@frederico_fons & @phil_parkin,

many thanks for your assistance,

it's taken a bit of time to diagnose further as the site was reluctant to touch anything on the server in this holiday period...

Thanks frederico_fons

I'm running the package by creating a sql agent job, then adding a job step of type "SQL Server Integration Services Package" with the package located on the file...

Hi Phil,

I have created the package with no code - fails. Added the 1 line variable declaration - fails again.

Deleting the script component, then the package works without failure. But...

Thanks for the suggestion Phil.

I'll try that tomorrow when I can get an administrator to create the SSISDB.

The error message was for the script component. Confusingly, a newly created script...