SSIS Variables Not Changing Value?!
Jun 6, 2006
Greetings my SQL friends,
I have a very simple package which consists of a SQL Task component and a Script Task.
The SQL Task retrieves a single value from 1 row table in one of my database and assigns that value to a variable. The Script task simply outputs the value of the variable in to a message box. I know, it's all simple stuff (I am trying to master SSIS )
The problem I have is that when I change the value of the column in my table, the value of the variable is not changing when I re-run my package. It seems to be the same value every time.
What am I doing wrong?!
Your help would be much appreciated.
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May 16, 2006
Hi there,
This is what I am trying to do :
1) Create a global variable.
2) assign a value to the variable using an SQL Task. (For this all I want to do is assign a maximum value from a column in my table)
3) use the variable in a Data flow task (using SQL to get my source data)
I know this must be very simple but I am new to SSIS and I am struggling to achieve this task.
Thanks for your help in advance.
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Hi,
I'm trying to use a variable in a OLEDB Command, but i can't do it.
What i want to do is:
Step 1: Count the number of rows of a table (using count rows transofrmation) and save it to a variable 'var1'.
Step2: Insert some rows on this table.
Step 3: Count again the number of rows and save it on another variable 'var2'.
Step 4: Ina OLEDB Command , get the inserted records in step 2 to manipulate them on other tables...
Something like that: select top (@var2 - @var1) * from table order by desc
¿Can i use local or global variables from an OLEDB Command transformation object?
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Before in DTS, I used to using ActiveX scripts to setup simple Global Variables that would later be used by the package, let's say a give state or a date.
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Hello,
I am wondering what is the difference between assigning variables in the following two ways.1.
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myVar11("LoopCount").Value = 32.
Dts.Variables("LoopCount").Value = 3I received this error when processing SSIS Package.
Error: A deadlock was detected while trying to lock variables
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Your help is appreciated,
-Lawrence
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From everything that I can find, I am passing the variable correctly. If I look at the package within BIDS, my variable is listed under the variable window & it is scoped for the package. Any ideas on what I might be missing here? This is my first SSIS package that contains a variable.
Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks!
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4. send an email to an email recipient with the excel spreadsheet as an attachment.
5. delete the excel spreadsheet.
I do not know how to create the variable @newcustomercount so that I can determine whether or not to create the excel spreadsheet and copy the records to it.
I have read all the online help and stuff that MS has but I can't understand the instructions. Please point me to some instructions that are understandable.
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Hi there,
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Is that possible?
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Jul 24, 2007
Hi all of you,
I don't think that such thing is possible but either way, I ask, just in case...
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TIA for that,
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When I use this syntax, or any similar format I can think of, in SQL Agent, my job fails. In SQL Agent you put this in the Property Path on the Set Values tab of the Step that runs the package. If I remove passing in the variable my package runs fine.
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Nov 30, 2007
I'm trying to understand how to use SSIS variables within SQL commands and which Data Flow toolbox objects I can use for this. My simple package has a OLE DB Source object that returns the rows in a table. For the next operation, the output from the OLE DB Source is input into a Lookup data flow transformation where there is a select query that returns another value from a different table...
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The output is then passed on to an OLE DB Destination.
The above lookup query only works because, it so happens, that I could get a unique and correct result back filtered by current database name. However, due to other required changes, I now have introduce more 'where clauses'. I have all the necessary clause information in SSIS variables (iterated via a For Each loop). I would like do something like...
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Regards
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Hi
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I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but i'm having an issue where SSIS Variables window will not come up. The most i get is a gray bar that looks like it is supposed to hold the variables.
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The same thing seems to happen for "log events" in Menu --> View --> Other Windows --> Log Events.
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This is the criteria for script task to Fail or success
I am not able to populate the varibales with the Values from Execute Sql and also i am encountering errors in the script task.
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End IF
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hello all,
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We have had instances where clients are asking for enhancements and modifications to the SSIS package whereby we would develop it in our development environment then replace the existing copy in the clients production environment. There has been instances whereby the packages would work as desired on our end, but it requires further refinement on the clients side. As such, we have had instances where we had to "back-out" into the previous packages.
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I've been building a prototype using Webservices (coded in .NET) and SSIS to move data from our order/fulfillment system to our accounting system. I have struggled a bit with SSIS's WebService Tasks; but, finally have a package that runs locally that calls a web service and loads the data into SQL Server. I tried to move this to our server, I modify the HTTPConnection Parameter to the Product WS URL and the web service task fails with an "Unable to Connect to Server" error.
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Dec 15, 2006
I'm trying this code in a script task inside a foreach loop that gets a file in a foreach file enumerator and maps it to a variable FileName.
In the script task I'm setting the ReadOnlyVariables to @[User::FileName]
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Public Sub Main() Dim fname As String = CType(Dts.Variables("FileName").Value, String) File.Move(fname, fname + ".processed") Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success End Sub
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But now getting this error:
Error: Failed to lock variable "\xxxxDataf1.csv" for read access with error 0xC0010001 "The variable cannot be found. This occurs when an attempt is made to retrieve a variable from the Variables collection on a container during execution of the package, and the variable is not there. The variable name may have changed or the variable is not being created.".
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Jul 3, 2014
I have finally been able to get access to SQL Server 2012, so I am just now getting to play with some of the features. My new company has multiple ways of calling an SSIS package, and some (if not all) use Package Parameters. I just did a little research on these, and I in general get how they work. Here is why I ask...
I liked how my last company had dynamic variables setup. They had all of the required variables stored on a single database table on a single server. This kept all of the connections strings, file paths, file names, etc. that a package would use. My computer, the UAT server, and the Prod server all had the same file in the same location with 1 character difference to note which environment to run in. This way I knew I would always use only the Dev server when I ran a package during development. I would also only touch the test folders with my test data. Once we moved it to UAT or Prod, that single character difference would point to a different set of variables for the same PackageID, and we didn't have to worry about forgetting to change hard coded variable values. The only 2 hard coded variable values were the PackageID and the variable holder database. I have heard of similar ways of doing this via an XML file, but I have not had the (ahem) pleasure of working with that yet.
Jump to my current job and why so far I have not been impressed with the Package Parameters. We have 3 different jobs that all call the same SSIS package. We feed in a different FacilityID, and using values stored in tables we know to look for different file names, etc. To me this seems to be a similar set up to how my last company had set the system. The big difference is my old company used a Script Task to verify which environment we were running in (I can see setting this for different FacilityID's, but that would be cumbersome), and my new company uses multiple tables across multiple databases (I know, this is not the best set up in the world, and we are fixing it soon) to decide what we will use for some of the variable values.
What are your thoughts on storing variables outside a package? Do you have any blog posts or articles you can link to show current best practices?do the Package Parameters only work via the Integrated Services Catalog, or can they be accessed for the File System packages too?
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I am using Variables to configure a lot in an SSIS Packages.
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