Hi
I add extended properties to table in sql server 2005, for example i add Caption property to every column.
In case I generate a datasource from table in sql server in visual studio 2005, Is there a way that "Caption" property in datatable to be filled from that metadata, or metadata is useless for dataset.
Every time i had to fill manually the caption property of datatable generated .
Hi,
Can someone tell me where I can download the "SQL Server 2005 BI Metadata Samples toolkit"? Seems the old ulr doesn't work right now.
Thanks in advance.
Mike
Today, I download SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Metadata Samples Toolkit from Microsoft download center, per readme.txt instructions, build the project, but there was an error as below:
Error 1 The project could not be deployed to the 'localhost' server because of the following connectivity problems : A connection cannot be made. Ensure that the server is running. To verify or update the name of the target server, right-click on the project in Solution Explorer, select Project Properties, click on the Deployment tab, and then enter the name of the server. 0 0
After then, I just build the project,but didn't deploy it, then I try to launch
DependencyAnalyzer console application, there was also an there:
Error occurred: A connection cannot be made. Ensure that the server is running.
Are you success on this Toolkit?
Thank you in advance.
Hi *,
Can anyone tell me what Metadata Model Microsoft supports with SSIS 2005? DTS in 2000 was supporting OIM but I was not able to get some information about this topic on SSIS 2005.
The reason I need to know is that I wanna import some metadata from Business Objects Data Integrator into SSIS 2005 and Business Objects is supporting CWM....
I would appreciate your help!
Thank you,
Steve
Be careful when implementing views (from SQL Server 97/2K). SQL Serverstores the metadata on the view at creation (or the last time it wassaved). This means if you have:SELECT * FROM table1it will put all the fields of table1 in the view's metadata. If youthen change table1 and add (for example) another field, this fieldwill not be visible in the view until you open it in design view andclick save (to update it).
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Server: Msg 7356, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
OLE DB provider 'SQLOLEDB' supplied inconsistent metadata for a column. Metadata information was changed at execution time.
This occurs consistently for a subset of tables. I cannot see any pattern to the configuration of these tables that would make them any different to those where a query succeeds.
Any ideas?
Regards
Philippe
I'm curious if there is a way to gather any metadata about a query that was just ran, or about a dynamic query passed in as a parameter, such as being able to "dynamically" return a list of columns in the query, along the lines of:
SELECT * FROM [myTable];
SELECT @@COLUMNS --Expecting this to return a recordset of columns for the previously run query
I'm not talking about querying metadata about the tables themselves, I'm really looking for what "metadata" might be available about the query itself.
This would be useful for me to dynamically generate some code for ad-hoc queries with a stored procedure call, or to simply return a list of just column names only without the data.
Is this at all possible in SQL Server?
I can find many examples of loading DBCC results into tables. They all begin with a create table statement defining the results. My question is , other than trial and error, is there a way to determine what data types will be returned. Sure you can say that first element looks like an integer, but is it really a bigint, and that text string can be varchar(max) but will char(2) work.
I'm not looking for an answer for a specific DBCC function, but rather a generic way I can determine the characteristics of any DBCC result set.
I tried
SELECT *
INTO #tmp
FROM OPENROWSET('SQLOLEDB',
'Server=ray;Trusted_Connection=Yes;Database=Ed_sandbox',
'Set FmtOnly OFF; DBCC loginfo WITH tableresults ')
but I got back
Msg 11527, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_describe_first_result_set, Line 1
The metadata could not be determined because statement 'DBCC loginfo WITH tableresults' does not support metadata discovery.
I have my SQL Server installation on drive c: and the databases on anotherdrive. My c drive got corrupted and I am planning to restore it from an oldbackup. This means drive c will not be up to date.Is there anything that SQL Server saves in the registry or in its homefolder that changes frequently? I am hoping that nothing does which meansthe old backup will be good enough.Although I think the default databases are in the c drive, I will try toget them back from a recent backup.John Dalberg
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View 9 Replies View RelatedSSIS package meta data information is needed to covert SSIS into a Stored Proc.
100s of table mapping reside within SSIS, what tool/method would get those information so that they copied and pasted to SP to speed up efforts.
I have multiple xml data file in a directory say C:XMLData abc1.xml, abc2.xml, abc3.xml etc.
Need to loop through each file in ssis with Foreach loop container, and get the file name say abc1, and load the data of abc1.xml to abc1 table in sql server DB.
Next iteration will pick up the abc2.xml and find the abc2 table in sql server DB then insert the data in abc2 table.
While each iteration, xml source should also point each xsd file correspondingly.
 Tables are already created in DB
I solved my problem up to getting the file name from ech iteration and assigned file name to variable, in oledb destination data access mode I select Table or view name variable, then corresponding table will get selected for data insertation.
Just wanted to know how can I read each xsd file for each xml data files while iteration.Â
I have a scenario, need to create SQL server Tables dynamically.
I Have multiple xml data file on a particular location, and want to load those XML data into sql server tables, but he metadata of each xml data files are not same.
Hence the approach is that,
1. Pick first file from that location
2. Create a table according to that xml data file metada
3. Â load data on newly created table. Â
4. Pickup the next xml data files.
5. loop through, till the XML data files are exists on that location.
hi all,
i have a deployed on the report server. is there any way i can retrive the metadata(xml) from report server using C#.
Also wanted to run the reoprt from server and get it's output (data) in XML.
please help.
Regards...
girija shankar
What is "MetaData" in "Data Transormation service" and what is"MetaData services" ?and in which field I can use them?Thanks
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I recently added a column to an existing table with a getdate default. When doing a query from that server everything works fine. When a query is ran from a remote server I get an SQLOLEDB error message saying 'inconsistant metadata'. I've tried dropping the remote server and reconnecting but that didn't seem to resolve the problem. Can anyone tell me how to resolve this error. I believe the error number is 7353.
Any suggestions appreciated!
Thanks Jeff!
Hi,Is it possible to get metadata (i.e. descriptions of tables etc.) insql-server? In Oracle you can retrieve this information with tables likeall_objects, user_tables, user_views etc. For example, this query selectsthe owner of the table 'ret_ods_test' (in Oracle!):select ownerfrom all_objectswhere object_name = 'ret_ods_test'What's the equivalent in sql server?Thanks a lot.
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Is there a way to find out which user defined procs/child packages etc are been called in SSIS packages using some metadata. The idea is to have a document which lists the number of packages called, whats sprocs and child packages are executed by those pkgs..
I have checked the SSIS metadata whitepaper but that is too generic.
What do you do to address this:
[OLE DB Source [1]] Warning: The external metadata column collection is out of synchronization with the data source columns. The column "objectName1" needs to be updated in the external metadata column collection.
A corollary question: what does right-clicking a package in Solution Explorer and clicking "Reload with Upgrade" do?
I'm working on capturing metadata from my SSIS packages. I have found multiple postings and a white paper that
reference a download toolkit for just this purpose. The link is dead and a search renders no results - can anyone help?
SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Metadata Whitepaper
-We are using SSIS packages for various kind of data load from excel source.
-If there are any change in the data type or format of excel, the package cries for the Metadata mismatch.
-During design time if you accept the metadata changes, all things work fine.
But in our case we have deployed the packages on Production Server, now the excel file format/data has changed. The packages are expecting a different metadata so they are not working at all.
Do you have any suggestions for the above problem?
Thanks, Vijay.
i am using icolumnsrowset interface to get some metadata about the columns in a rowset, but i never got unique and primary key columns in the columnsrowset, they always return null, when using sqlcedataadapter i simply add addwithkey option to the adapter to determine it, but i dont know how to do it by using ole db interfaces, i have tried to set DBCOLUMN_KEYCOLUMN flag to true on ccommand<cynamicaccessor, crowset> but it seems it rejects it, generating an unknown error, error object says almost nothing except that 'errors occured[,,,,,]' text
can someone tell me, how can i retrieve columnsrowset with that unique and primary key sections filled?
Hello, i would like to know if it's possible to generate automatically a word document or an excel document that will contain all the metadata definition, for example containing the source columns names, their datatype, and the destination with their datatypes, so that it would easy to create a data dictionnary .
Thank you in advance.
Hello everybody,
It's now quite some time that one particular behaviour of SSIS is really frustrating me and I would like to know if I'm the only one experiencing this problem or if other people have the same problem.
The issue I'm talking about is SSIS 'dependency on what is written in the XML files describing the flows.
Particularly with the Data Types of columns.
I'm explaining myself: Imagine your are developping a flow containing several numeric(18,0) columns...
During the flow you have to perform a lookup on an Integer Field.... Of course this operation is not allowed as a numeric is not mappable with an Integer... (This is, in my opinion, a nonsense as an implicit conversion has to be possible).
as a result of this behaviour, I decide to change the datatype (numeric) from my source query to an integer and use it in the Lookup which of course succeeds but now I have a second problem: each lookup in my flow has an error handling branch which I'm joining back using a Union transform. and there we have the second irritation: the Union transform doesn't replicate the Data Type changes that occured upwards in the flow... worse: it even has no interface to let you modify the data types like the advanced editor of some transforms or data sources. (I've just lost a complete dataflow while trying to modify it manually in the xml file directly :-( for those who are considering modifying directly the XML, don't!! You are asking for trouble and a lot of frustration when you'll switch back to the designer to see the effects )
My question is now: Am I misusing SSIS?? Is there somewhere an option to activate in order to get this behaviour fixed??
Has anyone else experienced this problem?? How are you solving this??
Are there any plans in the future to loose this dependency on the datatypes or at least add some implicit conversions??
Thanks in advance for your replies, suggestions,questions and other thaughts about this subject :-)
Alain
Hello-
I have a question regarding my metadata information. I finally setup my fixed width file which took some time. Is there a way that I can backup my metadata so I wont have to recreate these setting again. I'm thinking the format of the file is stored in the metadata so if I have a user running the SSIS package from the Business Intell Studio they wont reset all of my columns. Is there a file I can restore or backup if this should happen
Shanon
Hi all of you,
I'm focused on writing a SSIS metadata application. I'm trying to get all the metadata for all the DTSX packages from a concrete server.
I'm loading successfully tasks as Execute Sql Task, ForEach task and so on but how could I do the same for
Data Flow Task and its components. ?¿¿
For a Data Flow I don't know how to begin...
If TypeOf tmpTaskHost.InnerObject Is ????????????????? Then
My central code is the following:
sServer = "TEST1"
pkgIn = app.GetPackageInfos(carpetaraiz, sServer, Nothing, Nothing)
'''''''''''''''Para cada carpeta creada a partir de MSDB
For Each pkgCarpeta In pkgIn
If pkgIn.Item(y).PackageDataSize <= 0 Then
pkgCarpetaSSIS = app.GetPackageInfos(pkgCarpeta.Name, sServer, Nothing, Nothing)
Else
pkgCarpetaSSIS = app.GetPackageInfos(carpetaraiz, sServer, Nothing, Nothing)
End If
If pkgCarpetaSSIS.Count >= 1 Then
While i < pkgCarpetaSSIS.Count
'cargar en memoria el SSIS en el objeto PAQUETE
pkg = app.LoadFromSqlServer(pkgCarpetaSSIS.Item(i).Folder & "" & pkgCarpetaSSIS.Item(i).Name, _
sServer, Nothing, Nothing, Nothing)
Dim task As Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.ExecuteSQLTask.ExecuteSQLTask
Dim task2 As Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.ForEachLoop
Dim exe As Executable
Dim tmpTaskLoop As ForEachLoop = CType(exe, ForEachLoop)
Dim tmpTaskHost As TaskHost = CType(exe, TaskHost)
For Each exe In pkg.Executables
Select Case exe.ToString
Case "Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.ForEachLoop"
tmpTaskLoop = CType(exe, ForEachLoop)
Case "Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.TaskHost"
tmpTaskHost = CType(exe, TaskHost)
End Select
issue raises here.
If TypeOf tmpTaskHost.InnerObject Is ExecuteSQLTask.ExecuteSQLTask Then
n1 = tmpTaskHost.Properties.Item(33).GetValue(tmpTaskHost)
For y = 0 To 42
Console.WriteLine(tmpTaskHost.Properties.Item(y).Name)
Next
End If
Next
'contador de paquetes
i += 1
End While
y += 1
End If
Next
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Thanks a lot for ideas and thoughts!!!!
As title, such as the PK, data type of each column, etc.
Thanks,
Ricky.
Hi,
I'm running the following query in SQL Server 2005:
select name from master..syslogins;
It is being executed from within a stored procedure.
For user 'sa' - I get the complete list of users.
For a user (say 'user1') with NO sysadmin privilege - I get only two names: 'sa' and 'user1'
Is there a way for me to retrieve the complete list of users even for 'user1' without making any changes to his profile (or making very MINIMAL changes to profile)?
I don't want to give sysadmin profile to this user.
I know 'GRANT VIEW ANY DEFINITION TO public' works, but don't want to do that either.
-Anshul
I wanted to see if anyone has explored posting a Report KB based on metadata in the RS portal? If so, have you found a way to post the information on the RS portal?
I really am looking to add additional properties to a report. Other than author and description. I would like to add 2 to 3 more fields that would feed over to the catelog table on the report server. Then write a few reports that will allow for definitions, metadata, and links to the reports.
Does anyone have any ideas for something like this?
hi, I try to post a new question about metadata refresh...even if i see other thread that work on a similar problem.
I have a ssis package that import an xml huge file (500 mb); These are the main step:
1) generate a XSD file against xml using xsd.exe utility
2) using xml task, make a diff between the old xsd and the new
3) if there are no difference, I start the data flow task that import xml in sql server; otherwise I stop all the task, edit the data flow task, change the xsd reference in advanced editor and then make many "double clik / OK" on every single flow....
The underling idea is that xml file change because some columns are added but these columns are not interesting for my elaboration, so i can ignore this new column and work without mapping it.
What I'm looking for is a way for make, via SSIS, the "double clik / OK" steps....in other words, to update the metadata.
Could anybody suggest me a way? it's a sort of macro, or keyboard recorder...I'm trying to study xml package configuration; is this a good way ?
another way is to give to the end user the task to update metadata; for making this I need to open the package editor (visual studio..:!) in a more confortable environment....For example, is possible to edit the ssis package in ms access? probably i know the answer...
please, help me!
thank tou in advance
alessandro
I'm trying to create a Data Dictionary view from system table info like tablename, fieldname, datatype etc. I can find all that I need except for the "description" field which is displayed in Enterprise Manager/ Repository metadata pane.
How can I locate this field so I can reference it in a view? Isn't it stored in a system table? Master, model? Where is it?
Thank in advance,
Phil
Hey there,Im wondering if there is a way to determine which views in my database use the "order by" statement. The reason I need this is because we need to migrate over to MS SQL 2005 where the order by statements are ignored within the views themselves. Now(in mssql 2005) you need to explicityly state the order by now when calling a view ie. select * from [viewname] order by column x, y desc, z instead of ie. select * from [viewname] where the view already had the applicable sorting done within the view.If those order by statements are ignored, some production software which rely on the ordered data will corrupt.Please let me know if there's a way to query the actual database and determine which views have 'order by' statements in them.thx
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