Hi,
I've a function which I'm using in one of my script task. Then I do some operations and in other script task I'm using same function. If I change a function in one task then I need to do in all other tasks. Is there a way where we can write this function at package level and be able to use in any of the task.
Regards
Munafbhai
How to set and reference Global Variable in a SQL Task (MS SQL 2000)
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Hi,
I am tring to figure out how to retrieve the value of a global variable from s SQL task, the value for the Global variable is set in a Active Script Task. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Satish.
Hey all,
I have a stored procedure, which need one variable as parameter. I am trying to call this stored procedure from my DTS Task and my parameter is defined as the Global Variable in DTS. here is the SP call within my DTS Task
declare @id int
select @id = DTSGlobalVariables('ClientId' ).value
exec sp_Update_DayPart @ClientId= @id
it gives me an error that DTSGlobalVariables function not defined. In this case how can i pass the value of Client Id which is my global variable to my SP.
Thanks in Advance
I'm trying to pass a global variable from a DTS package to the child packages that it calls using ExecutePackage tasks. I have selected the child's global variable on the Inner Global Variable tab and I have selected the parent's global variable on the Outer Global Variable tab. That doesn't work. Whatever I type into the Value column of the Inner Global Variable tab gets passed to the child package. How do I get the parent's global variable passed to the child package? Do I need to set the value on the Inner Global Variable tab to some special word to make it look for the parent's global variable? If I set it to nothing, nothing gets passed.
I have been able to make this work using an ActiveX Script task. I can set the Inner Global Variable value of the Task object to the parent's global variable value, but that's not the clean solution I'm looking for. There must be a simple way to do this because Microsoft's documentation brags about this feature, but they don't explain exactly how to do it.
Thanks
Steve
Hello experts,
Is there a possibility that one script task have the access to another script task?
My first script task has a function I would like to use at my second script task.
Hope to hear you soon!
Best regards,
Alex
I'm playing (and trying to learn)...
I have an FTP task in a for each containter and am setting the RemotePath using an expression (works great). Thought I could use this to start learning some of the scripting funtionality in SSIS (in a script task) so found some code in this forum (thanks Original Posters!) and tried my hand at some coding... Intent was to create a variable and then dynamically overwrite the Expression in the FTP Task from the script (I know I don't need to do this, I just wanted to use it for learning purposes)....
I have a variable named varFTPDestPathFileName (string) and want to set it to the value of varFTPDestPath (string) + varFTPFileName (string). Note: all variables are scoped at the package level (could this be the problem?). I did not assign any of the variables to ReadOnly or ReadWrite on the Script Task Editor page (seems to me that doing this in the code is a whole lot cleaner [and self documenting] than on the Task Editor page)...
I keep getting the following error:
"The element cannot be found in a collection. This error happens when you try to retrieve an element from a collection on a container during execution of the package and the element is not there."
Here is the script:
Public Sub Main()
Dim vars As Variables
' Lock for Read/Write the variables we are going to use
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForRead("User::varFTPDestPath")
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForRead("User::varFTPFileName")
Dts.VariableDispenser.LockForWrite("User::varSourcePathFileName")
Dts.VariableDispenser.GetVariables(vars)
' Set Value of varSourcePathFileName <<--- ERROR OCCURS HERE
vars("User::varSourcePathFileName").Value = _
Dts.Variables("User::varFTPDestPath").Value.ToString + _
Dts.Variables("User::varFTPFileName").Value.ToString
vars.Unlock()
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
I would also like to be able to loop through the Dts.VariableDispensor to see the contents of the variables and their values.
Somthing like
For each ??? in vars
msgbox(???.Value)
Next
One other question... Do we always have to preface the variable with "User::" or "System::", if so can you explain why?
Any help would be much appreciated....
I've been looking around but haven't yet found the syntax for usage of global variables in an SQL Task.
I've set the global variable Id (see code below):
if (select field from table where id = @[User::id]) is null
select top 1 1 as response from table
else select top 1 0 as response from table
My objective with it is to set another global variable (@isNull). Supposably, when the selection returns null, I should set the variable to null, I did it by using the selections and mapping the response to that variable (is ther a better way to do so?).
When I try to execute this, it says the variable has not been defined.
Here is the error:
Error: Must declare the variable '@'.
I've also tryed it withou the brackets and the User:: thing in the beggining, (@id directly) and here is the response:
Error: Must declare the variable '@id'.
How should I access the global variables in the SQL code?
(BTW, I've checked the field in execution time and it is set to 23, the correct Id, so the block that preceedes this one is working properly)
Thanks,
I have a package (Package1) that is run from another package (Package2) via a Execute Package Task. I set a Global Variable called sErrorMessage in the in Package1 and would like to access that Global Variable in an ActiveX Script Task in Package2. How can I do this?
View 6 Replies View RelatedIs it at the package scope, AppDomain, Process, or OS/Machine scope?
We've started using SSIS from C# in a multi-threaded app and are coming up against some problems that prompted this question.
One application process, one application domain, multiple threads. Each thread is given a package to execute under the control of a manager thread. The thread instantiates a package instance, (loading the package from a file), sets the value of some of the user variables and executes it. Different threads may be given the same package name to execute, but with different values for the variables.
The problem we see is that two different package instances, when running seemingly separate instances of the same package, seem to be sharing the same Dts.Variables collection instance in a Script Task - overwriting the values of ReadWriteVariables set by the other executing package. Sometimes it will fail completely being unable to access a variable.
I'd have expected two package instances to be completely separate w.r.t. their variables - am I missing something?
I need to retrieve the Global Variables set in my package configuration file within an ActiveX Script Task within an SSIS package. In DTS, I could access the Global Variables to execute a SQLXMLBulkLoad for the following statement:
==========================================
Function Main()
Response.Expires=-1
set objBL = CreateObject("SQLXMLBulkLoad.SQLXMLBulkLoad")
objBL.ConnectionString =
"provider=SQLOLEDB.1;server=ABC123;database=MyDB;Trusted_Connection=Yes;"
objBL.KeepIdentity = False
objBL.CheckConstraints = False
objBL.Execute DTSGlobalVariables("gv_XSDSchemaFile").Value, DTSGlobalVariables("gv_XMLFullPath").Value
Main = DTSTaskExecResult_Success
set objBL=Nothing
End Function
=========================================
I have tried using the Script Task to write this in VB.NET, however the MSXML4.0 is not exposed within the limited object model of the Script Task Designer. I have written a Data Flow Object using the XML Source, however it requires quite a bit of effort to have the Data Flow Component parse the XML (with 10 hierarchical nodes), transform each and provide a SQL Server Destination. This works, however the XML Source Component requires a hardcoded reference to the XSD Schema file and does not allow for a Global Variable to used. (They do provide this functionality for the XML file source though).
My requirement is to allow for the Global Variable to be passed for the Schema file at runtime. The only way I can think of is to recreate what I was doing in DTS where I could simply pull in the XML and XSD Global Variables and execute the SQLXMLBulkLoad in VB Script.
Any ideas on how to write this in VBScript within the ActiveX Script Task in SSIS?...
Michael
The logic I am trying to recreate via SSIS is the following SQL statement:
insert into db3.dbo.targettable1 -- Target database table
(SiteC,
Objecte,
Attrib1)
select distinct ?,
?,
from ? -- Source database table
join dbo.targettable2 c1 -- Target database table
on c1.Alias = ? and
c1.CSetID = ? and
c1.FacID = (select f.PFacID
from dbo.Fac f
where f.FacID = ?)
where not exists (select * from dbo.targettable2 c -- Target database table
where c.Alias = ? and
c.FacID = ? and
c.CSetID = ?)
I have an OLE DB Source that consists of an expression to approximate the following portion of the Above Select statement:
Select ?,
from ? -- Source database table and
The package has 2 global variables User:CSetID and User::FacID whose scope is global to the package and whose values are set within a Foreach Loop Container outside of the Data Flow Task
I was trying to reference the 2 global variables within the Looup Transformation to recreate the following portion of the SQL statement.but encounter errors:
join dbo.targettable2 c1 -- Target database table
on c1.Alias = ? and
c1.CSetID = ? and
c1.FacID = (select f.PFacID
from dbo.Fac f
where f.FacID = ?)
In the Advanced Editor window of Lookup Transaction
select * from
(select * from [dbo].[targettable2 ]) as refTable
where [refTable].[Alias] = ? and [refTable].[FacID] = ? and
[refTable].[CSetID] = ?
Is there away to reference global variables in a Lookup Transformation that are set outside a Data Task Flow?
I have a SQL Task that updates running totals on a record inserted using a Data Flow Task. The package runs without error, but the actual row does not calculate the running totals. I suspect that the inserted record is not committed until the package completes and the SQL Task is seeing the previous record as the current. Here is the code in the SQL Task:
DECLARE @DV INT;
SET @DV = (SELECT MAX(DateValue) FROM tblTG);
DECLARE @PV INT;
SET @PV = @DV - 1;
I've not been successful in passing a SSIS global variable to a declared parameter, but is it possible to do this:
DECLARE @DV INT;
SET @DV = ?;
DECLARE @PV INT;
SET @PV = @DV - 1;
I have almost 50 references to these parameters in the query so a substitution would be helpful.
Dan
We have a Data Flow Task.
Inside this, we have a OLE DB Data Source which calls and executes a stored procedure.
We use a Row Count Task to count the number of rows returned by the OLE DB Data Dource Task.
Then, we use an aggregate function task to get the sum of all the rows of one particular column that is returned from the OLE DB Data Source.
The issue here is that we want to assign the sum value returned by the Aggregate Function Task to a User Variable named User::Variable. We have tried to assign this by using @User::Variable and User::Variable, but neither of those return the expected value.
If there is any other method to do the same then let us know.
We have checked the that the row count is greater than zero.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
We have a SQL Server 2005 Cluster that we are trying to send email from to notify when certain jobs have completed, failed, etc. We are having a bit of a problem getting the email to work and I believe that the failure is at the SMTP server, not at the SQL level.
That being said, I'm trying to create a simple SSIS package that I can use to test connectivity to the SMTP server with and send email. I've added an ActiveX Script Task that calls a COM object that actually sends the email. I keep getting a "Function not found." error when I try to execute the package, and I have no idea why I'm getting that. It says that the errors were found during validation.
Can anyone help?
hi
I am trying to execute a UDF in an Execute SQL Task within a Foreach loop.
I have an Execute SQL task to get the dataset (Firstname, Lastname, CompanyID) which is going into a full result set called @PendingPar. The Foreach Loop is set to a Foreach ADO Enumerator against @PendingPar and I have created 3 variables at the Foreach Loop scope level called @Firstname (String), @Lastname (String) and @CompanyID (Int32). These are mapped in the Foreach Loop as index 0,1 and 2.
Within the Foreach Loop I have an Execute SQL Task with the sql command
select dbo.udf_GetParTitle (?,?,?)
In the parameter mapping I have Variable Name = User::Firstname Direction = Input Data Type = VARCHAR and Parameter Name = 0, User::Lastname, Input, VARCHAR, 1 and User::CompanyID, Input, VARCHAR,2
Finally the UDF returns a @NewPar value so i have the result set in the execute sql task to Single Row which goes into variable @NewPar. This @newPar will be used later but I cannot get the first bit to work yet.
the error message i get back is
Error: 0xC002F210 at Execute SQL Task 1, Execute SQL Task: Executing the query "select dbo.udf_GetParTitle (?,?,?)
" failed with the following error: "Syntax error, permission violation, or other nonspecific error". Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly.
Task failed: Execute SQL Task 1
the initial execute sql task where the dataset is selected works fine but it is within the foreach loop that it fails.
any help gratefully recieved
I have a field called CustomerName Varchar 100 and I wish to write a function that can do the following in a script component task
create a function called CleanString (ByVal CustomerName as String) As String
CleanString Returns the last word of a Customer name if the CustomerName field contains more than one word or if the CustomerName field does not contain Corp or Ltd
ie parse 'Mr John Tools' and the function returns 'Tools'
ie parse 'TechnicalBooks' and the function returns 'TechnicalBooks'
ie parse 'Microsoft Corp' return 'Microsoft Corp'
ie parse 'Digidesign Ltd' return 'Digidesign Ltd'
Any idea of a regular expression or existing piece of existing code I can have
thanks in advance
dave
OK. I give up and need help. Hopefully it's something minor ...
I have a dataflow which returns email addresses to a recordset.
I pass this recordset into a ForEachLoop configuring the enumerator as (Foreach ADO Enumerator). I also map the email address as a variable with index 0.
I then have a Execute SQL task which receives this email address as a varchar variable (parameter 0) which I then use in my SQL command to limit the rows returned. I have commented out the where clause and returned all rows regardless of email address to try to troubleshoot this problem. In either event, I then use a resultset to store the query result of type object and result name 0.
I then pass this resultset into a script variable to start parsing the sql rows returned as type object. ( I assume this is the correct way to do this from other prior posts ...).
The script appears to throw an exception at the following line. I assume it's because I'm either not passing in the values properly or the query doesn't return anything. However, I am certain the query works as it executes just fine at the command prompt.
Try
ds = CType(Dts.Variables("VP_EMAIL_RESULTS_RS").Value, DataSet)
My intent is to email the query results to each email address with the following type of data by passing the parsed data from the script to a send mail task. Email works fine and sends out messages but the content is empty. I pass the parsed data as string values to the messagesource and define the messagesourcetype as a variable in the mail task.
part number leadtime
x 5
y 9
....
Does anyone have any idea what I might be doing wrong?
thanks
John
Is there a way to write a SP for all database.
e.g. I see that I can use sp_databases SP in all databases.
How do I write my own SP which will be available in all databases?
The SP that I have is in a particular database, I cannot use it in other databases unless I manually write it in that too. Can I avoid this?
Thanks
Hi All,I tried to get a global variable in my task scritp by using "Dts.Variables("myVar").Value", every time I've got an errorThe element cannot be found in a collection. This error happens when you try to retrieve an element from a collection on a container during execution of the package and the element is not there. I've seen some examples online to get global varaibles in task script and all of them display the same code Any idea Franck
View 1 Replies View RelatedI would like to create a global DB connection. I am going to be using this string throughout my program and want to be able to call the string that references my connection.
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Hello,
In the properties for a DTS package, I have a string variable. I need to execute an update statement based on this variable. I was going to use Execute SQL, but I didn't know now to get a value from the variables section.
I store the value there because I will be using dtsrun or the DTS library to execute the package, which I can change this value upon execution. How do I execute an update based on the value?
Brian
How to create my own global variable and set its value. In another word, i want to set the value of a variable in one sp and want another sp to see its value.
thanks
Michael
Have anyone encountered a problem with DTS Global variables. What I am trying to do is keep a counter in a global variable. It works fine when I run the job manually but if I schedule the job it doesn't increment the counter. Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
Nancy
Is there a way to declare a global variable that can be used in seperate stored procedures?
I have a statistics table that tracks the inserts and updates for several stored procedures.
I need to have the procedure_A run and insert a count of inserted and updated rows.
Procedure_B needs to identify the row inserted by procedure_A and update the columns with a count of how many it inserted and updated.
Procedure_C needs to do the same as procedure_b.
I want to pass a global variable with the id of the row inserted by procedure_A to the rest of the procedures so that they will know which row to update. How do I do this? Can I?
Thanks.
cani define a global time in sql server2000, which all tables in DIFFERENT databases can use. I need this in order to INNER JOIN all tables in SAME/DIFFERENT DBs on basis of this datetime field.
View 7 Replies View RelatedHi all,
I have a user using this tool, which creates a temporrary storeproc in tempdb.
when I don't give him permission on temp_db, it errors out and says you should create a system variable to point to a different database to create this sp.
Can anyone kindly explain to me how could this be done?
I appreciate any comment on this thread.
Thanks in advance.
Jay
Dear All!
I want to know that how can i declare a global variable in database, assign some value to it, then using it in multiple triggers and procedure then deallocating that.
Please provide a smal example.
Regards,
Shabber.
Hi,
Is there a way to declare a persistent global variable in SQL Server?
I'd like my stored procs to fetch data in a different source depending on a debug (or development) variable.
For example, I'd like to be able to set a variable to either 0 or 1 (true or false) and have a static SP defined as:
IF @MYVARIABLE = 1
SELECT * FROM Openquery(Server1, 'SELECT * FROM Table1")
ELSE
SELECT * FROM Openquery(Server2, 'SELECT * FROM Table2')
What do you think? Since these SPs should be called a lot, I don't want to store the info in a table, I want it as a global variableso it will be as fast as possible.
Any other suggestions are also welcomed.
Thanks,
Skip.
If following code, it is ok if I execute part1 and q1 together.
but if I try to execute Q2, I got error
Server: Msg 137, Level 15, State 2, Line 4
Must declare the variable '@str'.
I guess I have to execute part1 and Q2 at same time.
Is there a way to avoid that. I mean after I execute part1 @str will be kept in memory, and I can execut q2 without a problem? (like in SAS)
Thank
/* Part1*/
/* how to make @str global*/
declare @str nvarchar(20);
set @str='%subway%';
/*Q1*/
select *, case regionname when 'telesales' then 't' else 'o' end as rn
from dbo.RPT_ContractDetails
where businessname like @str
/* Q2*/
select contracttypename,regionname, count(*)as cou, sum(fundingamount)as Dollar
from dbo.RPT_ContractDetails
where businessname like @str
group by contracttypename,regionname
Using SQL2000, I have a DTS that takes data from MySQL to sqlserver, thecatch is I want to specify a specific range of dates.How to use a global variable? At the moment I manually changes the dates andjobs run on a daily basis.sample sql statement from Mysql connection:select *from Table1where date between '1/1/2004' and '6/30/2004'CHANGE TO:select *from Table1where date between @fromdate and @todateTIABob
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi all, I need to update some data in a table, based on some criteria.In this case we are talking about the stamping of a price against a job.The update table holds the jobs, and the update_details table holds theactivities performed on each job and the cost for each activity. If ipull back this information using the following codeselect t1.reference,t1.update_id, t2.*from update t1, update_details t2where left(t1.reference,2) in ('EA','ND','SD','ST')and t1.update_id = t2.update_idI get something likeEA 1883 Act1 4.20EA 1883 Act2 3.00EA 1883 Act3 7.50EA 2444 Act1 4.20SD 5433 Act1 5.60I need to update the cost for everything pulled back using the abovesql, to a price determined in another table (activities)the activities table would look something likeActivity_Code Cost_London Cost_RocAct1 5.60 4.20Act2 4.00 3.00Act3 6.20 5.60in a nutshell i need to update the cost in the update details fromCost_roc to Cost_london for all activities for all jobs in the updatetable that have a referance starting with specific letters. The newprices need to be obtained from the activities table.Would be very gratefull for any help on this matterRegards,Ian Selby*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have several stored procedures and UDFs that have code that convert between GMT timezone and other U.S. timezones.
for example,
to convert from GMT to CT I use this:
@dtmCentral = dateadd(hour, -5,@GMTdtm)
However, come Nov 4th after 2AM, when DST ends, I need to change this to
@dtmCentral = dateadd(hour, -6,@GMTdtm)
Assuming that I can store this -5 or -6 value in a global variable, I want to have a stored procedure that updates it when DST starts and ends.
Is there a better way of doing this other than the option of going through the entire calculations of figuring out whether it's DST or not each time ?
Thanks.