Michael, thanks for the correction. For some reason I really thought it wouldn't allow FULL OUTER.

Paul, really? Everything I've read said that partial & no caching is much...

BTW, Pretty sure the issue is the temp table myself since I tried redoing the proc with only the Temp table and not the CTE. Got the same "blank...

So, once I get everything properly set up, saving the ValidateExternalMetaData to False will allow the package to run?

I hadn't tried using a Proc stub, so of course I wasn't...

I've actually changed my two sources to two different dataflows that end up in the same destination staging table.

Unfortunately, while both sources do have crossover records, both sources also have...

John,

Actually, there wasn't much processing going on after the Split. And over the weekend, I just discovered what you're referring to (even though I didn't read your post until this...

Michael,

The problem is that I'm working on "staging the data" right now. I've already got everything in two separate SQL DBs (mainframe uploaded to SQL and the SQL...

Ah, well that would explain a lot.

Right now I'm still in Dev & Debug mode. But I guess it wouldn't hurt to disable everything but the container I'm currently...

I've found that the character mapping tranformation also works. But the question is, which one is better? Character Map or Derived Column?

For me, I think I'll drop the...

The best SSIS book I have found is the Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Integration Services book published by SAMS and written by Kirk Haselden. It explains all the tasks...

Just an FYI, DTS is the old stuff. SSIS is the new stuff.

If you want to do this in SSIS, I recommend reading up on the following in Books...

The reason I ask the question is all about basic programming concepts.

If you've done programming before (non-SQL), then you probably know all about the basic concepts of structure and covering...

Chris,

Assuming your variable is a single value, try the following:

INSERT INTO DTSSTATUS (FIELD)

(SELECT ?)

And make sure the PARAMETER NAME value of the variable in the Parameter Mapping box...

Have you ever programmed before in any other language but SQL?

Frank,

As a matter of fact, I just realized that an hour ago. @=) I was about to post the change (especially as I forgot to add in one of...

Look up DTUtil & DTExec in Books Online. It gives you details on how to run the package at the command prompt.

The caveat is that the user in question...