Comments on: SSIS:: Test for Data Files Existence http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/ Data Warehouse, ETL, and Whatever Else Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:07:00 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: theonebalance http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-87 theonebalance Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:21:18 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-87 Perfect. Thanks for taking the time to post. Perfect. Thanks for taking the time to post.

]]> By: markp3rry http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-86 markp3rry Fri, 11 Sep 2009 10:34:41 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-86 What a great article. This really helped me out today and was very simple to implement. Thanks! What a great article. This really helped me out today and was very simple to implement. Thanks!

]]> By: colinmacguire http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-83 colinmacguire Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:01:15 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-83 Hi Zack, Sorry for only replying now, been a hectic few days here. Thanks a lot for your comment, sorted me out straight away. Have a good one! Colin. Hi Zack,

Sorry for only replying now, been a hectic few days here. Thanks a lot for your comment, sorted me out straight away.

Have a good one!

Colin.

]]> By: kishorejb http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-82 kishorejb Mon, 18 Aug 2008 12:35:49 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-82 Hi Zack, Your post really helped me lot. In my situation: a text file with name "'ftp.May08'.txt" will come in a common folder say FTP on May. On June, it will come as "'ftp.June08'.txt in common folder FTP. Here in your example, the file name is constant.I want to check the different file name with same extension(.txt). If you provide a solution for this,it would be great help for meThanks, Hi Zack,
Your post really helped me lot. In my situation: a text file with name “‘ftp.May08′.txt” will come in a common folder say FTP on May. On June, it will come as “‘ftp.June08′.txt in common folder FTP. Here in your example, the file name is constant.I want to check the different file name with same extension(.txt). If you provide a solution for this,it would be great help for meThanks,

]]> By: Zack http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-81 Zack Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:32:58 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-81 Colin. It's been a while since I've looked at this post. But I think this might be your answer. Try the following: Go to the Control Flow Click on the background so you can get the Control Flow's properties settings Under 'Delay Validation', set that to True I've been out of SSIS development as of late, but I'm pretty sure that making that setting is ok to do. It seems to work when I rebuild a test package. Colin.

It’s been a while since I’ve looked at this post. But I think this might be your answer. Try the following:

Go to the Control Flow
Click on the background so you can get the Control Flow’s properties settings
Under ‘Delay Validation’, set that to True

I’ve been out of SSIS development as of late, but I’m pretty sure that making that setting is ok to do. It seems to work when I rebuild a test package.

]]> By: colinmacguire http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-79 colinmacguire Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:55:40 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-79 Hi Zack, Great post, thanks a lot. I've got a bit of an issue though and your help would be appreciated. First question: I have quite a few XLS data sources, and even though I implemented this code SSIS Still moans that the Source file does not exist. Do you know how I get past this issue? Second Question: I disabled the control flow for the portion of the package that gives an issue so that I could test the code, and the package the runs fine. The issue that I have is that even after setting a condition in the precedence constraint the Script task doesn't seem to go and update the File Exists variable. I had to alter the code slightly to work with the variables that I already had. The code as it currently looks can be found below: Imports System Imports System.Data Imports System.Math Imports System.IO Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime Public Class ScriptMain ' DATE: 12 August 2008 ' AUTHOR: Colin Macguire ' OTHER INFO: Code sourced from http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/ Public Sub Main() Dim fileLoc, fileName As String If Dts.Variables.Contains("User::Var_Source_Path") = True AndAlso _ Dts.Variables.Contains("User::Var_Source_Name") = True Then fileLoc = CStr(Dts.Variables("User::Var_Source_Path").Value) fileName = CStr(Dts.Variables.Item("User::Var_Source_Name").Value) 'System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("FileDir:" + fileLoc + "FileName:" + fileName) If File.Exists(fileLoc + fileName) Then Dts.Variables.Item("User::Var_Source_Exists").Value = True 'System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(”File exists”) Else Dts.Variables.Item("User::Var_Source_Exists").Value = False 'System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(”File not exists”) End If Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success Else Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Failure End If End Sub End Class Your help would be greatly appreciated. Ciao, Colin. Hi Zack,

Great post, thanks a lot. I’ve got a bit of an issue though and your help would be appreciated.

First question: I have quite a few XLS data sources, and even though I implemented this code SSIS Still moans that the Source file does not exist. Do you know how I get past this issue?

Second Question: I disabled the control flow for the portion of the package that gives an issue so that I could test the code, and the package the runs fine. The issue that I have is that even after setting a condition in the precedence constraint the Script task doesn’t seem to go and update the File Exists variable. I had to alter the code slightly to work with the variables that I already had.

The code as it currently looks can be found below:

Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports System.IO
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime

Public Class ScriptMain

‘ DATE: 12 August 2008
‘ AUTHOR: Colin Macguire
‘ OTHER INFO: Code sourced from http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/

Public Sub Main()
Dim fileLoc, fileName As String
If Dts.Variables.Contains(“User::Var_Source_Path”) = True AndAlso _
Dts.Variables.Contains(“User::Var_Source_Name”) = True Then
fileLoc = CStr(Dts.Variables(“User::Var_Source_Path”).Value)
fileName = CStr(Dts.Variables.Item(“User::Var_Source_Name”).Value)
‘System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(“FileDir:” + fileLoc + “FileName:” + fileName)
If File.Exists(fileLoc + fileName) Then
Dts.Variables.Item(“User::Var_Source_Exists”).Value = True
‘System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(”File exists”)
Else
Dts.Variables.Item(“User::Var_Source_Exists”).Value = False
‘System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(”File not exists”)
End If
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
Else
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Failure
End If
End Sub

End Class

Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Ciao,
Colin.

]]> By: salnasi http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-78 salnasi Sat, 31 May 2008 17:36:00 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-78 Works great. Wanted to know if I can tweak this to search the same directory for multiple files? Thanks in advance. Works great. Wanted to know if I can tweak this to search the same directory for multiple files?

Thanks in advance.

]]> By: narayanpavgi http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-76 narayanpavgi Tue, 05 Feb 2008 21:55:14 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-76 EXACTLY the post I was looking for. Nice, simple. Thank you. (I wish you would enable anonymous posts - not for cowards - but for people like me who visit several useful blogs (like this one) through the day and wish to leave a grateful note). EXACTLY the post I was looking for. Nice, simple. Thank you.
(I wish you would enable anonymous posts – not for cowards – but for people like me who visit several useful blogs (like this one) through the day and wish to leave a grateful note).

]]> By: javaravyn http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-70 javaravyn Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:46:23 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-70 Thanks this was exactly what I was looking for. My issue is it keeps the red x out there saying "The task is configured to pre-compile the script, but binary code is not found" do I need to set precompile to False? Thanks this was exactly what I was looking for. My issue is it keeps the red x out there saying “The task is configured to pre-compile the script, but binary code is not found” do I need to set precompile to False?

]]> By: aharuray http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-64 aharuray Tue, 24 Jul 2007 14:45:39 +0000 http://dichotic.wordpress.com/2006/11/01/ssis-test-for-data-files-existence/#comment-64 Yup! It works now! You are the best! Thanks for saving me loads of work.. Yup! It works now! You are the best!

Thanks for saving me loads of work..

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