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  • SSIS Nugget: Ensure your root folder is valid

    In the past I have advocated (and still do advocate) the use of a user variable in SSIS packages to store the path to a folder on the hard drive; I always use a variable called @[User::RootFolder] for this. Having this path available within a package variable enables you to dynamically set the location of files that your package may reference ...
    Posted to SSIS Junkie (Weblog) by jamie.thomson on May 19, 2008
  • SSIS Nugget: Construct a timestamp value

    Visitors to the SSIS forum often ask how to construct a date string in the form YYYYMMDDHHMISS (e.g. "20070207123456" for "7th February 2007, 12:34:56") using a SSIS expression. I always give the same answer so I thought I'd post the answer up here so I don't have to keep typing it. Here's the ...
    Posted to SSIS Junkie (Weblog) by jamie.thomson on February 7, 2007
  • SSIS: Suggested Best Practices and naming conventions

    I thought it would be worth publishing a list of guidelines that I see as SSIS development best practices. These are my own opinions and are based upon my experience of using SSIS over the past 18 months. I am not saying you should take them as gospel but these are generally tried and tested methods and if nothing else should serve as a basis ...
    Posted to SSIS Junkie (Weblog) by jamie.thomson on January 5, 2006
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