How to execute a single step in a SSIS package?

Hi all,

I am new to SQL Server 2005 (but many years in SQL Server and .NET), and I am sort of having everything figured out for my company. However, one thing that still bothering me is that:

In the old Server 2000, you can execute a single step in a DTS package by right click the step and then click execute step.

In the new server 2005, I can only execute the whole package from the Management Tool and Edit the pack from VS 2005. Is there also a way for me to execute a single step in a SSIS package?

This is important for us, many thanks!

You can execute a single step from Visual Studio by right-clicking on the step and choosing Execute Task.|||Thanks!

I found more, you must start a new project and then add some existing dts packages into that. After that things will become all good! I just do not understand that why you cannot directly work on a single package without a project!

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And you have to build that DTS package. This a lot of extra steps over SQL 2000 DTS.

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Andymcdba1 wrote:

And you have to build that DTS package. This a lot of extra steps over SQL 2000 DTS.

Build? What do you mean, build? You don't have to build.|||

I have always received an error message when I tried that. I presumed it was because the task I was trying to execute didn't have a "success" message from the preceding task.

I'm sorry that I don't have the text of the error message at the moment. But it was something that made me believe the error was a result of trying to execute a task in the middle of a series of tasks.

You don't have such problems when you try to run tasks that have dependencies on other tasks?

Dan

|||A precedence constraint shouldn't cause a problem. However, if the task you are executing is dependent on something produced in a previous step (such as a text file), then the task will fail.|||

Mr. Welch,

Thanks for the info. I will pay more attention to the error message. If I cannot figure it out, I will post as much information as possible. I won't be back in the office until Monday afternoon.

The task I was trying to execute is one that copies tables from one "database.schema" to another "database.schema". The task is performed by calling a stored procedure in an SSIS "SQL Task" object. There is nothing there other than an "exec my_procedure_name" line and a "GO" line.

I couldn't see any reason that the task would fail to execute, other than a precedence constraint. So I jumped to that conclusion as the reason for failure.

When I pasted the "exec" and "go" lines into an SS05 query window, with the same SQL Server login as is being used in the SSIS connection, it ran just fine.

I hope I can solve this one, since I miss the DTS package ability to execute a single task in an "on success..." series.

Dan

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DanR1 wrote:

The task I was trying to execute is one that copies tables from one "database.schema" to another "database.schema". The task is performed by calling a stored procedure in an SSIS "SQL Task" object. There is nothing there other than an "exec my_procedure_name" line and a "GO" line.

Dan

Don't use the "GO" lines. Leave them out. Separate multiple exec statements with a carriage return.|||

Phil,

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll give that a try on Monday.

Dan

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Phil,

Thanks for your suggestion. Removing the "GO" line stopped the "ACCESS DENIED" error message from appearing, and allowed the single task to run without any problem.

Dan