DTS Pakcage File Import But Filename Changes
Aug 5, 2004
Hi All,
I am trying to automate a rather complicated file import routine using a DTS package. I'm getting on ok with it but have now reached the limits of my knowledge.
At the moment I am sent a file every month e.g. "perf04-05m1.csv". I then rename it to "import.csv" and run the DTS package. I would like to make the process more dynamic so that the the DTS package takes in the most recent file no matter it's filename e.g. I don't have to re-name the file to "import.csv" in order for the DTS package to run.
I have had a look at BOL and think that I need to use either a Dynamic Properties Task or a Global variable but I'm not sure how to tie it all together, can anyone offer any pointers or know of any good articles I can have a look at. I may also need to dynamically alter some of the SQL statements within the DTS package as well.
Cheers
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Oct 26, 2005
Hi
I'm struglling with this, can anyone assist. I'd go as far as to say, there is $$ up for the solution that works.
Here's the routine..
1) Upload file to server - works, no problem.
2) Extract cell ref A1-ws1 & A1-ws2 from the newly uploaded file (myXLSFileName - WHERE ProjectID = Session("strProjectID").
3) Update tMyTable.myfield1 with A1-ws1 & tMyTable.myfield2 with A1-ws2 WHERE ProjectID = Session("ProjectID")
All efforts greatly received!.
Thanks
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Jul 24, 2015
Need to know how I can get the dynamic filename created in the FlatFile destination for insert into a package audit table?
Scenario: Have created a package that successfully outputs Dynamiclly named flat files { Format: C:Test’Comms_File_’ + ‘User::FileNumber’+’_’+Date +’.txt’
E.g.: Comms_File_1_20150724.txt, Comms_File_2_20150724.txt etc} using Foreach Loop Container :
* Enumerator Set to: “Foreach ADO Enumerator” with the ADO object source variable selected to identify how many total loop iterations there are i.e. Let’s say 4 thus 4 files to be created
*Variable Mappings : added the User::FileNumber – indicates which file number current loop iteration is i.e. 1,2,3,4
For the DataFlow task have a OLDBSource and a FlatFile Destination where Flat File ConnectionString is set up as:
@[User::Output_Path] + "Comms_File"+ @[User:: FileNumber] +"_" + replace((DT_WSTR, 10) (DT_DBDATE) GETDATE(),"-","")+ ".txt"
All this successfully creates these 4 files:
Comms_File_1_20150724.txt, Comms_File_2_20150724.txt, Comms_File_3_20150724.txt, Comms_File_4_20150724.txt
Now the QUESTION is how do I get these filenames as I need to insert them into a DB Audittable. The audit table looks like this:
CREATE TABLE dbo.MMMAudit
(
AuditID INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
PackageName VARCHAR(100) NULL,
FileName VARCHAR(100) NULL,
LoadTime DATETIME NULL,
NumberofRecords INT NULL
)
To save the Filename & how many records in each file in our Audit Table, am using an Execute SQL Task and configuring it as this:
Execute SQL Task
Parameter mapping - Mapped the User Variable (RecordsInserted) and System Variable( PackageName) to Insert statement as shown below
SQLStatement: INSERT INTO [dbo].[MMMAudit] (
PackageName,NumerofRecords,LoadTime)
(?,?.GETDATE)
Again this all works terrific & populates the dbo.MMMAudit table as shown below BUT I also need to insert the respsctive file name – How do I do that?
AuditID PackageName FileName NumberOfRecords
1 MMM NULL 12
2 MMM NULL 23
3 MMM NULL 14
4 MMM NULL 1
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Feb 14, 2008
Hello everybody
I was just wondering if anybody knows the correct way to write a query that will output to a text file in 2005
Right now i'm doing
select * from tablename TO FILE 'c: hefile.txt'
But I keep getting a syntax error near TO
All the examples i've seen use this but i don't think they are for 2005.
Any help will be appreciated
Thx
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Sep 7, 2007
Doesn't appear you can do this.
Am I wrong?
Please tell me I am.
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Dec 20, 2007
Hello
I'm using the ForEach File task and masking the files I want to process as ABC??.TXT.
It all works well until I drop a file there like ABC12 Copy.TXT, which I don't expect to be process, but the loop still picks it up. Am I using the wrong wildcards?
newstar1860
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Feb 27, 2006
Hi SSIS experts!
I have been trying to schedule a package I design to run off hour, but unable to do so. Here is a strange issue:
1. I am able to run and excute the package successfully through VSS. After I finished designing all my flows and containers, my exceution was successful to all my data sources.
2. I was able to deploy and run the actual package by sending to my local file system and it runs successfully through Execute Package Utility.
HOWEVER!!! when I tried to schedule this package through file system under sql server agent to run at night or through start job within SQL agent always failed...
I am puzzled so I added some logging on the package. The error message shows the following....
<message>The connection "{087B883F-D188-440A-9501-FF38CF5CEC28}" is not found. This error is thrown by Connections collection when the specific connection element is not found.
<message>Failed to acquire connection "10.0.2.2.LogDB.jhwang". Connection may not be configured correctly or you may not have the right permissions on this connection.
But I thought if I had set the connection correctly to remember my passwords and using SQL server standard login within my package (connection manager) and should resolved the connection issues....
Why did it failed when I try to run it under sqlagent? But not through Execute Package Utility? Is there is a special setting I need to do for it to run under sql agent?
I notice within the job step when I choose the file source to point to my package... there was a tab called data sources where it has the connections I defined in my package. Does it matter if I put a check box on them or not? Either way they failed to connect.
Please help!
JON
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Mar 2, 2006
So did some troubleshooting on the my previous post -http://forums.microsoft.com/forums/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=272319&SiteID=1
Thanks to everyone who tried to help... So I got some insight into what is happening.
My package was having trouble reading files on a remote domain although I mapped the drives locally. This does not cause either running the package to failed either through directly running under VSS, or Execution Utility. But it failed when I try to schedule it through SQL server agent.
I wonder if it is the security context problem and asking for help of how to get around that issue.
So I have a for each file loop container that retrieve filenames on a remote domain which has a different security account then my local account. So how I got around that was to map that drive locally to a drive letter...example W:
then I use W: as my path within my package. I was trying to figure out where I can declare the connection within my package specifically, but don't know if I could do that.
If I run this through VSS or exectuion utility, it works okay. I was able to see W: and all the files on that mapped drive and read in the data.
However, when I schedule it under SQL agent, it doesn't see any files then exited the package as success right the way, because it has nothing to do....
So is there a different between the security context on mapped drive between VSS and my SQL agent? If so...How do I get around that challenge?
BTW, the two domain do not have share accounts between each others. I had to specified and map the drives explicitly.
THANKS!
JON
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Jan 20, 2004
I'm guessing the best way / only way to store a filename is to store it as a varchar?
I'm using it as a reference to pictures wefor a gallery
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Aug 10, 2006
I am wanting to capture the file name I am using to load data from and use it in a SQL statement to insert it along with the data that I load.
I am using a ForEach container to load all my .txt files but cannot figure out how to capture the name of each source file as it loops through the files and then add it to my insert statement that is populating my history table. I would think that the ForEach container has that information, but I do not see how to access it and assign it to a variable that I could use in my SQL statement.
Any ideas or suggestions?
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Aug 14, 2007
My task is to write an SSIS package that picks up just one file from a directory and loads it into a database table. The filename is defined as being "ABC*.txt". So I must pick up only one file that matches that wildcard.
I can see two ways of doing this, but I can't get either to work:-
1. Use a Flat File Source connection and put the wildcard in the ConnectionString.
i.e. ConnectionString = "C:\mydirABC*.txt"
But SSIS doesn't seem to support that.
2. Use a Foreach Loop Container with a Foreach File Enumerator, and configure the enumerator as:-
Folder = c:mydir
Files = ABC*.txt
This works well, but loops round for as many files match the wildcard. Is there any way of forcing it to drop out after the first time round the loop?
Or am I missing a much easier solution?
Thanks.
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Feb 19, 2007
Hi,
I am adding a file to a filegroup on a remote system, and i don't know the direcotry structure of that machine, how can i provide the path for FILENAME param. :eek:
ALTER DATABASE TESTDB ADD FILE (NAME = N'TESTFILE', FILENAME = N'physicalfilepath.ndf') TO FILEGROUP TESTFILEGROUP
Warm Regards,
Mushq
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Dec 31, 2006
I have a raw file destination and am using a variable to store the filename. In an earlier task, I create the value in the variable. User:Filename ... set to C:Test.txt.
When I run the package, I get the "Error: 0xC0202070 at DFT Tekelec Call Events, RFD Tekelec [1365]: The file name property is not valid. The file name is a device or contains invalid characters". error. I then set a breakpoint to examine my variables on the DataFlow pre-execute event and found my variable showing the value "C:\Text.txt" ... so apparently XMLA is adding the escape character when it stores the value in the variable but not retracting it when it uses the value as the filename.
What am I missing? Can I not use pathing in the variable? And if that's the case, how do I specify a path. Went back through my Rational Guide to Scripting SSIS but did not find this addressed specifically ... my second option being build the fiilename by script and set the raw file destination property directly via script.
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Jun 29, 2006
I need to add the current date to the end of the filename of a flat file at runtime.
This was previously done with ActiveX script in SQL Server 2000.
oConn = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Connections("FlatFileConnectionManagerName")
oConn.DataSource = sNewFileName
oConn = Nothing
I would really appreciate if someone could give me some information on how to achieve this in SQL Server 2005.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Sara
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Oct 20, 2006
I have created a SSIS pkg (datasource and flat file destination)
I need to have the flatfile renamed after each exec to a column name that exists in the table I am running the pkg against.
Where does the code get put to make this change after the file has been created?
Basically if I could run T-SQL after the file creation, I could make it work.
thx..
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Nov 10, 2007
I am trying to attach to aMDF and LDF file that are on the remote location. When you try to do this though getting an error..
"File filename.mdf is on a network device not supported for database files."
How to do this.
Could you please help me to sort out this problem.
Thanks in advance
WillSmith
mail2willsmith@yahoo.com
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Sep 3, 2007
Hi,
I am migrating one of my DTS package to SSIS.
My task is to read the filename from a database table and transfer the flat file data in to a table.
In SSIS,I am able to fetch the file name using a Data Reader Source; but how to pass this fileName parameter to Flat File Source ?
In DTS I have used ActiveX script to pass filename variable as flatfilecon.Source.
Any help ?
Thanks,
Ravi
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Mar 11, 2008
How do i use the foreach loop container and pass each file found according to a specified pattern to a Flat File Source in a Data Flow Task Object so i can operate on each file found in the foreach loop object instead of having to specify a static file name
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Apr 19, 2008
Hi Champs,
Scenario Configuration : VB.net 2005 Code, WebService for Executing SSIS on Server, SSIS deployed on the Database Server
Problem Description : We are developing windows applicaiton in which we call webservice which was deployed on the same server where SSIS packages are deployed.
Now from Code we are passing FilePath name in variable and execute the Package. But the SSis result says that
The file name "\computernamefol1fol2fol3fol4abc.txt" specified in the connection was not valid.
More Information:
1. Full Permission are given on this network folder.
2. Package executes successfully from SSIS development solution (BIS solution)
3. Deployed packed executes successfully from the Database Server.
4. From Development pc packege executes successfully.
5. Other packages deployed on the same server executed suucessfully with same configuration and scenario.
Only this package is not executing.
-- the only differece with this package with other is -
using ".txt" extension in Flat file connection and using VB Script task
Can any one suggest the appropirate solution for this problem...
Thanks
Tarang Pandya
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Jan 18, 2007
Hi ALL,
Getting Access Denied To FileName Error When Using the Execute Sql Task (With File Connection) into a Foreach Loop Container.
Please Note :
I have a folder containing .sql files. I have to dynamically loop through the files and send them as a File connection Folder to the Execute Sql Task.
When I run this Package I am getting the follwoing error :
[Execute SQL Task] Error: An error occurred with the following error message: "Access to the path 'C:ProjectsFuzzy Lookup DataFlow ExampleScripts' is denied.".
Also I have logged in to the machine as Administrator and to Sql Server with sa.
Please help.
Thanks.
Regards,
Salil
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Jan 12, 2006
Hi all,
when trying to ímport files to our database server from a client, I keep getting an error:
- Validating (Error)
Messages
Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Source_txt" (1).
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Data Conversion 1" (175).
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
... doing the same import when logged on the server, hasn't been giving me any errors, how come. I can from my client without trouble import tables from other DB servers but when ever it is files it won't do it.
I tried as mentioned in other threads rerun setup to re-install SSIS, but as it was already installed it wouldn't re-install. My next move would be to make a clean install, but not sure it would help, as I think this is a buck.
best regards
Musa Rusid
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Sep 25, 2006
Good Day to all,
Hope you could help me w/ my project.
Im creating a DTS Package. The source data will be coming from an excel file going to my SQL table. The DTS package is scheduled to execute daily, but the source data will be coming from different excel filename.
Example, today the DTS will get data from Data092506.xls. Then tomorrow, the data will be coming from Data092606.xls.
How can I do this? The DTS I've already done has a fixed source data file.
Please help.
Thank you so much.
God Bless.
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Guys.
This has been an issue for me. It happens once in a while.
I am importing a File from a shared folder thru DTS package. Once in a while the DTS package fails due to the following error.
"Error Opening Data File: Process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process"
Is there anyway I can specify that the file is going to be opened in read only, so that the DTS will not fail?
Any other solution/suggestion?
-MAK
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