Dynamic import of spreadsheets
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Hi, I've used DTS for some time but never delved into trying to make the processes "dynamic". I currently have a package set up that imports a number of excel files into a table. I would like to change the package so that it is easier to add and remove new files from the list. Ideally the list of file names would be held in a table in the database and the package would be set up to loop through the records in the list and import each one. Is this possible and how would I go about doing it?
Andrew
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Hi Back -
I'm sure the answer is "use a Dynamic Properties Task" - but not being the adventurous type, I would probably find a way to do this all in VBScript (must be a way to do this - even if you had to start by saving the current package as VB). Or maybe I'm up past my bedtime and hallucinating to boot.
Mike at the Mill -
Take a look over at http://www.sqldts.com
They have a good article on processing a global variable rowset which should give you the building blocks you need. As suggested you would assign the filenames using a Dynamic Properties task.
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