert between encodings. But 1. there are MANY tables, 2. there are MANY columns in them and 3. I do not know which columns are Unicode and which are not. I would have to examine all the tables which would take A LOT OF time.
A question arises: Is it possible to write a script component that would take a row, examine the columns for SSIS data types (not VB.NET types) and change the piece of data's type in the colum from Unicode to non-Unicode? I am not sure I've stated this properly but hopefully you get the idea.
If you think this is impossible, please give me an alternative solution (if able), excluding - of course - the conversion task.
Thank you very much.
Darek
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Apr 16, 2014
I have an source file and i have to load it into the data base by changing datatype of the columns in ssis
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May 14, 2008
We have a database that originally had all objects owned by a vendor id. We are in the process of changing the ownership to 'dbo' and wish to remove the vendor id but have found there are a few user defined datatypes that are also owned by this vendor id. How can I change the ownership of them to 'dbo'? They are currently being used in some of the tables. I tried the sp_changeobjectowner but that doesn't work for these.
thanks for any advice!
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May 26, 2005
SQL Server 2000, ASP.Net 1.1
I've been writing this stuff for a while, and can't seem to come to the
conclusion of how I should be retrieving data and assigning this data
to variables.
Since i'm using SQL Server, I'm convinced that I should be using the
datareaders GetSqlDouble (or whatever) function, but this would mean i
need my local variables to be one of the SQL types. The problem
with that is, that there will have to be lots of conversions done by me
to be able to use a SQL type in my application.
For instance, I have a class where i'm retrieving dates. In order
to retrieve them correctly (Null values included), I need to retrieve
them with GetSqlDateTime(), then when it comes time to display the date
in a table, i must first check for nulls, then convert to a
string. This seems to be very cumbersome. Would I be better
off just using GetDateTime(), and the .ToString method, and ignoring
Sql Types all together?
so, basically, how are you guys using your sql server data? with
the supplied sql types, and doing all of the post-processing work
manually? I feel like i'm having trouble conveying my
issue...hopefully someone knows what i mean....i'd just like some
direction to save trouble in the long run, since i feel like there's
got to be a better way...
Confused!
Thanks,
JJ
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Feb 23, 2008
RE: XML Data source .. Expression? Variable? Connection? Error: unable to read the XML data.
I want my XML Data source to be an expression as i will be looping through a directory of xml files.
I don't see the expression property or the connection property??
I tried setting the XMLData property to @[User::filename], but that results in:
Information: 0x40043006 at Load XML Files, DTS.Pipeline: Prepare for Execute phase is beginning.
Error: 0xC02090D0 at Load XML Files, XML Source [108]: The component "XML Source" (108) was unable to read the XML data.
Error: 0xC0047019 at Load XML Files, DTS.Pipeline: component "XML Source" (108) failed the prepare phase and returned error code 0xC02090D0.
Information: 0x4004300B at Load XML Files, DTS.Pipeline: "component "OLE DB Destination" (341)" wrote 0 rows.
Task failed: Load XML Files
Information: 0xC002F30E at Bad, File System Task: File or directory "d:jcpxmlLoadjcp2.xml.bad" was deleted.
Warning: 0x80019002 at Package: The Execution method succeeded, but the number of errors raised (2) reached the maximum allowed (1); resulting in failure. This occurs when the number of errors reaches the number specified in MaximumErrorCount. Change the MaximumErrorCount or fix the errors.
SSIS package "Package.dtsx" finished: Failure.
The program '[3312] Package.dtsx: DTS' has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Thanks for any help or information.
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Jun 7, 2006
Greetings my SSIS friends
I am attempting to create an expression as follows:
"Select * from someTable where someColumn >= " + (dt_str, 25, 1252) @[User::DateTimeVariable]
The problem is that my variable is a Datetime field and when I convert it to string, the string will not execute correctly.
How to solve this problem?
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Apr 14, 2008
Hi everybody:
I want know where can I find information about valid expresion types for each one of de Arithmetic Operators, Bitwise Operators, Comparison Operators, Logical Operators, Unary Operators in SQL server. I want something like this.
for (+) ADD, syntaxis -> expression + expression
expression Valid? result type
-----------------------------------------------------------------
int + int ok int
int + bigint ok bigint
char + char ok char <- (+) works like concatenation
char + int ok char???
image + bit error -
binary + int ok binary???
for (*) MULTIPLY, syntaxis -> expression * expression
expression Valid? result type
-----------------------------------------------------------------
int * int ok int
int * bigint ok bigint
char * char error -
char * int error -
image + bit error -
binary + int ok binary????
for (<) LESS THAN, syntaxis -> expresion < expression
expression Valid? result type
-----------------------------------------------------------------
int < int ok bit???
char < char ok bit???
char < int ok bit???
image < bit error -
tks for help.
Jack
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Oct 20, 2007
Hi,
I´m exporting an ms-excel file, then I use a lookup transformation to get a field from a SQL Server 2005 table. The Lookup transformation editor, after selecting the table, shows a warning that says:
at least one mapping between a column from available input columns ans a column from available lookup columns must be defined on the columns page.
So I try to make a relationship in the Lookup transformation editor's column tab where I find the Available input columns and the available lookup columns but I get the following error:
The following columns cannot be mapped:
[Department, DEP_CLEGALCODE]
One or more columns do not have supported data types, or their data types do not match.
The field in SLQ Server is varchar(10) and the input field is a derived column transformation; I have tried different Data Types but I always have the same error.
The DataFlow is: ExcelSource --> Derived Column --> Lookup --> Flat file destination
thanks.
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Can I change the chart type with the value supplied in the Report Parameters ? Other than chart types everything else have expression field attached to them.
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Mar 30, 1999
How can I change a field type whilst it is populated?
I have tried :
insert new_table
select *
from old_table
but I get :
Disallowed implicit conversion from datatype 'text' to datatype 'varchar'
Table: 'davy.dbo.new_table', Column: 'de_area'
Use the CONVERT function to run this query.
My table formats are as follows :
TABLE dbo.new_table (
de_pk int NOT NULL ,
de_name char (25) NOT NULL ,
de_area char(255) NULL
)
TABLE dbo.new_table (
de_pk int NOT NULL ,
de_name char (25) NOT NULL ,
de_area text(16) NULL
)
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Oct 30, 2003
This is part of the codes of a stored procedure:
-- Create tables variables
DECLARE @_tab_PRNumList TABLE(
PRNum udt_PRNum
)
However, it cannot be compiled coz of this error:
Error 2715: Column or parameter #1: Cannot find data type udt_PRNum.
This user-defined data type is created in a user database only.
I tried to created the user-defined type into BOTH tempdb and master but same error.
How can i resolove it?
Or it is impossible to use user-defined datatype for table variable?
In the past,
i use this method:
CREATE TABLE #PRNumList (
PRNum udt_PRNum
)
and cerate udt_PRNum in tempdb only could solve it.
But now i want to use table variable.
It seems NOT work for my situation.
Any idea?
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Feb 23, 2007
I need a little help here and appreciate any insight into this issue.
I am building an SSIS package that retrieves data from a database to use in a web service task. So let me give you a little more broad overview of the package so you can understand how this is supposed to roll. A database is queried and those values are dumped into a recordset. A foreach loop uses each row of variables to call the web service and dump the returned values to another database. The first database holds a bunch of fields, but the four fields of interest are: a StartDate (DateTime), a StartFormat (single char), an EndDate (DateTime) and an EndFormat (single char). The output from the query of the first database is the input in the signature of a web service's .Load method. Sounds easy, right? Sure, why not?
Well I dragged the Web Service Task on to the pane and took a look inside. Lo and behold, I can hardcode the variables in for the web service or I can assign the inputs to package variables. How fancy, thanks Microsoft!
But that's where the difficulty begins. The method call for the web service looks like this: service.Load(string, int, GTTimestamp1, GTTimestamp2). The web service is expecting a string, an int, and two objects of the type GTTimestamp, which is a very simple class defined as this:
<System.Xml.Serialization.SoapTypeAttribute("GTTimestamp", "http://util.gtdw.pci.com")> _
Public Class GTTimestamp
Public calendar As Date
Public displayFormat As String
End Class
In the input pane for the Web Service, when I click in the value of the two GTTimestamps like I'm going to hardcode them in, another window pops up saying "Enter the values for complex type -in4" and the pane looks exactly like the previous pane with one very important exception: There is not place to check to assign the value from a package variable!!! Dang you Microsoft!!! I don't really understand why they would leave us out to dry on this... Oh, well, maybe they'll take care of it later...Time to work around it.
SSIS does allow you to create a variable of type System.Object, so after playing with the Web Service for a few minutes and giving up on that, I decided to create a script task that is supposed to create two GTTimestamp objects and assign them to two object variables in the package for passing to the WebService Task. The first challenge was to get the web service to play nice with the script. For those who have never done this, use a command prompt and the wsdl.exe to generate a .vb or .cs file to add to your script file using the right click, add existing item...
Once the file was accessable to my scripts, I created two GTTimestamp objects and assigned them to the Package variables of type System.Object. Running the package, I got this error:
"Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.WebServiceTask.WebserviceTaskException: Could not execute the Web method. The error is: Type 'ScriptTask_8c868490237b4220b582bdc7c7a3ecae.GTTimestamp' in assembly 'VBAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' is not marked as serializable.
Not marked as serializable, huh. Okay, so I made the GTTimestamp serializable by adding the <Serializable()> before the class declaration. Then the error changed to:
The error is: Type is not resolved for member 'ScriptTask_8c868490237b4220b582bdc7c7a3ecae.GTTimestamp,VBAssembly, Version=0.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'.
And here I am, at a loss for what to do from this point. I'm a little lost, so I thought I'd stop and ask for directions. I'm sure I'm not the first to want to use complex variable types.
Only two options at this point. One is to try and store the GTTimestamp in the database and see if SSIS can deal with that. I'm not sure how to store objects in a database or if that is even an option for me, but it came to mind so it made it into this post. The other is to get this to work through the script above that I have run into a wall.
Again, any help is appreciated. Thanks for your time.
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I am using an oledb source. the query is coming from a variable. The database to which oledb source is connected is Oracle.Mt variable contains the following query:
"SELECT REQUEST_ID FROM COMPLIANCE_REQUEST
where LOAD_TMSTP between (select max(END_TMSTP) FROM BATCH_JOB_LOG) and
TO_DATE("'+RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "dd" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) + "-"+RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "mm" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) + "-" +RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "yy" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) + " " +RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "hh" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) + "." +RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "mi" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) + "." +RIGHT("0" + (DT_STR,4,1252)DATEPART( "ss" , @[System:tartTime] ), 2) +'",'DD-MM-YY HH24.MI.SS')"
I am getting error as :
Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source 2 [2177]]: No column information was returned by the SQL command.
Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source 2 [2177]]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E4A.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "OraOLEDB" Hresult: 0x80040E4A Description: "Command was not prepared.".
Error at Data Flow Task [OLE DB Source 2 [2177]]: Unable to retrieve column information from the data source. Make sure your target table in the database is available.
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Jun 14, 2007
Hi,
I have a variables in SSIS:
- object MyObj
How can I write an expression that checks if MyObj is NULL or NOT NULL?
Thank you.
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Aug 1, 2007
Hello,
I have a DateTime variable called CurrentDate that needs to reflect the current date, but the date portion only. I checked several functions in the Expression Builder to use with GETDATE() so that I could just get the date portion, but I didn't see anything that really fit. In a SQL query I would normally use CONVERT to do this.
Any ideas?
Thank you for your help!
cdun2
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Feb 27, 2007
What would be the correct syntax if I wanted to add the following lines into a variable using an expression? The lines should be the first two rows before my XML.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dataroot xmlns:od="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:officedata">
+@[User::xml_output]
Thanks,
Phil
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Jul 19, 2007
Hi all of you,
That's an easy one. I've got a Send Mail task which might send a message in plain text along with a SSIS variable.
Something like that:
'La tabla "' + SUBSTRING( @[System:ackageName], 3,20) + "' se ha cargado correctamente'
TIA for that,
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Jan 25, 2006
Hi
I have some SSIS variables of type System.Object (they have to be this
type because they are used to hold the results of a single row result
set in an Execute SQL task which is querying an Oracle database.
Although I know the Oracle table columns are Numeric, this was the only
SSIS type that worked).
My problem is that I want to use these variables in expressions, but
can't - I get the error "The data type of variable "User::varObjectVar"
is not supported in an expression".
The only workaround I can think of is to use a script to assign
the numeric values (integers, in fact) that these variables hold to
other variables of type Int32.
Is that my only option, or am I missing something?
thanks
- Jerzy
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Mar 10, 2008
Hello Friends,
I am new to SSRS and i want to define a Variable to one of the expression of my ssrs report. Can anyone help me to solve this issue.
I am using a matrix in the report and in that matrix in each box i am using some expression to get the value. So i need to define a variable .. Is it possible to define a variable ?
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Nov 16, 2007
I have been successful using comments (to help remind me that the SQL is coming from a varaible which is set via an expresion) within the variable expression passed to a Source or Destination. I have been unable to get this to work in an ExecuteSQL control flow task when parameters are used within the query. I am not sure what is causing this not to work the fact that it is an ExecuteSQL control flow task or that the SQL has parameters (or perhaps that it also uses an OUTPUT parameter).
Any thoughts to share? Am I missing something?
WORKS (In Data Flow SQL):
"--NOTE: This is defined by an expression on Source_AdventureWorks_Customers_SQL variable
SELECT
[CustomerID],
[TerritoryID],
[AccountNumber],
[CustomerType],
[rowguid],
[ModifiedDate]
FROM
[AdventureWorks].[Sales].[Customer]"
FAILS (in Control Flow ExecuteSQL with parms including Output parm):
"--NOTE: This is defined by an expression on Source_AdventureWorks_Customers_SQL variable
[audit].[up_LogEtlPackageStart]
@ETLAuditParentKey = ?,
@Description = ?,
@PackageName = ?,
@PackageGuid = ?,
@PackageVersionMajor = ?,
@PackageVersionMinor = ?,
@PackageVersionBuild = ?,
@MachineName = ?,
@ExecutionGuid = ?,
@LogicalDate = ?,
@StartTime = ?,
@Operator = ?,
@ETLAuditKey = ? OUTPUT"
WORKS (in Control Flow ExecuteSQL with parms including Output parm):
"[audit].[up_LogEtlPackageStart]
@ETLAuditParentKey = ?,
@Description = ?,
@PackageName = ?,
@PackageGuid = ?,
@PackageVersionMajor = ?,
@PackageVersionMinor = ?,
@PackageVersionBuild = ?,
@MachineName = ?,
@ExecutionGuid = ?,
@LogicalDate = ?,
@StartTime = ?,
@Operator = ?,
@ETLAuditKey = ? OUTPUT"
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Jul 20, 2007
I'm trying to do something very simple, and having a tough time with it.
I've got a Global Variable that gets a string value assigned to it in a Script Task, and then I need to access that value in Execute Process Task Expression. When running, by the time it gets to the Process Task, the global variable's value in the expression is still blank, even though a breakpoint on the task shows that it does have a value.
What am I doing wrong? This seems too simple to give me this much problem.
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Oct 9, 2006
First and foremost, I'm officially and thoroughly confused between Variable, Expression and settings. I need help clearify this up for me.
I'm going to use the Flat File Connection as an example.
I have:
> A global variable named: FileToImportFullPath (string) that stores the full path of the file I want to import. Note: the file path will change has the package executes (the location of the file depends on a number of conditions, namely the Date and Time of the package execution)
> A Flat File Connection Manager used by a Flat File source in the package's main Data Flow
So ideally, I want the Flat File Connection Manager's ConnectionString to be set to whatever the value of FileToImportFullPath variable is at the time. To accomplish this, I set the ConnectionString Expression to equal to FileToImportFullPath. First question, if I set the ConnectionString Expression, is it okay for me to leave the ConnectionString property (i.e. in the Editor or the Property Editor) blank? Second, whenever I leave the ConnectionString property blank, I will get a warning stating: "A valid file name must be selected". Since this is a warning, I ignored, but during exeuction, the value really is blank. Also, I'm 100% certain that the FileToImportFullPath variable is set correctly before the Data Flow step is executed.
All in all, I'm just confused if an object's property must be set if there is already an express for it (e.g., in the file move task, the source and the destination properties).
Thanks,
Jason
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Jan 28, 2008
When creating a variable you assign a value to it. Example: D: estA
How do you change the value of a variable once assigned. Example: D: estB
Also is there any way to delete user variables that you do now want. I created variables during development and now I have no need for them.
Thanks
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May 22, 2014
I have created a variable in a SQL Task and assigned it to a string variable. When I debug the container with a breakpoint, I can see the correct date value being assigned to the variable.
I have an ADO Net source setup to an Oracle connection. I need to pull the Oracle data down that has an updated date greater than the updated date in my ODS.
My issue is that the variable is not being passed through to my expression that I use for an ADO Net source.
"SELECT * FROM BI_EDW.GL_JE_HEADERS WHERE LAST_UPDATE_DATE > To_Date('" + (DT_WSTR, 19) @[User::varLastUpdateDate] + "','yyyy-mm-dd hh24:mi:ss')"
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Aug 4, 2015
I have tried with this thing for hours and I can't get it to parse.
Trying to get last year so the expression should evaluate today as of "12/31/2014"
I looked all over on Google and couldn't find an expression to copy so I've been playing with it.
Here is what it is in SQL Server:
SELECT DATEADD(dd,-1,DATEADD(yy, DATEDIFF(yy,0,GETDATE()),0))
Absolutely could not get it to parse..even with DT tags, etc...
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Mar 27, 2007
I'm using a file Task to rename files to include a Month and Year in the FIle. Part of the requirement in the file name is a two digit month. I have the following query built which will return a two digit month regardless if it's a one or two digit month.
SELECT REPLACE(STR(MONTH(DATEADD("Month", -1,GETDATE())), 2), ' ', '0')
This works perfect when running in T-SQL, but when attempting to define a variable in the expression
REPLACE(STR(MONTH(DATEADD("Month", -1,GETDATE())), 2), ' ', '0') expression keeps failing the evaluation?
Anyone run into a simliar issue or have a suggested work around?
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Apr 27, 2007
I have an integer variable which i had to cast as a string in order for it to show as an integer in the sql expression which is a string in order for it to INSERT as an integer? Read that 5 times fast!!!
"INSERT INTO Table( SourceFileName, ProcessStartTime, ProcessEndTime, Processed, RowCountFlatFile, RowCountCleanInsert, RowCountDataConversionErrors, RowCountPKViolation, RowCountDuplicateInvoiceIDInSourceFile, RowCountISNULLCase1, RowCountISNULLCase2, RowCountConditionalSplit)
VALUES( '"+ @[User:aymentFileName] +"',
'"+ (DT_STR, 20, 1252)@[System:tartTime]+ "',
'"+ (DT_STR, 20, 1252)@[System:tartTime]+ "',
1,
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcSourceFile]+",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcCleanInserts]+",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcDataConversionErrors]+",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcPKViolation]+",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcExistingInvoiceID]+",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcISNULLCase1] +",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcISNULLCase2] +",
"+(DT_STR, 4, 1252)@[User::rcConditionalSplitErrors]+"
)"
all the variable beginning with rc are Int32 variables being loaded using the Row Count task. they are being inserted into an integer field in the table. Is this whack or what???
I was trying to cast is using DT_I4 but couldn't find any samples nor could I get it to work. The above is successful!!!
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Aug 17, 2006
I have one package that executes 4 child packages (5 total). All 5 packages are set to log information using a connection string with a variable set at runtime for the location. The child packages use a parent variable to get the log connection string from the parent package.
The parent package logs fine, but a strange behavior occurs with the child packages.
The child packages all log data to the location used in the configuration file variable during runtime (like it's supposed to). However, I would get an error right before the first child package finishes execution saying path not found. Just for giggles, I created the folder I use in my development environment on the production environment. The error goes away, but the log file is created in that folder with no data in it. Subsequently, the log file with the data is created in the location set in the configuration file. Now I have two log files!!!!
Anybody know how to fix this?!
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