#1 and #2 are a little different problem (I think)..

#1, You probably need to explicitly force the servername as opposed to using a file or a table. Because the machine has one name but the SQL Servers have two you can't tell which one is which unless you indicate it to the package somehow.. I have done very little with DB stored package configs. But that is how I see the problem..

#2, how is it any different than any other configured item? How is it special? Please elaborate, do you need to change a config string or a path or what?

CEWII