What is notifying you of this? Is this an error message when you try to detach the database?

If so, please list the full text of the error message.

This may or may not work for you. NOTE carefully the ON part of each JOIN statement

Select Table1.ID, Table1.FirstName, Table1.LastName, Table2.Answer, Table4.Title, Table5.PageHTML, Table6.Location

From Table1

Left Join Table2

On Table1.ID=Table2.AgentID

and Table2.Answer...

Sounds like either an ownership chain issue or your Linked Server is set up wrong between the two.

EDIT: Sorry. To clarify, check your Linked Server to make sure it has...

I have used this before when trying to insert records in a specified order and wanting the Clustered PK Identity field to sort accordingly:

Insert into MyTable (col1, Col2, col3)

(Select Col1,...

What about the rest of the table structure?

Gaby, what exactly are you trying to do with the resulting end data?

The way you have it listed, Michael is correct about string aggregation. You could also check into the...

What's the table structure like? Is there a column that specifically distinguishes between the header record & detail records?

Stephen Fletche (10/7/2008)

The question I actually came with in the first place.. ..what's the cheapest way of doing the qualification? I don't mind blowing a couple of hundred quid...

Do you have anyone who knows T-SQL in your organization? If so, you should go to them and ask them the best way to debug a stored procedure or a...

OH, DOH!!!!

RetainNulls property is set to FALSE for all the flat file sources.

DOH!

Easy fix. @=) Happy now. @=)

It is happening after the source, which is why it's driving me crazy. I only have a source & a destination, nothing in between. So you're probably right. It sounds...

Edit the task. Look at the left side of it when it opens up. You'll have four "tabs". General, Paramters, Results and Expressions. Check each one. In General, the Results...

Here's your main info:

"Possible failure reasons: Problems with the query, "ResultSet" property not set correctly, parameters not set correctly, or connection not established correctly"

First check the "UPDATE AND APPEND DATA"...

That's what it looks like. The .bat file appears to be running a package, so trace back to the package and see what you can find.

So you're running this from the server? Not from BIDS?

If so, then create a job with an Operating System Command line and insert the Command Line from the "Run Package"...