I am working on a situation similar to 'Get all from Table A that isn't in Table B' http://www.sqlis.com/default.aspx?311
I noticed that if one column's name of source table changes,(say Year to Year2) I have to modify all 'data flow transformations' in the task.
I am new to SSIS.
thanks! -ZZ
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
I'm writing a custom source component that reads data from a SharePoint list with dynamic mapping to output columns. It's my first custom component and it's based on several samples and tutorials from Internet
Output columns are not created by the component itself, they must be added by user at design time. The component makes dynamically an association between SharePoint fields and available output columns at run-time (based on an mapping table).
I made a very basic skeleton and I encounter a problem when I add a column to output: it has no datatype and when I try to set one I have an the error Property value is not valid, The component xxxxxx does not allow setting output column datatype properties.
Imports System
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime.Wrapper
<DtsPipelineComponent(ComponentType:=ComponentType.SourceAdapter,
DisplayName:="SharePoint Dynamic Assoc List Source",
[Code] ....
hi,
I am using SSIS to extract data from sql server and import into MDB file. In
the process, under data flow task, I have used OLE DB Source Editor as source. Here
i have choosen SQL Command as mode of data population. In the box below i
have typed the following statements.
"Exec Site_Address"
I have used many temperory tables in this procedure.
When i run this procedure in the query analyzer window i get the desired data which has to be imported to an MDB. After typing the above statements and when i
click the button preview i can see the data. But when i click the
Columns.... i dont see anything there. I am unable to see any columns there.
This is getting to my nerves because, when i use OLE DB as Destination i am
unable to map the columns and i get an error.
I dont know how to solve this problem. cannot we map columns in temp tables .... or wat is it ??
Please help me to find a solution.
I will also paste the procedure code that i have used.
Create procedure Site_Address
as
begin
create table #Data_For_Site_Address_Table
(
unitid varchar(20),
city varchar(50),
cust_num varchar(40),
zip varchar(20),
CountryID varchar(20),
CreatedBy varchar(20)
)
-- tblcrdsiteaddress
insert into #Data_For_Site_Address_Table
select distinct * from
(select
(select top 1 fsu.ser_num
from fs_unit fsu
where ca.cust_seq <> 0 and fsu.cust_num = ca.cust_num
order by ca.city desc) as UnitID,ca.city,ca.cust_num,ca.zip,
CASE
WHEN ca.country like 'Luxembourg' THEN 'LU'
WHEN ca.country like 'Deutschland' THEN 'DE'
WHEN ca.country like 'Austria' THEN 'AT'
WHEN ca.country like 'Czech Republic' THEN 'CZ'
WHEN ca.country like 'Denmark' THEN 'DK'
WHEN ca.country like 'CHINA' THEN 'CN'
WHEN ca.country like 'CROATIA' THEN 'HR'
WHEN ca.country like 'Egypt' THEN 'EG'
WHEN ca.country like 'Germany' THEN 'DE'
WHEN ca.country like 'Hungary' THEN 'HU'
WHEN ca.country like 'Jordan' THEN 'JO'
WHEN ca.country like 'Korea, Republic Of' THEN 'KR'
WHEN ca.country like 'Poland' THEN 'PL'
WHEN ca.country like 'Switzerland' THEN 'CH'
WHEN ca.country like 'United Kingdom' THEN 'GB'
ELSE '- N/A -' END AS CountryID, CA.CreatedBy
from custaddr ca
) al
where unitid is not null
Select TT.Unitid as Short_Site_Name, TT.City as Site_Name,'N.A' as Street_Po_Box,TT.Zip as Postal_Code_City, Null as State_Region,
TT.CountryID as CountryID,Null as Zone, Null as Note, TT.CreatedBy as UserID, GetDate() as Date, 'A' as [Action]
From #Data_For_Site_Address_Table TT
END
Thanks.
Rgds,
Meher Krishna.V
Can I add Output Columns to the Script Transformation Editor using code? I have to execute a SQL Statement to determine the number of years we have the data for for an item and then create the columns for the months in those years and populate them with the quantities. So my question is can I create output columns to the Script Transformation Editor on the fly that is as it is being executed?
Any input will be good.
Thanks,
MShah
I have query like below that I am using as a OLE DB source
Set NOCOUNT ON
Select *
Into #temp1
from A
Select *
Into #temp2
From B
Select * from #temp1 a
Join #temp2 b on a.episode_key = b.episode_key
I can see the preview data , but when I click columns, there are no available external columns..
Howcan I fix this issue?
I have a data flow and inside the data flow , i have a ole db source and ole db command task to execute an insert transaction ( SP).. i would like to save the error output if the insert didn;t happend into a error log table..
but when I darg an error output line ( red) to another ole db command to insert an error log , i can only see two columns( error code and error column) are available in OLEDB command advance editor related to errors.. this doesn;t tell you much information about the error.how can i grap the error reson(desc) as the error output and store into a erro log table? so that i can see what the problem is?
Hi All,
I have a XL source file which contains the 1st column value is some of Numeric and alpha numeric (ex. 1,1A,1B,2,2A,2B),
i have fired the select statement (select * from [sch 1 a$A9155] where f1 is not null ) in XL source editor, its not showing the numeric records means 1 and 2 were excluding from the above select statement i think it was due to combining numeric and alpha numeric.
I need both records should select , please anyone can help me to sort out the issue.
Thanks in advance
Thanks,
syed
i have a data flow configured to use a ole db source. the ole db source uses an ole db connection manager pointing to the adventureworks db which suceeded when i tested its connection. the data access mode of the ole db source is "sql command". below is the sql command text:
SELECT SpecialOfferID, Description
DiscountPct, Type, Category, StartDate,
EndDate, MinQty, MaxQty, ModifiedDate
FROM Sales.SpecialOffer
WHERE ModifiedDate >= ? AND ModifiedDate < ?
this query uses 2 paramaters, each of which is mapped to a datetime variable which falls with the range of the ModifiedDate column as follows:
Parameter0: User::ExtractStartDate
Parameter1: User::ExtractStopDate
ExtractStartDate is set to 7/1/2001 and ExtractStopDate is set to 3/31/2004. however, i get the following error when i press the preview button in the ole db source editor: "there was an error displaying the preview. additional information: no value given for one or more required parameters (microsoft sql native client)".
as far as i can tell, i have the ole db source configured correctly. thus, i can't figure out why this error is being generated. has anyone else experienced this issue? if so, were you able to resolve it? is this a bug?
thanks in advance.
I want to import data from a remote MySql Database
So, I created an New Connection (ADO.Net), connection Test is successful but when I try to set the sql string in the advanced editor i get the following error:
Error at Data Flow Task [DataReader Source [2182]]: System.Data.Odbc.OdbcExeption: ERROR [HY010][MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-4.1.10a]
ERROR [HY010][MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-4.1.10a]
ERROR [HY010][MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-4.1.10a]
ERROR [HY010][MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-4.1.10a]
......
bei System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataReader.NextResult(Boolean.disposing, Boolean allresults)
bei System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataReader.Close(Boolean Disposing)
bei System.Data.Odbc.OdbcDataReader.Close()
bei Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.DataReaderSourceAdapter.ReinitializeMetaData()
bei Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.ManagedComponentHost.ReinitializeMetaData(IDTSManagedComponentWrapper90 wrapper)
the sql string is very simple, this should not be the problem:
SELECT Objektnr FROM m02a_tblObjektstamm
Thank you very much for your support
Martin
Can i extend the "Query Builder" dialog of OLEDB Source Editor for developing custom source component?
Is there a way to disable to automatic renaming of source tables by the View editor? (SLQ Server 2008 R2)
I have a view that is using several sub-queries (including a "rank/partition") and even though each sub-query is contained in ( ) and given an alias, the view designer automatically adds the _1, _2 to all of the tables it thinks are duplicates, which then invalidates the and explicit field calls in CASE WHEN statements ...
I have a Connection manager to an Excel workbook. I've set it up as Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0Â Excel 8.0;HDR=NoWhen I create the DataFlow OLE DB source, the Name of Table or View dropdown shows only 3 items:
Resources$Â Â Resources$_Â and Volumes$_
My workbook has 2 tabs (Resources and Volumes; Volumes is hidden), two named ranges of the same name (Resources and Volumes)Â and a bunch of other named ranges.
Why does the drop down only show these three things, and only the first one (the first tab Resources$) actually works.
The other two give a nasty message (0xC02020E8 Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)
Why can't I see my named ranges?New user to 2005
Please... any ideas? Is this a footprint config issue?
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
There was an error displaying the preview.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Could not load file or assembly
'Microsoft.SqlServer.SQLTaskConnectionsWrap, Version=9.3.242.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
(Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design)
BUTTONS:
OK
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There was an error displaying the preview. (Microsoft Visual Studio)
===================================
Could not load file or assembly
'Microsoft.SqlServer.SQLTaskConnectionsWrap, Version=9.3.242.0,
Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=89845dcd8080cc91' or one of its
dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
(Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design)
------------------------------
Program Location:
at
Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.PipelineUtils.ShowDataPreview(String
sqlStatement, ConnectionManager connectionManager, Control
parentWindow, IServiceProvider serviceProvider,
IDTSExternalMetadataColumnCollection90 externalColumns)
at
Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.DataFlowUI.DataFlowConnectionPage.previewButton_Click(Object
sender, EventArgs e)
I have a package which has an Excel source with the 'Data access mode' set to SQL command and then a sql select statement. Â When I try and hit the 'Preview...' button below the 'SQL command text' window I get the following error:
 "Error at Standard Data Flow Tasks [source tasks name]: No column information was returned by the SQL command"
Â
Ordinarily this would be down to the fact that my SQL is shocking, I hit the 'Preview...' button whilst the workbook the source is pointing at was open and it works fine??
Â
I can't figure this out, but needless to say the package errors with a NEEDSNEWMETADATA when I try and run it.
Greetings, I am attempting to create a flat file delimited by |. I am using (ISNULL(LIN1_OPT_ADDR) ? "" : LIN1_OPT_ADDR + "| ") to replace the blank address column with the pipe delimiter. So that a row that would consist of:
Customer Number,Name,Address Line1,City,State
12345,ACE HARDWARE INC. ,801 Rockefeller St.,New York, New York
56789,BUILDING SUPPLY INC., ,Wichita, Kansas
Should end up as:
12345|ACE HARDWARE INC.|801 Rockefeller St.|NEW YORK|NEW YORK
56789|BUILDING SUPPLY INC.||Wichita|Kansas
When I run the data flow to create the flat file the file contains the following:
12345|ACE HARDWARE INC.|801 Rockefeller St.|NEW YORK|NEW YORK
56789|BUILDING SUPPLY INC.| | |Wichita|Kansas
Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?
Thanks.
Hi All,
I'm pretty new with SSIS. I have written some custom component which will read from flat file and write it into database. Between those processes, there are other processes which will analyse and transform the data being transfered. Everytime, I remove a column from upstream component, I have to go through each component to fix up column reference mapping using Invalid Column References Editor. There are lots of clicking involves just to remove a column from upstream component. My package has about 15 components. I am just wondering, is there anyway for us to prevent that editor to pop up, instead fixing invalid column reference programatically in ReInitializeMetadata?
Thanks,
Will
I need to check if the date is Null then use today's date and if not do something else.
If RowModifiedOn IS NULL Then
GETUTCDATE()
ELSE
DATEADD("Hh",@[User::TimeZone],RowModifiedOn)
End If
What do I do wrong here? Can I do something like it?
RowModifiedOn == NULL ? GETUTCDATE() : DATEADD("Hh",@[User::TimeZone],RowModifiedOn)
Thanks.
The "window" if you call it that to enter in complex derived column logic is painful (at best). At a minimum, the entry line should (just like in the cases where SQL is entered into a ole db command, sql exec etc) open a editor window to allow you to work in something other than a single long line.
In addition, allowing for cr/lf in the text would then allow the text to be formated/indented in meaninful ways. The issue now, once you nest a few statements together, it get VERY confusing and not easy to read since the whole thing is required to be on a single line.
(This same issue exists with line in which you need to enter the text in a conditional split).
THANKS!
Help...
I'm having trouble coming up with a valid expression in my derived column transformation editor that tests the input column for NULL and responds something like this:
if[message] isNull then "NA" else [message]
where [message] is the input column.
Thanks!
Help...
I'm having trouble coming up with a valid expression in my derived column transformation editor that tests the input column for NULL and responds something like this:
if[message] isNull then "NA" else [message]
where [message] is the input column.
Thanks!
I am working on an OLAP modeled database.
I have a Lookup Transformation that matches the natural key of a dimension member and returns the dimension key for that member (surrogate key pipeline stuff).
I am using an OLE DB Command as the Error flow of the Lookup Transformation to insert an "Inferred Member" (new row) into a dimension table if the Lookup fails.
The OLE DB Command calls a stored procedure (dbo.InsertNewDimensionMember) that inserts the new member and returns the key of the new member (using scope_identity) as an output.
What is the syntax in the SQL Command line of the OLE DB Command Transformation to set the output of the stored procedure as an Output Column?
I know that I can 1) add a second Lookup with "Enable memory restriction" on (no caching) in the Success data flow after the OLE DB Command, 2) find the newly inserted member, and 3) Union both Lookup results together, but this is a large dimension table (several million rows) and searching for the newly inserted dimension member seems excessive, especially since I have the ID I want returned as output from the stored procedure that inserted it.
Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide.
I am trying to put the following as an expression in the SSIS Derived Column Transformation Editor.
DATEADD(DAY, DATEDIFF(DAY, 0, GETDATE()), 0)
It is not allowing it. This works fine in a regular SQL statement.
Does anyone know how I can get this to work?
Dear friends, can any one tell me how to assign null to the expression value in derived column transfromation editor?
thanks,
This one has set me back many, many hours on this project; it's about got me ready to dump SSIS & just roll a custom .NET solution in C#.
I need to create import packages for quite a few very wide flat files (130 - 180+ columns, not my design). Many of these columns have data > 50 characters long.
I change column widths on the data flow source using the Advanced Editor, via Input and Output Properties ==> Flat File Source Output ==> External Columns.
About 50% of the time, the changes vanish after clicking OK to dismiss the Advanced Editor. There is no warning message or output announcing that the editor failed to persist its changes, or that it set some columns' properties back to the defaults, or why. The column's widths just silently revert back to 50.
If the cause and resolution aren't known, does anyone know of a way to accomplish any of the following workarounds?
Create a data source connection by importing an external text schema defining the flat file's column names, data types and sizes, or
Change a property on multiple source columns en-masse, or...
Get at a text version of the file containing the Data Flow Component's definition, so we can edit wide import schemas without racking up thousands of mouse-clicks?Thanks! A virtual cheeseburger to anyone with answers.
I want to replace the contents of a value column with itself but rounded to 2 decimal places.
The current column is a double and I have tried to perform this using the following expression but it fails to work.
Code Snippet
Round(cc_vl,2)
How should I achieve this?
Hi
I'm a relative SQL Server newbee and have developed a function that converts mm/dd/yyyy to yyy/mm/dd for use as in a DT_DBDATE format for insert into a column with smalldatatime.
I receive the following erros when using the function in the Derived Column Transformation Editor. First, the function, then the error when using it as the expression Derived Column Transformation Editor.
Can anyone explain how I can do this transformation work in this context or suggest a way either do the transformation easier or avoid it altogerher?
Thanks for the look see...
******************************
ALTER FUNCTION [dbo].[convdate]
(
@indate nvarchar(10)
)
RETURNS nvarchar(10)
AS
BEGIN
-- Declare the return variable here
DECLARE @outdate nvarchar(10)
set @outdate =
substring(@indate,patindex('%[1,2][0-9][0-9][0-9]%',@indate),4)+'/'+
substring(@indate,patindex('%[-,1][0-9][/]%',@indate),2)+'/'+
substring(@indate,patindex('%[2,3][0,1,8,9][/]%',@indate),2)
RETURN @outdate
END
********************************
And the error...
expression "lipper.dbo.convdate(eomdate)" failed. The token "." at line number "1", character number "11" was not recognized. The expression cannot be parsed because it contains invalid elements at the location specified.
Error at Data Flow Task [Derived Column [111]]: Cannot parse the expression "lipper.dbo.convdate(eomdate)". The expression was not valid, or there is an out-of-memory error.
Error at Data Flow Task [Derived Column [111]]: The expression "lipper.dbo.convdate(eomdate)" on "input column "eomdate" (165)" is not valid.
Error at Data Flow Task [Derived Column [111]]: Failed to set property "Expression" on "input column "eomdate" (165)".
(Microsoft Visual Studio)
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Exception from HRESULT: 0xC0204006 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)
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Program Location:
at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Pipeline.Wrapper.CManagedComponentWrapperClass.SetInputColumnProperty(Int32 lInputID, Int32 lInputColumnID, String PropertyName, Object vValue)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.DtsDerivedColumnComponentUI.SaveColumns(ColumnInfo[] colNames, String[] inputColumnNames, String[] expressions, String[] dataTypes, String[] lengths, String[] precisions, String[] scales, String[] codePages)
at Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design.DtsDerivedColumnFrameForm.SaveAll()
Hi,
Is there a way of uploading column definitions from the Flat File Connection Manager into a SQL Server table definition. Since I have over a dozen data sources to process each with around 200 columns and of course like many BI techies I have little immediate influence over the structure of these flat files. I just know that these data sources are business critical.
Judging by looking at similar threads I can't be the only one who would greatly benefit from being able to upload column definitions from the Flat File Connection Manager into a SQL Server table definition as opposed to doing this manually.
Thanks in advance,
Kieran.
I have configured my DataReader to use an ADO.net (ODBC) connectivity (entered Select * from AMPFM) in Sqlcommand and can see my database columns listed in the Advanced Editor / Column mappings window. My process needs to perform a straight column to column population from AMPFM table into my dbo.visitfinancials table. How do I point the output to the above table?
What is the purpose of the error output for an OLE DB Source component. Any sql that would cause an error such as converting a character to a number or division by zero causes the OLE DB Source component to fail regardless of the settings for the error output. Works perfect for OLE DB Destination but I cannot come up with any scenario where it would work for the OLE DB Source component.
Thanks in advance,
Brad
In the Input and Output Properties tab under Advance Editor for OLE DB Source, I cannot remove columns. I copied this Source from a standard template and have made the normal changes to make it work. However I keep getting this error...Error: 0xC020837B at Load Server Security, OLE DB Source [1]: The output column "DBName" (1632) on the error output has no corresponding output column on the non-error output.Error: 0xC004706B at Load Server Security, DTS.Pipeline: "component "OLE DB Source" (1)" failed validation and returned validation status "VS_ISBROKEN".DBName of course is one of the columns that no longer exist, but I can't remove. Whenever I try to remove one of the columns, I get this error...Error at Load Server Security [OLE DB Source[1]]: The column cannot be deleted. The component does not allow columns to be deleted from this input or output. Is there anything that I can do to remove the columns? Is there just a simple setting that I can change to make this work?
View 6 Replies View RelatedI'm working on a project to put data sent in on XML files into a database but the computer I'm working on is a bit dated and I€™m trying to make things a little more efficient. In order to do this I unselected all the columns in the outputs not used in each data flow task. After the weekend however, SSIS will no longer validate correctly unless at least one column from each output is selected with the error :
TITLE: Package Validation Error
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Package Validation Error
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Error at (data flow task name) [DTS.Pipeline]: "output "(output name)" (19)" contains no output columns. An asynchronous output must contain output columns.
Error at (data flow task name) [DTS.Pipeline]: The layout failed validation.
Error at (data flow task name): There were errors during task validation.
(Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.VsIntegration)
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BUTTONS:
OK
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Is there anything that can be done to fix this? Thanks.
Can someone tell me the difference between the Flat File Source Output - External Columns and Output Columns ?
I always end up changing the datatype properities in both to make things work :-)