Parent Package Variable Issue?
Feb 5, 2007
I have noticed an issue with parent package variables. I have a package with multiple parent package variables defined, call them X, Y, and Z. I also have a parent package that calls this other package. The parent package has variable definitions for X and Z. It seems that the value for X will be passed along, and Y will give a warning since there is no variable of that name in the parent. The issue is that Z will not be passed along. It seems like the parent package configuration process stops after it encounters one missing variable.
Is this a know issue? Is it by design?
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Dec 26, 2006
We
have one main package from which 7 other child packages are called. We are using
ParentPackage variables to assign values for variables and database connections.
While the values from ParentPackage variable get assigned to some of the
packages properly, to others it doesn€™t assign the value.
For example:
Except for one of the packages the database connection string gets assigned
properly to all other packages.
Similarly, in another package one of the
variables doesn€™t get assigned. In other packages it is assigned properly.
We
have checked all the other property values and they are exactly the same.
We cannot make any head or tail of this erratic behavior.
Please Help.
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Nov 16, 2007
I have declared a variable XYZ in Parent package
Similarly I have declared ABC in Child package and have done the configuration.
I have assigned some value to XYZ
How to get the value in Child Package.
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Oct 1, 2007
How can I specify the target object when trying to set a parent variable package configuration programatically?
I am trying to set the Target Object to be "ParentLogID" and the Target Property to be it's "Value". I think this is how I'd add the configuration and set the source.
'Add a Configuration
Dim config1 As Configuration
config1 = package.Configurations.Add()
config1.Description = "Set ParentLogID"
config1.ConfigurationType = DTSConfigurationType.ParentVariable
config1.ConfigurationString = "User::LogID"
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Oct 16, 2007
I have a parent package that calls a child package, when I run the parent package the child package picks up a variable value from the parent in a script task and runs fine, the problem I'm facing is when I run just the child package, the script task fails because it doesn't know about the parent variable. The dilemma I'm facing is in my child script task, if I add the parent variable to the ReadOnlyVariables list then the task fails because the parent variable doesn't exist when I just run the child. If I don't add the parent variable to the ReadOnlyVariabls list then if I try to use it then the task fails saying that the variable doesn't exist in the variables collection.
Is there a way to check for the existence of the parent variable, so when I just run the child package I don't get an error and I don't have to change my task every time I choose to run the child package only vs running the parent/child?
Thanks.
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Feb 7, 2006
Hi
I have having trouble getting my hands around how to retrieve variables from a parent package. I read about the Environment variables and Configuration File at the parent package level and the Parent Package variable at the child level.
Here are my questions:
1. Can you only store/retrieve 1 variable in a config file at a time?
2. Does the child package have to define the variables and if so, do they have to be the same names as the parent package?
This seems so more more complex then the DTS2000 way of passing variables to and from packages.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Gordon Radley
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Apr 27, 2006
I've created an SSIS package that uses parent package variables at several steps in the data flow. However, those parent package variables are only visible during runtime, making debugging the package practically impossible. Let me give you a simplified example:
In the parent package, I have a string variable named "sqlLookup" that looks like this:
"SELECT * from tblTest WHERE city = " + @city
Also in the parent package is a variable named "city" which I can set to the name of the city that I want to query on. This dynamically updates the sqlLookup variable, which is being evaluated as an expression.
In the child package, I have an OLE DB Source control which is using the "sqlLookup" variable for its query. I have set up my parent package variable configuration, and it works when I run the package.
The problem is this...when I open the child package, I get an error on the OLE DB Source control using the parent package variable, "Command text was not set for the command object". Presumably, this is because the parent package variable is only available during run-time, and not at design time. And, if metadata changes (which it has), I can't get into the OLE DB Source control to edit it, because it throws the error.
So, my question is this: are there any workarounds for this problem? Is there a better way to do this? This seems like such an obvious problem that I'm wondering if I either missed a step somewhere, or if I'm just doing it the wrong way.
Thanks!
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Apr 7, 2006
Has someone managed to pass successfully a variable from a parent package to a child package? I€™ve tried a zillion permutations and I can€™t get it to work. The strange thing was that I was able to successfully do this with pre-RTM builds. Basically, what I am trying to do is:
The parent package has a variable, e.g. ExecutionID which I set using a script to System::ExecutionInstanceGUID. I verified that the variable is set correctly by dumping it to a SQL Server table.
I created a child package variable with the same name.
In the child package, I€™ve created a parent package configuration that points to the ExecutionID variable.
I am trying to read the variable in a Derived Column Task in which I have a column linked to @ExecutionID.
This doesn€™t work. Step-by-step instructions from someone who managed to concur this will be greatly appreciated.
Oh, I didn€™t have any luck hitting a breakpoint in a script task inside a child package with both in and out of process execution also.
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Jun 23, 2006
Hi,
I having a problem getting the child package variable values into a parent package. Here is the scenario;
I have parent package(Master) calling two child packages using execute package task. I have no problem to pass variable values from the parent to child using the parent configuration but not able to get the variable values from the child to parent. I am setting the package status in each child package based on certain conditions and determine the final status in a parent based on child package variable statuses. Does any body have any idea? I will appreciate your thoughts.Thanks..Mako
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May 21, 2007
Hi,
I created a package which passes some infornmations( through parameters) to its child package.
I need to do some processing in parent package based on execution status of child package.i.e.
if child fails then some operation and if child succeeds then other operation.
To determine the status of execution of child package I am using two differnt constraint ..one constraint is having value "Success" and other having value "Failure".
My problem is that when child packge is executed successfully the constraint with value = "Success" works properly but when child fails the constraint with value "Failure" does not work.
-Prashant
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Jan 11, 2007
Hi,
I'd like to know if there's a way to pass parent package parameters to a package executed by SQL Server Job Agent? It appears that sp_start_job doesn't have any variable that could accomodate this.
Hope to hear your ideas.
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May 21, 2007
hi,
I am interested in Passing value from a child Package variable to the Parent package that calls it in ssis.
I am able to call the Child package using the execute package task and use Configurations to pass values from the parent variable to the child, but I am not able to pass the value from the child to the parent.
I have a variable called datasetId in both the parent and child. it gets computed in the child and needs to be passed to the parent...
Any suggestions?
Thanks for any help in advance..
smathew
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Sep 14, 2006
Hi guys,
Here's the deal. I have a child package, (say, pack01.dtsx), which uses a dtsconfig file for its connection string, which can be called from other packages, but which also can be called by itself.
However I also have another package (say, pack02.dtsx) which uses the same dtsconfig file for its connection string. It calls on pack01.dtsx.
When I use DTEXECUI and run pack01.dtsx, specifying the proper .dtsconfig file, it goes well. But when I try and run pack02.dtsx, an error occurs saying pack01.dtsx connection cannot be established.
How do I pass the connectionstring being used by pack02 to pack01, without having to remove the configuration file setting of pack01? Can a Parent Package configuration and a configuration file try and map to the same property?
Hope someone could help. Thanks.
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Apr 23, 2007
Hello All,
I have a SSIS Package with a "Execute Package Task" to call a child package. I am trying to have the master/parent package complete its execution regardless the outcome (failure or success) of the child package. The overall structure of the master package is:
1. Perform Pre-load tasks (stored procedure).
2. Execute Package Task (call child package)
3. Perform Post-load Tasks (stored procedure)
I have try everything and cannot get the results that I want... I have tried the combination of "failparentonfailure", "forceexecutionvalue", etc. The master package stops at childs failure. I would like to resume to completion
Any ideas out there?
Rohan
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Oct 13, 2007
I have two SSIS packages in a project, one calling the other. The parent package works fine in my local mechine. After they are deployed to the production, I schedeul jobs to run the packages in the SqlServer. The child package works fine if I run it alone, but the parent package could not find its child package if I run the parent package . As I checked, all xml config files and the connection string pointing to the child package were set correctly. It seems the parent package did not use the xml config file. Can someone help me? Thanks in advance.
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Aug 7, 2007
I am trying to figure out how to run an SSIS package that is encrypted but also has a child package which is encrypted. I am trying to run from the cmd line using dtexec and specifying DECRYPT <pwd> for the parent package but how do you specify for the child package.
Please help if you have seen such an issue before or you have a work around.
Thanks
Newbie
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Dec 4, 2006
I have a parent package which calls a number of child packages. Occasionally, I have one child package which starts up and appears to finish but the parent package never gets notification that the child has finished. If I view this in Management Studio's in Integration Services, I can view the packages that are running and only the parent package is running. Because it never gets control back, the next child package will never get started and the parent package will continue to run and never finish.
Any idea what could be happening??
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Aug 23, 2007
Hello All,
I have a Master Package which calls a group of other packages out on the SSIS Package Store using parent / child and a number of variables. These seem to work when passing various audit information (audit key, record counts, etc) but when I try to pass a variable for the connection string and assign it via an expression to the connection manager, I get the Master Package writing to the correct database and the children package writing to their "default" database which is supplied as the default value in the variables which should be populated by the parent task.
i.e., I end up with my master package audit information in database a and child package audit and transactions in database b, even though the packages associated with these transactions are supposed to be reading the connection string from a parent variable. Any clues or suggestions?
Edit: It is still passing along the correct parent audit information and record counts, it's just not connecting to the correct database by the variables holding the connect string
Thanks for your time.
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Apr 30, 2007
I run into some issues and really need some expert help here.
Here is the problem. I have two packages (parent.dtsx and child.dtsx). Both package have its own configuration file (parent.dtsConfig and child.dtsConfig). The file Child.dtsConfig contains a variable (i.e. "X") that is to be used by Child.dtsx.
Inside parent.dtsx. there is a package-task that calls into Child.dtsx. It worked perfectly well if I run parent.dtsx using Dtexec or from inside SSIS's IDE.
Now I want to programmably call "parent.dtsx" from my C# code. I loaded package using "app.LoadPackage"... Inside C# code, I want to reconfigure Child-package's variable ("X"). I then loaded in "Child.dtsx". However when I run "parent.dtsx" and child.dtsx still loads the original value for "X". The reconfigured value for "X" is not updated.
Please help on how to get around this issue.
Thanks.
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Apr 23, 2008
Hello,
I'm having problem to pass variable from a package to a another one.
I having 2 packages: the parent (parent.dtsx) use a Execute Package Task to execute the child package (child.dtsx).
In the parent package, I have a variable named var1 (data type String) with value=test
In my child package, I having a script task using the variable var1 to make a MsgBox (var1 is in readonly in the script):
MsgBox(CStr(Dts.Variables("var1").Value))
In this case, I having an error (cause the variable may no exist) but i can see the value of the variable in the MessageBox and the execute package task fail because of this error.
After I tried this solution: (Found in this Forum)
In the child package, I create the variable var1 (same type, no value). Then in the control flow, I right click on the background and select "package configurations".
I enable package configurations.
Then I add a new one. I change the configuration type to "parent package variable."
Then, in the specify configuration settings entry, I enter the name of the variable in the parent package.
On the following screen, I select the "value" property of the variable created in this package (Child package). At last, I give the configuration a name and hit finish.
If I execute my parent package, the result is no value in the MessageBox.
I also tried the same thing (with the package configuration) to pass a a variable with the connection string from a package to the connection of an another one (I set the connection string of the connection) and it doesn't work.
What did I miss ?
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards
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Nov 23, 2006
Hello,
When I try to execute a Integration Services with parent variables, always appears this warning for each parent variable:
Configuration from a parent variable "%1!s!" did not occur because there was no parent variable collection.
The IS is executed correctly, but we don't know the reason why this warning appear, if the value is correctly assigned.
Thanks,
Pablo Orte
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Aug 17, 2006
I have one package that executes 4 child packages (5 total). All 5 packages are set to log information using a connection string with a variable set at runtime for the location. The child packages use a parent variable to get the log connection string from the parent package.
The parent package logs fine, but a strange behavior occurs with the child packages.
The child packages all log data to the location used in the configuration file variable during runtime (like it's supposed to). However, I would get an error right before the first child package finishes execution saying path not found. Just for giggles, I created the folder I use in my development environment on the production environment. The error goes away, but the log file is created in that folder with no data in it. Subsequently, the log file with the data is created in the location set in the configuration file. Now I have two log files!!!!
Anybody know how to fix this?!
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Nov 14, 2006
We are using SSIS for the first time. My team is working on a project that involves putting a date time stamp into a series of tables. These tables are being assembled in a series of child packages being executed by the parent. When the parent runs, we evaluate our timestamp variable as a GETDATE() expression and pass it to the children to be included as a derived column. We don't want the actual runtime of each step to be the timestamp, just the start of the batch (parent).
In order to get the variable to pass over to the child, we needed to set the package location to "file system"instead of "SQL Server". It seems unusual that this would be so. Are we doing something wrong?
What implications does this have for deployment? Will we need to customize the packages for each instance we plan to run this on? Can you have a parent run a child package on a different instance? This would be a performance plus since we have really huge source databases and would like to distribute the processing.
Hmmm, my boss just told me to scratch the whole idea of parent-child and go with a control table to store the variable for all the packages to access. Oh well, I'm still interested in why this is so cumbersome when really its just passing a parameter from one procedure to another.
Oh, and I think you could use a spellchecker on this message box. At least I could use one.
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Oct 3, 2007
Hi everybody,
I moved my packages to the new machine, and have problem with parent variables.
When child package tries to get parent variable value I get an error:
Information: 0x40016042 at LoopPackage: The package is attempting to configure from the parent variable "MAIN_SesId".
Warning: 0x80012028 at LoopPackage: Process configuration failed to set the destination at the package path of "Package.Variables[User::MAIN_SesId].Properties[Value]". This occurs when attempting to set the destination property or variable fails. Check the destination property or variable.
Thanks, for any information.
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Nov 7, 2007
I am very new to SQL Server 2005, and I am currently trying to migrate a 2000 db to 2005.
I have now migrated all the DTS to SSIS, removing any legacy & replacing with new functionality.
I have been through a group of related packages ironing out any problems. They ALL now run fine when called individually.
However, I am now having problems with the parent package that is used to string these all together. It will not even run the 1st package.
For info, the first task of this package is a "Transfer SQL Server Objects Task". I am copying a few tables with data, but WITHOUT indexes, etc.
Following this, there is an "Execute SQL Task" that creates an index on one of those copied tables.
To get past another issue I had to set the "CopySchema" property of the "Transfer..." task to true, but did not select any schemas to transfer.
Now, when running the PARENT package, it is failing at the 1st step of the 1st package as follows:
Error: 0xC002F325 at Copy LT Data Tables, Transfer SQL Server Objects Task: Execution failed with the following error: "ERROR : errorCode=-1071636471 description=SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "The statement has been terminated.".
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.Hidden Hearing Limited$Telemarketer' with unique index 'IX_Hidden Hearing Limited$Telemarketer1'.".
helpFile=dtsmsg.rll helpContext=0 idofInterfaceWithError={8BDFE893-E9D8-4D23-9739-DA807BCDC2AC}".
I have been searching and searching, finding similar problems, and even the same error codes, but nothing quite matching this particular scenario.
I have been trying to set the "DelayValidation" at various levels, but with no luck.
I would greatly appreciate any help in trying to resolve this. Has anyone else had the same, or similar, issue?
Many Thanks,
Simon
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Nov 7, 2007
I am very new to SQL Server 2005, and I am currently trying to migrate a 2000 db to 2005.
I have now migrated all the DTS to SSIS, removing any legacy & replacing with new functionality.
I have been through a group of related packages ironing out any problems. They ALL now run fine when called individually.
However, I am now having problems with the parent package that is used to string these all together. It will not even run the 1st package.
For info, the first task of this package is a "Transfer SQL Server Objects Task". I am copying a few tables with data, but WITHOUT indexes, etc.
Following this, there is an "Execute SQL Task" that creates an index on one of those copied tables.
To get past another issue I had to set the "CopySchema" property of the "Transfer..." task to true, but did not select any schemas to transfer.
Now, when running the PARENT package, it is failing at the 1st step of the 1st package as follows:
Code BlockError: 0xC002F325 at Copy LT Data Tables, Transfer SQL Server Objects Task: Execution failed with the following error: "ERROR : errorCode=-1071636471 description=SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "The statement has been terminated.".An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Cannot insert duplicate key row in object 'dbo.Hidden Hearing Limited$Telemarketer' with unique index 'IX_Hidden Hearing Limited$Telemarketer1'.". helpFile=dtsmsg.rll helpContext=0 idofInterfaceWithError={8BDFE893-E9D8-4D23-9739-DA807BCDC2AC}".
I have been searching and searching, finding similar problems, and even the same error codes, but nothing quite matching this particular scenario.
I have been trying to set the "DelayValidation" at various levels, but with no luck.
I would greatly appreciate any help in trying to resolve this. Has anyone else had the same, or similar, issue?
Many Thanks,
Simon
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Mar 6, 2007
Hi there,
sorry if the message seems a bit garbled i cannot see the textbox properly with ie7/ff
anyways. the situation.
childpackage contains a loop-container. in there i use an ole-db-source with a variable
based on an expression. ie. "select * from foo where bar=" + len(@[bar]) == 0 ? "initial" : @[bar] + " and etc=1"
where bar is the variable that is set by the loop.
this works great.
however i need to call this package several times, only the expression is a tad different.
so i need a scripttask that sets the expression correctly, then i call the childpackage
and map the current-expression to the expression in childpackage.
how do i do that? or am i doing it wrong?
my script-task looks something like:
dts.Variable("theVar").Expression = " ""select * from foo where bar="" + len(@[bar]) == 0 ? ""initial"" : @[bar] + "" and etc=1"" "
in the childpackage i have a package-conf that maps thevar to thequery with target-object expression.
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Sep 15, 2006
Hi All,
May be I am doing something wrong over here, but I have been trying in vain to test out a simple scenario where I can use my Parent Package configurations in my Child package. I have two packages ready and can someone please walk me through this process. Appreciate all help
Thanks
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May 7, 2008
Hi,
I have a child package running under main parent pakage.
I am passing value of integer & string type variables from parent package to child package's variables ( as disscussed in following artical http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345179(SQL.100).aspx) ,values assigned in child package variables are futher used to build connection string for flat file connection manager in child package.
I have been using this whole SSIS package sucessfully for last three months,but suddenly the following error arises
"OnError,,,,,,,The result of the expression
Code Snippet
"@[User::StrTextFileImpDirectory] +"SomeTextStringHere"+ @[User::StrANTTextFileName] +(DT_STR,30,1252) @[User::Staging_Date_Key]+ "SomeTextStringHere"
on property "ConnectionString" cannot be written to the property. The expression was evaluated, but cannot be set on the property."
When I see the result of above mentioned expression through Log file than it appears that my string variable
Code Snippet"@[User::StrTextFileImpDirectory]
in child package has not been populated with any value from parent package variable, I.e it has been populated with empty string(While this is not desired value).
Same problem arises with my integer type variable
Code Snippet@[User::Staging_Date_Key]
,it has ben populated with value zero (i.e default value at design time for integer type),while this is not desired value.
Can some one guide me how to figure out the cause for error....
Is it possible that such kind of error may arise due to any change in enviornment of server....
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Jul 12, 2007
I have an ASP.NET application that calls a SSIS package. The SSIS package internally calls some other child packages. I observed that sometimes some child pacakges are not even called by the parent. and the behaviour is very indeterminate. sometimes they work fine. sometimes they don't. There is no clue available for this behaviour when the pacakges are not executed. (One general observation is that the memory consumption is very high. but that is the case always.)
I have enabled logging on all child packages. The log is not updated at all when the child packages failed to execute. i.e. the package execution does not start.
Could somebody explain why this is happening? any suggestions/ similar experiences?
Regards
Saurabh
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Sep 10, 2007
Hi,
I am sending variables from package to package by configuration parent packages in each package...
I usually set logging to text files in a certain path that should be received from the parent variable... the strange thing is that if i let the variable in the child package with an incorrect path, my package just through an error even if i am passing the variable from the parent with a correct value...
So... my question is... does my package starts execution without any synch over the parent packages? When are they set? How can i be sure to start my logging with the right parent variable settings?
You can try for example to create a package... add a new variable like "A" and "B" set its value to a default string like "I DONT WANT THIS", add an Execute SQL Task that will record the values of "A" variable to a temporary table...
Then use dtexecui.exe to execute the package and set variable "A" to "THIS IS WHAT I NEED" you will see that in the table will appear one record with the "I DONT WANT THIS" value...
I can't understand this...
Also... if i have 100 variables configured to get values from the parent... is the execution synch or asynch?
Best Regards,
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May 2, 2007
I have read a few different threads on this and I am still not having any luck. I have 4 dtsx files in my project. One represents the parent package. I have set up 3 Parent Package Variables and have assigned each to the value property of 3 variables within the parent package.
Not sure if I did this correct because when I execute the parent package, it in turn executes the first child package, but the child fails because the variables needed did not set the correct value for a connection string in the child's data connection.
I just need to know how to use these parent variables from Package A within the child (Package B) when setting up my expression for a connection- example: "@[User::varParentFilePath] " - This is the local variable name in the child. This is the variable I am assuming that I am supposed to be able to set the value property of from the parent variable?
I feel that I am close, but may need a little more direction. Thanks
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Mar 28, 2008
Hi all,
Please help me . please anybody reply ASAP.
I have Package_1 in which i have enabled encrypt sensitive info with
password. and password is given for this package.
I am calling Package_1 from parent package using Execute Package task.
when parent package is executed its asking for password for child package.
can any one please tel me how can i pass password from parent package or
specify password in Execute package task for calling package(PACKAGE_1)
Any help will be highly appreaciated.
Thanks in advance.
Mahasweta
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