Michael,

I understand that perfectly. But I don't know DTS very well, so trying to figure out what the package was actually doing was driving me batty.

I just discovered my REAL...

This sounds like a database design issue, not an SSIS issue. If I'm wrong, please post more details, like the design of your tables & flat files and the...

The OLE DB Command in Data Flow works on a Row By Row basis. RBAR at its finest. @=)

If you have something huge to update, you're better off trying to...

I don't know about the second one, but I think you need to write some SQL code to "ping" the server or do a simple select statement on a small...

I understand your boss's problem and here's the simple solution to maintain performance and to make him happy.

Take all the code in those Execute SQL Tasks and make them stored...

Great. Yet another thing to delay the conversion of our "end of lease" box. Boss is going to love this one.

I voted on the issue and commented. I guess I'd...

I've looked around and can't seem to find anything about creating the variables at run time. I'm sorry. The closest I can come is Dynamic SQL which you could stick...

Opps. Ignore the "environment variable" comment. I think you'd have to choose "SQL Server" in that dialogue box.

Jane,

You might be able to create the variables in a SQL Table that is accessed by a config file. That way, you don't have to create each variable inside the...

Jane,

You do have to create the variable at package creation time. However, you can wait to populate it, or repopulate it, at run time. So the workaround is to...

Huh. Looks like I owe you coffee. @=)

I never even noticed the Mobile thing. That explains a lot. It's also incredibly annoying. But I think it...

Curiousier and Curiousier... It is NOT there in the July 2006 version. The only code examples I see are:

A) with the Alter Table Alter column to set an identity

B)...

You're not miles off. That is EXACTLY what I forgot. DOH!

I looked and looked in BOL, but it doesn't have this as a code reference. I even...

Ahha. I just figured it out. You can't do multiple dts packages when they're stored as Structured Storage Files. You can only do it when they're stored...

Anli,

Check Steve Jones' list here http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/2960/ and follow his links to see if there are any SSIS components for the fixes after build 3042.

Note that the builds go from Highest...