XML Source Editor Columns Configuration Is NOT Persisting Output Name Selection

Greetings everyone,

I am seeing a particular problem in the XML Source Editor "Columns" configuration where it is not persisting the "Output name" selection.

Control Flow Tab:
1. I use a "Exec SQL Command" to drop, create, or alter the destination tables in the database that I want to be repository for the inbound XML data. The data types are fairly straightforward.

2. I add a singular "Data Flow"

Data Flow Tab:

1. I add a "XML Source" task, and assign a well-defined XML file. I then use the "Generate XSD" option in the "Connection manager"; and I am fairly satisfied with the generated XSD.

2. I create "OLE DB Destination"

3. I wire the "XML Source" to the "OLE DB Destination". In the "XML Source" in the "Columns".

4. I go to the dropdown list of "Output name" and see the list ordered with the various complex-types that I want to map and transfer to a target table.

For the sake of this report, I select the 5th one down on the list (for which I already have a target table) - let's call this "Mesh"

5. In the "Input Output" dialog, I select the "output" to be the desired 5th item, "Mesh"

6. I check all my mappings so that they map one-to-one ... XML name entries match SQL table destination mapping entries; correct types; correct size

7. Check the metadata and it all looks good.

8. When I hit "Debug" to test the package the failure occurs at the "XML Source". The error report comes back saying that it failed because "field xxx in Contributor was truncated". However, "Contributor" corresponds to the 1st name in the dropdown list presented in "Columns" "Output name:".

If I select return to Step 4, when I open up "Columns" I see that my previous selection of the 5th item on the list named "Mesh" was not persisted, but invariably and no matter how often I select item #5 "Mesh" and save to ensure that selection sticks, it is not persisted.

I hand-edited the .dtsx file and only then was I able to make this stick. However, if I ever re-save the package this non-persistency pops up again.

Am I doing something wrong here or is this a known defect? As I have several dozen XSD mappings that I want to transfer to tables, hand-editing is not something I relish.

I look forward to your reply.
RudyC