How To Use Same Variable Between The Control Flow Tasks In SSIS 2005?
Apr 16, 2007
I want to get the start time of data load and end time after data load and store it in a table which has mapping_id , mapping_name,start_time,end_time.
i use ActiveXScript task to get the start time before data load and store the mapping_id in a global variable,then data flow transformation occurs.
i want to use a global variable to store the mapping id ,so that i can update the end time after data load with that variable.how to do this?
is there any other way, i can get the start and end time of data load (other than the logging information)?
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Jan 17, 2008
Dear All!
My package has a Data Flow Task. In Data Flow Task, I use a Script Component and a OLE BD Destination to transform data from txt file to database.
Within Data Flow Task, I want to call File System Task to move file to a folder or any Task of "Control Flow" Tab. So, Does SSIS support this task? Please show me if any
Thanks
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Jan 12, 2006
I'm currently setting variables at the package level with an ExecuteSQL task. This works fine. However, I'm now starting to think about restartability midway through a package. It would be nice to have the variable(s) needed in a data flow set within the data flow so that I only have to restart that task.
Is there a way to do that using an SQL statement as the source of the value in a data flow?
OR, when using checkpoints will it save variable settings so that they are available when the package is restarted? This would make my issue a moot point.
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May 17, 2007
Hi everyone,
Primary platform is 64 bit cluster.
How to move information allocated in SSIS variables from Data Flow to Control Flow layers??
We've got a SSIS package which load a value into a variable inside a Data Flow. Going back to Control Flow how could we retrive that value again????
Thanks in advance and regards,
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Jul 25, 2007
What are the advantages and disadvantages of having multiple data flow tasks in one SSIS package?
Is this a good idea at all considering the workflow may be similar now but may change in the future? Should it be left as one data flow per package?
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Aug 22, 2007
I am having a hard time with what appears to be something simple. I want to import an excel spreadsheet into a table on a daily basis from a command line. I created a package from the Import Wizzard in the SQL Management Studio and saved it. Since I want a clean table each day, my process needs to be create a temp table, import from the Excel file into the temp table. If that is successful, delete the original table and rename the temp table the original name. The point of this process is to provide for a fail-safe if there is some unforseen problem downloading the data on a particular day.
When I run the package, the first thing it does is delete the original table. I know this because the process shows the time that it finished is before anything else has started or finished. The time shown for the completion of the data flow task is about 2 minutes after that time.
This is maddening!!! The one thing I do not want to happen I can not seem to prevent. I have my control flow set on success. Why does it do this?
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Apr 18, 2007
Hello all,
Is there documentation somewhere about multiple execution paths in SSIS control flow? I didn't find documentation anywhere. I have a situation where I have two tasks that take considerable time, but could be executed in parallel (to speed up things) and I was wondering whether SSIS supports parallelism.
To illustrate the issues in simultaneous execution, I created a test SSIS package. In the package, I have five tasks, let's call them T1, T2, T3, T4 and T5. The taks are connected with "green arrows" like this:
T1->T2
T1->T3
T2->T4
T3->T4
T5 is not connected. The tasks can be e.g. Send Mail tasks, that's not relevant to this issue. I put a breakpoint in each task and execute the package.
When I execute package, T1 and T5 become active, i.e. the arrow that displays where the package execution currently is, is in two tasks simultaneously. Now F10 (step over) doesn't seem to work "Unable to step. Not implemented". If I press F5 nothing happens. After I press F5 for a second time tasks T1 and T5 and executed. Why don't they execute with the first pressing of F5? I would additionally like to know whether these two tasks are executed in parallel or sequentially, i.e. in the same thread or in two threads? Is there documentation of this?
The execution stops at T2&T3. Again, pressing F5 doesn't do anything, but the second time I press F5 T2 and T3 are executed.
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Nov 12, 2007
Hi Guys,
This is a question to the SSIS development team. I would like to know what are the requirements to implement custom SSIS Control Flow task in C++ . There is a documentation describing the process when implementing a managed task, but no such documentation exists for implementing a task in C++.
Thank you,
Ivan
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Dec 26, 2007
Why isn't there some documentation on how to do this. This should be really simple and it has taken me 2 weeks and I still haven't gotten an answer. Please Help Does anyone know the answner or some place where there is some documentation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I get the following error when I try to substitute the strings in the databasedetails collection with variables:
Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. StackTrace: at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.TransferObjectsTask.TransferObjectsTask.CheckLocalandDestinationStatus(Database srcDatabase, DatabaseInfo dbDetail) at Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Tasks.TransferObjectsTask.TransferObjectsTask.TransferDatabasesUsingSpAttachDetach()
I created the following variables:
strDestinationDB = AirCL2Exp_new3
strDestinationDBPath = C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2MSSQLDATAAirCL2Exp_new3_Data.mdf
strDestinationLGPath = C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2MSSQLDATAAirCL2Exp_new3_Data.ldf
strSourceDB = AirCL2Exp
strSourceDBPath = C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2MSSQLDataDataNewAirCL2Exp_Data.mdf
strSourceLGPath = C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.2MSSQLDataDataNewAirCL2Exp_Log.ldf
I then assigned those variable to DatabaseDetails Collection:
DatabaseName = @strSourceDB
DestinationDatabaseName = @strDestinationDB
Inaddtion I also assigned the following to the two DatabaseFiles Collection:
for 0:
DatabaseFileSize = 0
DestinationFilePath = @strDestinationDBPath
FileType = DatabaseFile
SourceFilePath = @strSourceDBPath
SourceSharePath = @strSourceDBPath
for 1:
DatabaseFileSize = 0
DestinationFilePath = @strDestinationLGPath
FileType = LogFile
SourceFilePath = @strSourceLGPath
SourceSharePath = @strSourceLGPath
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Feb 3, 2014
I recently upgraded to on 2012 SP1 CU5 and have found the SSDT gui for SSIS to be almost unusable. I can't drag or resize items. Any time i try they either automagically shrink to the tiniest possible size, shoot off to some extreme or just shake uncontrollably I didn't have these problems on previous versions (dont remember what It was).
Is there a fix for this?
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Feb 14, 2006
Hi, All,
I need to pass a parameter from control flow to data flow. The data flow will use this parameter to get data from a Oracle source.
I have an Execute SQL task in control flow to assign value to the Parameter, next step is a data flow which will need take a parameter in the SQL statement to query the Oracle source,
The SQL Looks like this:
select * from ccst_acctsys_account
where to_char(LAST_MODIFIED_DATE, 'YYYYMMDD') >?
THe problem is the OLE DB source Edit doesnt have anything for mapping parameter.
Thanks in Advance
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Mar 9, 2007
I have an Execute SQL Task that returns a Full Rowset from a SQL Server table and assigns it to a variable objRecs. I connect that to a foreach container with an ADO enumerator using objRecs variable and Rows in first table mode. I defined variables and mapped them to the columns.
I tested this by placing a Script task inside the foreach container and displaying the variables in a messagebox.
Now, for each row, I want to write a record to an MS Access table and then update a column back in the original SQL Server table where I retreived data in the Execute SQL task (i have the primary key). If I drop a Data Flow Task inside my foreach container, how do I pass the variables as input to an OLE DB Destination on the Data Flow?
Also, how would I update the original source table where source.id = objRects.id?
Thank you for your assistance. I have spent the day trying to figure this out (and thought it would be simple), but I am just not getting SSIS. Sorry if this has been covered.
Thanks,
Steve
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Jun 27, 2007
Hi all,
I am creating a customer data flow component for SSIS for use in a package. I've got some custom properties that I am exposing using the supplied advanced editor (no custom property editor here).
Some of my properties are enumerated types, and I have deciphered how to get those properties to show as dropdown lists of their respective enumerations. (For those of you who may be looking as hard as I did as to how to accomplish this, see the end of this post.)
I also have a few properties which request SSIS package variable names - such as an file name variable. However, I can't figure out how to tell the advanced editor that the property is looking for an SSIS variable, so that it can show a dropdown list of package variables, much like virtually any other Microsoft supplied Data Flow component can.
Is there a Type Converter I could specify for those custom properties? Is there another way to instruct SSIS that my custom property is expecting a variable? Or do I need to code a custom UI for editing my Data Flow Task?
To create a dropdown list of values for a custom property that represents an enum, do the following:
1. Create your enum definition, such as "public enum ThisIsMyEnum { one, two }"
2. Create a new class that inherits from TypeConverter, such as "public class MyEnumConverter : TypeConverter"
3. Override "CanConvertFrom", and return true if "sourceType == typeof(string)"
4. Override "CanConvertTo", and return true if "destinationType == typeof(string)"
5. Override "ConvertFrom", and return the enum value (such as "one" or "two" in my example) that corresponds to the string passed in the parameter "value"
6. Override "ConvertTo", and return a string that corresponds to the enum value passed in the parameter "value"
7. Override "GetStandardValuesSupported" and return true
8. Override "GetStandarValuesExclusive" and return true to indicate that ONLY the enum values should be accepted
9. Override "GetStandardValues", and return a new StandardValuesCollection constructed with Enum.GetValues() of your enum, such as "return new StandardValuesCollection(Enum.GetValues(typeof(ThisIsMyEnum)));"
10. Just above your "public enum" declaration, add a "TypeConverter" attribute to link your type converter to your enum, such as "[TypeConverter(typeof(MyEnumConverter))]"
11. In "ProvideComponentProperties", after you've created your custom property like this: "IDTSCustomProperty90 propEnum = ComponentMetaData.CustomPropertyCollection.New()", add another line to specify the TypeConverter property of the property to the full assembly name of your type converter, like so: "propEnum.TypeConverter = typeof(MyEnumConverter).AssemblyQualifiedName;"
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Jul 22, 2007
Hi all! I recently started working with SSIS and one of the things that is puzzling me the most is what's the best way to go:
A small control flow, with large data flow tasks
A control flow with more, but smaller, data flow tasksAny help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ricardo
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Oct 10, 2006
I am finding difficult to set Expression Property "SelectedDatabases" in Check Databases Integrity Task in SSIS.
I keep getting error:
TITLE: Expression Builder
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Expression cannot be evaluated.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The data type of variable "User::varDataset" is not supported in an expression.
Reading the variable "User::varDataset" failed with error code 0xC00470D0.
(Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Controls)
I need the flexibilty to be able to control the Task behaviour during runtime through Variables.
Any suggestions .... or even a different approach will be helpful..
cheers
aigbor
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Aug 3, 2007
When I copy over an SSIS package I have been developing from my laptop to my desktop with Windows File Sharing (shared folders) across a home network, the moved package fails to load properly. I can see the Control Flow tasks but not the Data Flow tasks - they simply disappear! I have update the Connection Managers to point to the new machine, and tested them (OK).
Its the same as this issue posted here
And Here
Creating an empty package and clicking to create a new data flow cause this error:
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
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Failed to create the task.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The designer could not be initialized. Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design)
Seems the only way is to uninstall and reinstall Client Components.
How do I uninstall and reinstall Client Components? when I try to do that, SQL Server Setup tells me "None of the selected features can be installed or upgraded. Setup cannot procees since there is no effective change being made to the machine...."
I had selected "Workstation components, Books online and Development tools". This is already installed - so how I can reinstall it if I get this message above which does not let me proceed.
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Apr 17, 2006
Hello,
I have created around 10 seperate packages for our application data load. Now I am planning to create a master package (or a wrapper package) which will execute all the 10 packages (thru execute package task). Then I have a job which executes the master package at a given date and time.
Question : How can I enable / disable execution of each package within the master package depending upon a flag variable. The reason why I need this mechanism is if the flag = 0 then I don't want all 10 packages within master package to execute and if flag = 1 then master package execution should begin and subsequently execute all packages within that master package.
Thank you
Jatin Shah
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Sep 10, 2006
Hi guys,
i got a foreach loop that has about 20 data flow tasks(same database connections but different extractions) but i notice that when i execute the project it only runs 4 data flow tasks at a time.
i know that there is an option for each data flow to set the "Engine Threads", but is there a way to set the thereads in a foreach loop or for the whole project so it will execute all data flow tasks in one go for each loop.
please help???
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Sep 25, 2006
Hi guys,
i have a for each loop and it has about 20 data flow tasks (simple data extractions). i notice when i run the package it only runs up to 4 data flow tasks at a time. others have to wait till one of the first 4 flows finishes.
i was wondering if there's a way to change the limit of how many data flow tasks can run at a time. is there a property some where ?
i know this will be stressfull to the server, but the server is well equiped with CPU power and memory, so performance will not be an issue.
any thoughts?
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Mar 9, 2007
Hey all, is there any explanation why just opening a data flow task causes a VSS check out?
The issue with this is that I have multiple developers, and when one wants to look at a data flow task in a package already checked out, it generates multiple VS errors.
Not big on the priority list, (not as big as the modal dialog issue) but still a pain.
Thanks!
BobP
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Jan 2, 2008
Hi,
I need to parameterize some values in the data flow so that i can chnage the values directly in parameter file and re run the data flow for new value in the passed in the parameter. This can be easy for other who do not know about the flow of data flow task as to where to change the variable/parameter.
How can this be accomplished. I want the data flow task to refer to this file before it starts executing and pick the appropriate value from the file.
Or is their any better way to accompalish what i want to do here in SSIS.???
tHNAKS FOR UR HELP FOLKS !!!
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Apr 19, 2007
Hi folks,
I have come across a situation where there 10 tasks. The second task on the flow is a script task which disables all further tasks based on a condition. I thought that the logic would be better if we force terminate the package successfully at this stage itself. How can this be done.
Thanks
Subhash Subramanyam
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May 17, 2007
I have just installed Service Pack 2 on my SQL 2005 Standard Edition.
However, now all my SSIS packages will not allow me to open my Data FLow Tasks. I get the following error:
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
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Cannot show the editor for this task.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The task returned an unsupported control editor type. (Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design)
If I try to create a new Data Flow task I get:
TITLE: Microsoft Visual Studio
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Failed to create the task.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
The designer could not be initialized. (Microsoft.DataTransformationServices.Design)
I have tried to install the latest hotfixes after this but they had no effect.
Can anybody help me???? Please?
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Feb 11, 2014
I have a requirement to read an encrypted file as a data source. I am not allowed to save an unencrypted text file version on disc at any time for any length of time, therefore I created a custom source component that reads an encrypted csv file, decrypts it, and then passes each row of data to the pipeline and ultimately to an ole data destination. Basically it is just a text file reader with an added class that adds functionality that decrypts the file before the component sets columns or reads rows.
The custom component, “Encrypted File Source”, has a custom property “encryptionkey” with the encryption required flag set to true (code below) and is declared as eligible to be set in the expressions.
IDTSCustomProperty100 EncryptionKey = ComponentMetaData.CustomPropertyCollection.New();
EncryptionKey.Name =
"EncryptionKey";
EncryptionKey.Description =
"Secure String key value to decrypt the file";
EncryptionKey.Value =
string.Empty;
EncryptionKey.ExpressionType =
DTSCustomPropertyExpressionType.CPET_NOTIFY;
EncryptionKey.EncryptionRequired =
true;
I want to be able to set the password for the encrypted file in the SQL Agent job that executes the SSIS project. This means I have an environment with a variable, “DataPassword”, that is set to sensitive. It maps to a Project parameter in the SQL Agent job that is also set to sensitive. And I now I want to access that sensitive Project Password inside my data flow, specifically in the Encrypted File source task that I created and set my EncryptionKey to that Project Parameter.
The problem is that SSIS says.
"expression cannot be evaluated. ... The Expression will not be evaluated because it contains sensitive parameter value "$Project::DataFilePassord" . Verify that the expression is used properly and that it portects sensitive information"
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path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" stroked="f">
[Code] ....
I am using SQL Server 2012, on a windows 7 box with VS2010 premium.
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Mar 6, 2007
HI All,
In several threads there has been discussion regarding adding connection managers to a package's data flow, etc. My challenge is that I have a large solution that contains many packages, and I need to change the connection manager linked to the data flow in all of the packages. When the solution was initially designed, data sources were used, and it has become a tedious maintenance issue to keep those in sync. We want to use a standard OLEDB connection manager, but adding a connection manager to each package and editing the corresponding data flow tasks in each package to use that new connection manager is a daunting task. I've coded a .Net module to access the packages, remove the old connection manager (data source) and add the new OLEDB data source. However, as I traverse the objects in the package hierarchy, when I come to the data flow object, the innerobject is not a dts object, but rather a _com object.. I can't seem to find any documentation/examples as to how to iterate the tasks within a data flow and change the connection manager. If you have any information, that would be quite helpful. If you reply with a code sample, if you would be so kind as to relate it to one of the sample packages provided with SSIS so I can run it, that would be great.
Thank you.
Steve.
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Apr 20, 2008
I am new to SSIS can anyone tell me the diff between control flow and dataflow. if all the transformation are done using dataflow than why do we use control flow. Sorry if I am asking you very basic question.
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Nov 3, 2015
Suppose if I have a “Foreach Loop Container” that iterates over a list. Is it possible to execute different data flow tasks based on the input?
Example : List contains elements L1, L2 & L3.
ForEach Loop Container checks the input. If its L1 then it should execute DF Task1, If L2 then execute
DF Task2 and similarly for L3.
Is it possible to achieve this?
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Oct 23, 2003
I would like to be able to have a "while" statement execute until all af the rows in a temporary table have be processed.
I know I can do this with counters.
However, I was wondering if anyone knows of a SQL equivalent of
"WHILE NOT EOF" as in "do this until you hit the end of the table".
Thanks in advance for any input.
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May 24, 2006
Is it possible to setup a Control Flow at the solution level rather than at the package level? I'd like to setup a Control Flow that truncates multiple tables in a staging database then runs multiple packages that reloads those tables. Each package has a Control Flow tab that seems to be specific to the package. Is it possible to set something up that governs the execution of multiple packages?
Thanks.
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May 16, 2008
Hi,
How do I retrieve the connections (connection managers) collections from Custom Data Flow destination? ComponentMetadata.RuntimeConnectionCollection is empty. I would like to be able to access all the connections defined in the package from the custom data flow task.
I came across code in which it was possible to access the Connections collection using the IDtsConnectionService for custom task (destination). The custom task has access to serviceProvider, whcih can be used to get access to the IDtsConnectionService interface but not the custom data flow task.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks
Naveen
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Apr 22, 2004
I'm writing my first serious stored procedure.
Essentially I have an incoming file, each line in the file is a record.
The records share the same initial key fields for the first 10 columns, then the field structure varies depending on a rectype and sequence number.
My initial plan was load the keys into fields, and load the remaining data into a long varchar field.
Then the stored procedure would evaluate the Rectype and Seqno of each record and chop up the Varchar accordingly.
So I set up a cursor to read the temporary table, do a fetch into variables, and go to evaluate the variables.
I want to be able to use a CASE statement to evaluate the fields and then perform various logic, but it's giving me fits because it seems like CASE only really works in Select statements, and won't really allow you to do any sort of GOTO logic.
I chopped the following SQL up and put in a rough cut of what I thought I was doing.
DROP TABLE #FOO
GO
CREATE TABLE #FOO (
[planno] [char] (6) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[ssn] [char] (9) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,
[location] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[eligdate] [char] (8) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[rectype] [char] (3) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,
[seqno] [char] (3) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NOT NULL ,
[empno] [char] (13) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[payrollcode] [char] (4) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[companycode] [char] (3) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[department] [char] (13) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[filler] [char] (34) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL ,
[data] [varchar] (366) COLLATE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
GO
BULK INSERT #FOO FROM '\l32b0021foo.dat'
WITH (FORMATFILE = '\l32b0021foo.fmt')
declare @sessionid varchar(12)
declare @dedcode varchar(5)
declare @eeamt money
declare @eepct decimal
declare @effdt datetime
set @effdt = getdate()
set @sessionid = 'PENDING_BI'
DECLARE Transaction_Cursor CURSOR FOR
SELECT ssn,rectype,seqno,data
from #foo
OPEN Transaction_Cursor
declare @eepssn varchar(9)
declare @rectype varchar(3)
declare @seqno varchar(3)
declare @data varchar(366)
declare @eeccoid varchar(6)
declare @eeceeid varchar(12)
declare @eecempno varchar(9)
declare @companycode varchar(5)
declare @type varchar(20)
FETCH NEXT FROM Transaction_Cursor into @eepssn,@rectype,@seqno,@data
WHILE @@FETCH_STATUS = 0
BEGIN
select @companycode = cmpcompanycode,
@eeccoid = eeccoid,
@eeceeid = eeceeid,
@eecempno = eecempno
from company,empcomp
where eeceeid = (select eepeeid from emppers where eepssn = @eepssn )
and eecemplstatus = 'A'
and cmpcoid = eeccoid
CASE @RECTYPE+@SEQNO
when '001001' then goto parse_pretax
when '002001' then goto parse_LOAN
else select @RECTYPE+@SEQNO+' not recognized!'
end
process_it:
insert into foo2 (empno,companycode,amt,pct)
values (@eecempno,@companycode,@eeamt,@eepct)
FETCH NEXT FROM Transaction_Cursor into @eepssn,@rectype,@seqno,@data
END
CLOSE Transaction_Cursor
DEALLOCATE Transaction_Cursor
goto bypass
parse_pretax:
let @eepct = substring(@data,1,5)
goto process_it
parse_loan:
let @eeamt = substring(@data,27,11)
goto process_it
bypass:
I could sketch it out a little bit better in Northwind or Pubs, but I think I just need a smack upside the head and a little edification.
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Mar 11, 2008
Hi,
I would like to have a decision maker component in Control Flow to decide which Data Flow to run.
For example:
if myVar=A then run data flowA
if myVar=B then run data flowB
......
We have Conditional Split component available in data flow but not in Control Flow. What component in control flow can be used to do the same job that conditional flow is doing in data flow? Or what's a work around for this.
Thanks in advance.
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Jan 11, 2006
I have a problem when using nested loops in my Control Flow. The package contains an outer Foreach Loop using the Foreach File Enumerator which in my test case will loop over two files found in a directory. Inside this loop is another Foreach Loop using the Foreach Nodelist Enumerator. Before entering the inner loop a variable, xpath, is set to a value that depends on the current file, i e /file[name = '@CurrentFileName']/content. The Nodelist Enumerator is set to use this variable as its OuterXPATHString. Now, this is what happens:
First Iteration:
The first file is found and the value of xpath = /file[name = 'test1.txt']/content. When the inner loop is entered it iterates over the content elements under the file with name test1.txt as expected.
Second Iteration:
The second file is found and the value of xpath = /file[name = 'test2.txt']/content. When the inner loop is entered it unexpectedly still iterates over the content elements under the file with name test1.txt.
My question is: Should it not be possible to change the loop condition of an inner loop in an outer loop such that the next time it is entered it will be done based on the new condition? It seems that the xpath variable is read once, the first time, and never again. If that is the case, does anyone know of a workaround?
Regards,
Lars Rönnbäck
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