We have a few 100's of SSIS packages in our environment. Last night we moved our database from one server to another and renamed it. We now need to go into all of packages and change the connection manager to point to the new database server name.
We want to know if there is a way to create a #variablename that we can store our new server name in it (i.e. 'ELITEDB.SIRS-db') in it so we can then put the #variablename into the Connection Manager area. This way if we move servers again in another year we only need to make this change once because the new #variablename will be able to pull the new Server name.DBname.
I hope this makes sense to the masses out there?
If you're working with SSIS 2012, just right-click on the connection and select "Parametrize". Thereafter the connection will be settable with the parameters you create.
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We have a set of over 10,000 Excel files that were all created from a template (don't ask). They all use the same connection string to connect to a SQL Server database. Now the name of the server is changing and there is no simple way to globally replace it in the connection strings of all 10,000+ files. Is there any way to keep the same connection string and still have the files be able to connect?
The server name is changing from "ABCNT3" to "ABCSQL16P1", so I need a way for the line "Data Source = ABCNT3" to still connect to ABCSQL16P1. Really hoping it's possible.
Disclaimer: This is a little hackish, which will make it difficult for another person to maintain this after you. However, considering your (already) bad situation, this will solve your current problem until you can determine a more-permanent solution.
If you don't already have SQL tools installed, you will need "SQL Server Configuration Manager". I installed it as part of admin tools for SQL 2017 (SSMS).
Run it from the machine with all of your Excel files.
Once it opens, pick the last one from the list, named "SQL Native Client ##.# Configuration". Expand it and choose "Aliases".
Create New.
Alias name = "ABCNT3", Server="ABCSQL16P1".
Your Excel will believe that the new server is the old server. It is pretty seamless.
We would like to use a SQL Server table as a source for all connection manager values within SSIS. We would prefer to do this at the project level since many of our connections are already at the project level. We would like to be able to easily switch which environments we are looking at based on an input value when the project opens. The reason we need to do this is because when creating our projects in dev we use different connections than when deploying them to prod, and we have hundreds of different connections being used. We don't want to have to switch anything in SSIS or in SQL Server Agent or the SSIS Catalog. We would love for these to be strictly maintained within a SQL Server table.
How can we have these values fed from a SQL Server table into variables that feed the values or parameters? To reiterate, the end product would have 1 single table in SQL Server that contains all columns like [ConnectionString], [InitialCatalog], [UserName], [UserName], [Password], [HeaderRowsToSkip] etc. We would parameterize all connection managers that would have their values fed from this table. We need direction on how to accomplish this.
I would like to be able to contain both PROD and DEV in the same table with an [Environment] column that has a value of 'Dev' or 'Prod', and if possible we would like to have a prompt open when the Project opens in SSIS that asks which [Environment] we would like (A fillable prompt) that would in turn filter the results from the SQL Table to use either Dev or Prod based on what we enter.
If 2) is not possible, we would just use separate tables that could be switched in the connect manager manually based on when we are developing or deploying.
It sounds exactly the same as what "Environment Variables in SSIS Catalog" does!
The "Environment" in SSIS Catalog works like a configuration file for parameters, in your case, you can create Prod/Dev Environment, and map the variables in it to the Project Level parameters, which are mapped to Project Level Connection Managers.
Reference:
Setup Environment Variables in SQL Server Integration Services
Creating a Robust SSIS Development Environment using the SSIS Catalog
Apart from the discussion about how much securely is (a password inside a SQL Server Table, really?), I had made this kind of request using a special combination of PowerShell and in some cases getting info from Servers from SQL Table, for this, you can use a SQL Script Task Editor:
SELECT instanceName,databaseName,DataSource
FROM meta.InfoSSIS
WHERE environmentName = ? --Input parameter corresponding to DEV, INT or PROD
The output of this Query should be feeding the object, for instance, User: DatabaseList which is basically a DataType: Object and which store the info for SSIS instance, DB name, and DataSource. Internally you can have a ForEach Loop object which allows to interact with the DatabaseList object and work on it.
Originally, I created my database using SQL Server Management Studio on my local machine.
I now want to copy it into my App_Data in my web site folder, and in this way I hope to move my web site freely, meanwhile moving my database which contained in my App_Data to the other machine.
What steps should I follow?
I'm using SQL Server 2008 Express.
There are many way to transfer running database.
Using backup restore. refer microsoft
Using Replication.
Detach and Attach is not the right way because there is chance of data loss.
There are many ways to move/copy a database from one server to another server using SQL Server Tools.
i) Detach the database from the old server and attach it in the new server. This is purely offline operation and it moves the database instead of copying it.
Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms190209.aspx : how to use attach/detach database in SQL Server Management Studio(SSMS)
ii) Back up the database in the old server and restore it in the destination server. This can be performed during online and it creates a new database in the destination server.
Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms187048.aspx for more information.
iii) Using copy database wizard in SQL Server Management Studio.
Select the database in the source server in SSMS
Right click ->Tasks->Copy Database Wizard to launch the copy database wizard.
Enter the source and destination credentials and select either attach/detach or SMO type
click next and you can schedule or run immediately
Click finish to execute it
Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188664.aspx for more information.
iv) The last type is to generate the create script using Generate Script Wizard (SSMS) and execute it in the destination server.
Select the database in the source server in SSMS
Right click ->Tasks->Generate Scripts Wizard to launch the wizard.
Select the various scripting options needed and select the objects needed to generate the scripts for them. Make sure script data = true in the scripting option to generate script for data as well (INSERT statements)
click next ->next and finish to generate the script (new query window or clip board or file)
connect to the destination server and create the new database in it.
Click new query window and paste the script generated using GSW above and execute them with the destination database context.
Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms181421.aspx for more information
v) Using Transfer Object in SMO
Sample code:
ScriptingOptions so = new ScriptingOptions();
so.ScriptData = true;
Transfer t = new Transfer(db);
t.CopyAllObjets = true;
t.options = so;
...................
..................
t.TransferData();
Note: Transfer class is available in Microsoft.SqlServer.SmoExtendedClass.dll (SQL Server 2008)
or Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo.dll (SQL Server 2005)
There are various member variables to be configurable. Also ScriptingOptions class object can be created and assigned to the transfer object as well.
set ScriptData = true in order to transfer data also. It copies the destination instead of moving the database
Refer http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.sqlserver.management.smo.transfer.aspx for more information.
vi) You can make use of Database Publishing Wizard to accomplish this. You can specify the target version as SQL 2005 or SQL 2000 etc as per your requirement.
I have made a SSIS package to transfer data between two databases on different server.
Now the issue is that i am unable to pass connection string in to package dynamically at run time.
i have a windows form to execute that package. On that Windows form i have drop downs to select source and destination Databases to transfer data.
so can i have a way to tell a package that this is the connection string of source and destination database where it needs to perform actions at running time, dynamically on click of windows form drop down clicks..
If the destination server will not change each time you can concatenate the server name in the ssis package connection string with variable, If not you need to pass the server name too form the Windows form.
In your package, right-click on the connection manager and select "Parametrize". Create paramenters for ServerName, InitialCatalog, UserName and Password. When executing the package, pass the parameters for the connection you want.
Alternatively, you can create one parameter for ConnectionString and pass that as a whole. I, personally, prefer the former.
I should add... this is for SSIS 2012 only. Package parameters didn't exist before then.
I HAVE to be missing something really simple here!
I have a database in my development environment called Project.
I have a database in my test environment called Project_UAT.
I've created an SSIS package that successfully copied my database from Project to Project_UAT. I'm pretty sure this eliminates most permission and configuration issues.
Now, I want to re-create the package and this time allow it to overwrite the destination, which is Project_UAT. This is simply because from time to time I want to click a button in the Microsoft SQL Management Studio that pushes the new database schema, data, users, and everything, out to my testing environment. I WANT to overwrite the data.
So I create the package just like I did before, but this time I specify the already-existing database name as the "Destination database" and I select the radio button called "Drop any database on the destination server with the same name, then continue with the database transfer, overwriting existing database files."
I click Next, and what does it tell me?
"Database name already exists at destination"
Well, I KNOW! I just told you I want to overwrite it!
How do I make this work?
Not sure if I am missing the point but why do you not use a task to drop/delete the existing database prior to your deployment step?
Perhaps you could qualify the SSIS Component Tasks you are using within your SSIS package.
Cheers, John
You can add an Execute SQL Task into the Control Flow to drop the database. Just set the SQLStatement property to
DROP DATABASE Project_UAT
After this step is executed the new copy of the Project_UAT database won't have to overwrite the old one.
I had this problem because I deleted the database before hand. The database is not in the destination folder, but SQL Server 2008 still thinks it is there. Refresh didn't work. And SQL Server wouldn't honor the selection of "Drop any database on the destination server..." It just complained that the database already existed.
Guys this is a common sense solution. A lot of complexity for nothing.
Backup the destination database you want to copy to and delete the destination database.
Open the copy database wizard and follow the steps.
Use the detach and attach method.
When you get to the configure destination database use the option if destination database exists select drop database on destination server with same name.
Now it will continue to the next screen.
But this only works if you delete the destination database first before starting the wizard.
I may have missed something but this worked for me.