Odd Problem Programatically Mapping Input Columns

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I have set up a script task in one of my packages that I have set up to modify another package right before running it. This package is nothing more than a data flow task that transfers rows via an sql command from one table into another. The strange thing is I have gotten it to work with some tables but not with others. T

he script bombs out in the loop where i map all of the columns found below, where i use MapInputColumn with the error HRESULT: 0xC0010009 On Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection90.get_Item(Object Index)

The thing is this happens after looping roughly 55 times but there are still about 100 columns that it needs to loop through still.






Code Block

Dim input As IDTSInput90 = data_destination.InputCollection(0)
Dim virtual_input As IDTSVirtualInput90 = input.GetVirtualInput
Dim input_column As IDTSInputColumn90
Dim virtual_column As IDTSVirtualInputColumn90

' Iterate through the virtual input column collection and map field names
For Each virtual_column In virtual_input.VirtualInputColumnCollection
input_column = inst_data_destination.SetUsageType(input.ID, virtual_input, virtual_column.LineageID, DTSUsageType.UT_READONLY)

inst_data_destination.MapInputColumn(input.ID, input_column.ID, input.ExternalMetadataColumnCollection.FindObjectByID(virtual_column.Name).ID)
Next


Just for kicks i removed the mapping portion of the code and left in the SetUsageType to see if it would update the available input columns in the destination. The script will then finish successfully but still only the 55 or so fields out of 155 are available in the input. So i then stepped through the script with the mapping portion still disabled and after it loops successfully, i call reinitialize meta data and it produces an error in the input_column variable: HRESULT: 0xC0047041.

I find it odd that this still reports to me that the script finished successfully and I also find it odd that this works fine on two other tables I've tested but not this one. Any insight would be greatly appreciated.

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