Exports other than bcp/Data Flow tasks

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Exports other than bcp/Data Flow tasks

jbm6401

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August 8, 2013 at 6:31 am

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I'm looking for other file transfers than bcp queryout and Data Flow tasks in SSIS packages. Are there other programmatical processes that are upgradable? I hear that bcp is not quite reliable, but it works for us and it will take too long to create 114 individual data flow tasks in an SSIS package. Thanks.

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jbm6401 SSC-Addicted Points: 483 More actions · Answer 1

To add more to this. I heard that the bcp is kluged. It works fast, but it is ancient technology. So I was wondering if there was something else that, when SQL Server upgrades and abandons the bcp feature, works well.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 2

You could try to create SSIS packages dynamically (for example with BIML), so that shortens the development time.

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jbm6401 SSC-Addicted Points: 483 More actions · Answer 3

Unfortunately, we only have 2008. I see the Stairway series for BIMS in 2012. Unless you can do something similar in 2008 that I do not know exists. Thanks for the reply.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 4

BIML also exists for 2008. It's included in BIDSHelper.

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jbm6401 SSC-Addicted Points: 483 More actions · Answer 5

Cool. I thought by looking at the Stairway series that this feature was added only to 2012.

jbm6401 SSC-Addicted Points: 483 More actions · Answer 6

Are there any examples out there that can export data from a query into a text file using BIML? I am searching the interweb and cannot find any specifics right now. Thanks.

Koen Verbeeck SSC Guru Points: 259085 More actions · Answer 7

jbm6401 (8/8/2013)
Are there any examples out there that can export data from a query into a text file using BIML? I am searching the interweb and cannot find any specifics right now. Thanks.

I think this one can be very useful:

BIML Export to FlatFile

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