January 8, 2016 at 6:57 am
Is there a script that brings up a prompt that allows user to navigate/select path of flat file connection string and assign it variable to be used in Data Flow task?
January 8, 2016 at 7:06 am
joeshu26 (1/8/2016)
Is there a script that brings up a prompt that allows user to navigate/select path of flat file connection string and assign it variable to be used in Data Flow task?
Not directly. SSIS runs on a server and is not intended to be an interactive tool. However, an indirect solution might be OK.
- Client application prompts user
- User selects path
- Path gets written to database by client app
- SSIS package gets initiated
- SSIS package picks up path from database
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January 8, 2016 at 7:21 am
you can...
what version of SQL are you using ? Is the user running the SSIS package in Visual Studio or executing the package in SSMS ?
January 8, 2016 at 7:29 am
simon-hulse (1/8/2016)
you can...what version of SQL are you using ? Is the user running the SSIS package in Visual Studio or executing the package in SSMS ?
But you shouldn't. Unless the user is a developer and this is for debugging purposes.
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January 8, 2016 at 7:30 am
his user may be a developer...
January 8, 2016 at 7:32 am
Yes, user would be executing from SSIS, or executing package from Window Explorer.
January 8, 2016 at 7:33 am
Using SQL Server 2012, Visual Studio 2010 shell
January 8, 2016 at 7:40 am
You may want to point the developer here.
A script task would be used to call this.
The script task would need to assign the returned path to an SSIS variable, which would be picked up by the data flow.
I reiterate. This is a developer-only technique.
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January 8, 2016 at 10:43 am
+1 (well, really +1000) on Phils comments. this is very poor form, like when you used to use modal dialogs in VB6, or flashing & scrolling text in the browser status bar... :-D:hehe:
Steve.
January 8, 2016 at 11:06 am
stevefromOZ (1/8/2016)
+1 (well, really +1000) on Phils comments. this is very poor form, like when you used to use modal dialogs in VB6, or flashing & scrolling text in the browser status bar... :-D:hehe:
Just because something can be done if you try hard enough, it doesn't mean it should be done.
If someone needs a user to select a file to be processed by SSIS, then it would be better to have a non-SSIS application that would perform the first part and then execute the SSIS package, passing the file path to SSIS as a parameter.
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