Script Task/Component and Template Information

by Allan Mitchell 8 Dec 2009 06:46
The Script Task and Script component are often used by people developing SSIS packages because they are easy to use and now because SSIS could be perceived to be more developer friendly they are very powerful. That being said we should no be using them everywhere.  There are generally Tasks/Co... [More]

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Logical OR in Control Flow to Skip Task

by Allan Mitchell 28 Oct 2008 08:52
Here is an example of how to do something that in DTS we would have had to do some coding in Script.  In our packages we often find the need to follow one path or another in the Control flow based on some condition that exists at runtime.  In the example below we use a variable value to de... [More]

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Disabling tasks through Expressions

by Darren Green 28 Oct 2008 08:43
All Containers include a Disable property. This is what is used for the right-click Disable/Enable functionality you may have used when developing packages in the designer. Expressions are evaluated at run-time and can be used to set properties, so it follows that you could use an expression on the ... [More]

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Expression Date Functions

by Darren Green 28 Oct 2008 07:58
Date Parts Expressions support a range of date related functions such as DATEADD, with the same basic syntax to that found in T-SQL. Whilst the familiarity is very helpful, the difference that catches me out is the format of date part which must be quoted. T-SQL allows this: DATEADD(n, -10, GETD... [More]

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File Watcher Task

by Darren Green 20 Oct 2008 14:00
The task will detect changes to existing files as well as new files, both actions will cause the file to be found when available. A file is available when the task can open it exclusively. This is important for files that take a long time to be written, such as large files, or those that are just wr... [More]

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Extending SSIS with Custom Tasks (Presentation)

by Darren Green 13 Oct 2007 14:00
Download the slides and sample code from the Extending SSIS with Custom Tasks presentation, first presented at the SQLBits 2007 Community Conference. The sample demonstrates a custom task with a connection property, including a property grid drop-down (UITypeEditor) to list all your connecti... [More]

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The Execute SQL Task

by Allan Mitchell 9 Oct 2005 14:00
In this article we are going to take you through the Execute SQL Task in SQL Server Integration Services for SQL Server 2005 (although it appies just as well to SQL Server 2008).  We will be covering all the essentials that you will need to know to effectively use this task and make it as flexi... [More]

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