Dynamic Connection String In Excel Source
Apr 14, 2008
Hello,
Kindly give me the solution ASAP how to do Dyanmic Connection in ExcelConnection manager.
Thanks
Thiru
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Dynamic Connection String In Excel Source
Apr 14, 2008Hi all,
I am able to set dynamic source for the text file(flat file) but i want to set the connection string (file name) to excel source dynamicaly. I have tryied lots of time by taking a variable in foreachloop container . Variable is itself able to pick the file name dynamicaly but whern i am tying to set connectionstring to excel source it gives error.
Steps that i have done: -
1) Drag foreachloop container
2) set directory,FileNameRetrieval,FileSpec
3) Made VariableMapping
4) Now drag a dataflow task in the foreachloop container
5) select excel source
6) When i am selecting varaible as connectin string from properties of excel connectin manager, i am getting this error : -
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
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Error at Package3 [Connection manager "Excel Connection Manager 2"]: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E4D.
Error at Data Flow Task [Excel Source [1]]: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "Excel Connection Manager 2" failed with error code 0xC0202009.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Exception from HRESULT: 0xC020801C (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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Please help me, whats the problem? can i set connectionstring via variable to excel source
Error In Excel Source With Dynamic Connection
Apr 14, 2008
Hi SSIsians,
I have a package with Excel Destination with dynamic connection.
I did ExcelFilePath = [@user::VarSourceFolder]+[@user::VarSourceFileName]
then i changed the Delayvalidation = True.
When i try to run the package in BIDS it gives the error.
ERROR:
[Excel Source [30501]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E37.
[Excel Source [30501]] Error: Opening a rowset for "DailySheet" failed. Check that the object exists in the database.
It saying there is no sheet in the name of "DailySheet" but when i removed the expression in connection manager property it is working fine.
Please let me know what is the problem OR how to configure the dynamic connection in ExcelSource.
Thanks
Thiru
SE - SSIS
Chennai
HELP - Cannot Use Dynamic Connection String With Excel?
Aug 23, 2007This method has worked beautifully for all my SSIS pkgs thus far.
Basically, I use a Script Task to derive the name of the newest file in a local directory. Then I save the name of the file to user a user variable, e.g. User::File.
Then, in my flat file properties > Expressions, I set "ConnectionString" to reference User::File.
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Error at myPkg: The result of the expression "@[User::Folder]+ @[User::File]" on property "ConnectionString" cannot be written to the property. The expression was evaluated, but cannot be set on the property.
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Hi,
I am creating an SSIS package witha a Dataflow task, which reads from an Excel source and then uses script component to dumpt the data to multiple tables in Sql Server database
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I currently have my excel source dynamic for the connectionstring. Using a global variable with the filename and using the expressions of this control to dynamically have the connecttionstring. My problem is that i need tto read always the first workseet and the name changes frequently and generates an erro in SSIS.
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