So you want the same value in every row?

That's fairly easy - here's how.

Create a package scope integer variable to hold the count.

Create an Execute SQL task to run the...

Please provide more detail - your requirement is difficult to understand. An example would help.

Have a look at the MERGE JOIN transformation - maybe that can do what you need. Difficult to know for sure without seeing examples of your data.

This thread looks very similar to this one:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/Forums/Topic955373-148-1.aspx#bm955545

Why are you asking the same, or nearly the same, question again? What was wrong with the solutions proposed?

Looks to me like your delete query is not sophisticated enough and will leave behind orphaned records - except your referential integrity rules are currently stopping that. Be careful.

niffer76 (7/23/2010)

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I am still struggling with this a bit. I have set up the ForEach loop container to pick up the files based on the file name using "*"...

You'll need three dataflow tasks.

That does not mean that you need three packages. You can chain from one DF to another, or run them in parallel, within the same package.

Are you saying that...

That article refers to an import to SQL Server, not an export to Excel.

Can you try explaining what's going on?

Why do the INSERTs fail?

I don't see how - that expression looks only at the first letter of [Copy of Description] whereas your query does much more.

To me, yours looks equivalent to this:

(SUBSTRING([Copy of...

Try using the import / export wizard.

What was the query and what was the error?

Are you using DB2 syntax or T-SQL syntax?

That's a better way of identifying your source data - every record will result in an INSERT...

For each record in your source, check for existence (match on PK) in destination. In pseudo code:

If Exists ...