Column Header Names Corrupted in Output to text File Executing a stored proc from job

  • Intermittently we are getting column header names corrupted in the output text file when executing a stored proc from a job in SSIS step. This is 15 yr old process that has only started to fail in a 2008 R2 cluster env.
    Note: Actual data is unaffected.
    The pseudo proc sql looks something like this:
    select 'tableA' as XTABLENAME, count(*) as XCOUNT from schemaA.tableA
    SELECT col1
    FROM schemaA,tableA
    ORDER BY col1

    select 'tableB' as XTABLENAME, count(*) as XCOUNT from schemaA.tableB
    SELECT col1, col2, col3
    FROM schemaA,tableB
    ORDER BY col1
    ...
    -------------------end proc----------------------------------------
    The job executes
    USE msdb
    GO
    EXEC sp_start_job @job_name = 'xpr_extract'
    GO
    WAIT FOR DELAY '000:05:00'
    -----------------------end job-------------------------------------
    --- expected
    XTABLENAME  XCOUNT
    ------------- -----------
    tableA   1

    col1
    --------------- 
    123456789012345
    XTABLENAME  XCOUNT
    ------------- -----------
    tableB   3

    col1    col2    col3
    --------------- --------------- ----------
    123456789012345 000000000000012 0000000001
    123456789012345 000000000000012 0000000002
    123456789012345 000000000000015 0000000001
    ---------------------------------end expected----------------------
    Columns get corrupted like this:
    XTABLENAME  XCOUNT
    ------------- -----------
    tableA   1

    col1
    --------------- 
    123456789012345
    XTABLENAME  XCOUNT
    ------------- -----------
    tableB   3

    col1    _xxx2    x_xxx
    --------------- --------------- ----------
    123456789012345 000000000000012 0000000001
    123456789012345 000000000000012 0000000002
    123456789012345 000000000000015 0000000001

  • Could SQL Agent limitations and concurrent re-indexing have bearing on output?

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