I am using SSIS 2016. I need to execute a stored procedure that returns 4 result sets. I only need to keep the first result set and write this to a table. I can not modify the stored procedure. I do not care about any of the data returned in the other result sets. The stored procedure is in a SQL Server 2016 database. Results will also reside in SQL Server 2016.
I currently have this process running in SSIS 2008 using the "SQL Command" data access mode in an OLE DB Source like below. I have this in a For Each Loop Container to pass a series of param values to the stored procedure as I execute it multiple times for different param values on a daily basis.
SET FMTONLY OFF;
EXEC myProc
#Param1 = ?,
#Param2 =?,
#Param3 = ?;
By default SSIS 2008 is only returning the first result set, which has worked for me as I only care about the first result set.
I am using the Native OLEDB SQL Server client. From what I have read, it has changed the way it handles multiple result sets. I have used the WITH RESULT SETS to define the first result set but if I execute SSIS will fail indicating other result sets need to be defined.
In short, what is the best approach to duplicate what works in SSIS 2008 in SSIS 2016?
Solution Overview
I made 2 Experiments on that issue, the first experiments showed that in case of stored procedures with no parameters, nothing changed in SQL Server 2016 and SSIS 2016, the first Result Set is returned and others are ignored.
The second experiment showed that when using parameters, this will throw an exception, so you have to define metadata using WITH RESULT SETS option, then remove this option.
Detailed Solution
Experiment 1
The following experiment are made using SQL Server 2016 and Visual Studio 2015 with SSDT 2016
First i created this stored procedure
CREATE PROCEDURE sp_Test
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT TOP 10 PersonType,NameStyle,Title
FROM [AdventureWorks2016CTP3].[Person].[Person]
SELECT TOP 10 PersonType,Firstname,Lastname
FROM [AdventureWorks2016CTP3].[Person].[Person_json]
END
GO
Then i added a Data flow task to SSIS package
Added an OLEDB Source, Recordset destination
In OLEDB source i select the Data access mode to SQL command
an use the following commnad
EXEC sp_Test
When clicking on Columns Tab it shows the first ResultSet structure
And we i executed the package it runs succesfully
Experiment 2
I changed the stored procedures to the following:
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].[sp_Test]
#param1 varchar(10),
#param2 varchar(10),
#param3 varchar(10)
AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
SELECT TOP 10 PersonType,NameStyle,Title ,#param2 as 'Param'
FROM [AdventureWorks2016CTP3].[Person].[Person]
SELECT TOP 10 PersonType,Firstname,Lastname,#param3 as 'Param'
FROM [AdventureWorks2016CTP3].[Person].[Person_json]
END
And i used the following SQL Command in the OLEDB Source:
EXEC sp_Test ?,?,?
WITH RESULT SETS (
(
PersonType NVarchar(10),
NameStyle NVarchar(10),
Title NVarchar(10),
Param Varchar(10)
)
)
And i mapped the parameters correctly.
When running the package it throws the following exception.
[OLE DB Source 2] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E14.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0" Hresult: 0x80040E14 Description: "EXECUTE statement failed because its WITH RESULT SETS clause specified 1 result set(s), and the statement tried to send more result sets than this.".
After that i tried to remove the With RESULT SETS option, so the command is :
EXEC sp_Test ?,?,?
I tried to execute the package again, so it is executed with no errors.
Conclusion
Try to use the WITH RESULT SETs option to define the OLEDB Source metadata, after that the metadata is defined, just remove this option and run the package, so it will just take the first Result Set succesfully.
I know it's not exactly what you are asking for, but maybe you could create another stored proc that will return only the first result set for you? (Without touching the first stored proc.) Or insert the data into a table for you and then you just read the data?
I've seen in Oracle SQL that there is something called SYS_REFCURSOR which is used in a SP to get a recordset from a table
I want to do the same thing in SQL Server so I can a SP to get a recordset of a specific table. I've searched a lot looking for similar solutions but all what I've seen are all related to Oracle SQL.
Any suggestions please?
P.S. To be more clear, what do I want is just using an SP to select all records instead of the normal query.
i.e. instead of using:
SELECT * FROM EMP_DEPARTMENT
use SP to do the same thing.
Assuming you mean stored procedure with SP you can to this :
create procedure dbo.spMyProcedure as
begin
set nocount on
select * from emp_department
end;
than you can do this :
exec dbo.spMyProcedure
Is this what you mean ?
In SQL Server, you can simply encapsulated the SELECT query in a stored procedure (using * only as an example since an explicit column list is the best practice):
CREATE PROC dbo.GetEmployeeDepartments
AS
SELECT * FROM EMP_DEPARTMENT;
GO
The SQL Server client API will stream the result as a fast-forwared read-only resultset, where individual rows can be used.
I found samples where the code:
SELECT * FROM [legacyserver].[database].[schema].[table]
was expressed as:
SELECT * FROM [legacyserver]...[table]
but isn't working for me.
It gives me the error:
An invalid schema or catalog was specified for the provider "MSDASQL" for linked server "legacyserver".
I'm using for legacy server SQL SERVER 2000 and for the new server SQL SERVER 2012.
I tried creating the linked server using:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
#server = 'legacyserver',
#srvproduct = '',
#provider = 'MSDASQL',
#provstr = 'DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=legacyserver;DATABASE=database;Trusted_Connection=Yes;',
and:
EXEC sp_addlinkedserver
#server = 'legacyserver',
#srvproduct = '',
#provider = 'MSDASQL',
#provstr = 'DRIVER={SQL Server};SERVER=legacyserver;Trusted_Connection=Yes;',
#catalog = 'database';
Is it possible to create the script without hard coding the database name?
I need to create a really big migration script and it need to use a development, acceptance and production databases, and it will be to much work and error prone to change it using replace in the text editor.
UPDATE:
The legacy development, acceptance and production databases are exactly the same (except for the data) and each one have it's own server/instance and database name.
Due to segregation of duties, I can't develop something and deploy it, so I have no way to touch this script after acceptance. I will need to instruct someone else to do so, and if he/she will need to replace every occurrence of [legacyserver].[database], the chances of mistakes are very high.
You can create a synonym
CREATE SYNONYM [table] FOR [legacyserver].[database].[schema].[table]
When you query
SELECT * FROM table
it's actually fetching data from linked server instead of local database.
If want to change database, just drop synonym and create a new one with new database name.
DROP SYNONYM table;
CREATE SYNONYM [table] FOR [legacyserver].[anotherdatabase].[schema].[table]
Your query statement is unchanged.
EDIT: DROP and CREATE SYNONYM statement is a little misleading. You don't need to do it yourself. It's one time job in deployment. Just create a Post-Deployment script that creates all synonyms and parametrize linked server name and database names. Code like:
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.synonyms WHERE name = 'table1')
BEGIN
DROP SYNONYM table1
END
EXEC('CREATE SYNONYM table1 FOR ' + '$(LinkedServerName).$(DBName).[dbo].[Table1]')
Note, it use SQLCMD syntax.
Ask operations to change parameter in different environments.
I'm running sql server 2008 and I'm trying to run the query
OPEN CUR_InvHeader
FETCH NEXT FROM CUR_InvHeader INTO
#CH_iBilling_Log_RecID
WHILE (##FETCH_STATUS = 0) BEGIN --Loop for Cur_InvHeader
select * into tarInvoiceDetail_201101 FROM OPENROWSET('SQLNCLI', 'Server=(local);Trusted_Connection=yes;',
'EXEC _sp_cwm5_GetInvoiceDetail #CH_iBilling_Log_RecID')
I get the error
OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI10" for linked
server "(null)" returned message
"Deferred prepare could not be
completed.".
I've run sp_configure 'ad hoc..', 1
reconfigure with override
to ensure i can run the select against the openrecordset
any ideas what i might be doing wrong?
thanks in advance
The first thing that's wrong is that your "EXEC _sp_cwm5_GetInvoiceDetail #CH_iBilling_Log_RecID" statement will be evaluated as a constant, rather than pass the value of #CH_iBilling_Log_RecID through to OPENROWSET. You'd have to replace the whole "SELECT * INTO..." into a string variable and run sp_executesql on it.
The second thing wrong is that your "select into" statement will create tarInvoiceDetail_201101 every time, as INTO creates a new table when run. So if your cursor covers more than one row you'll get an error on the second pass.
Also, what does "Server=(local)" represent here? Are you trying to use OPENROWSET against your local copy of SQL Server while connected to a remote server? Or are you trying to use OPENROWSET to get around the limitation that you can't directly use a stored procedure as the source for an INSERT?
I have three stored procedures Sp1, Sp2 and Sp3.
The first one (Sp1) will execute the second one (Sp2) and save returned data into #tempTB1 and the second one will execute the third one (Sp3) and save data into #tempTB2.
If I execute the Sp2 it will work and it will return me all my data from the Sp3, but the problem is in the Sp1, when I execute it it will display this error:
INSERT EXEC statement cannot be nested
I tried to change the place of execute Sp2 and it display me another error:
Cannot use the ROLLBACK statement
within an INSERT-EXEC statement.
This is a common issue when attempting to 'bubble' up data from a chain of stored procedures. A restriction in SQL Server is you can only have one INSERT-EXEC active at a time. I recommend looking at How to Share Data Between Stored Procedures which is a very thorough article on patterns to work around this type of problem.
For example a work around could be to turn Sp3 into a Table-valued function.
This is the only "simple" way to do this in SQL Server without some giant convoluted created function or executed sql string call, both of which are terrible solutions:
create a temp table
openrowset your stored procedure data into it
EXAMPLE:
INSERT INTO #YOUR_TEMP_TABLE
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET ('SQLOLEDB','Server=(local);TRUSTED_CONNECTION=YES;','set fmtonly off EXEC [ServerName].dbo.[StoredProcedureName] 1,2,3')
Note: You MUST use 'set fmtonly off', AND you CANNOT add dynamic sql to this either inside the openrowset call, either for the string containing your stored procedure parameters or for the table name. Thats why you have to use a temp table rather than table variables, which would have been better, as it out performs temp table in most cases.
OK, encouraged by jimhark here is an example of the old single hash table approach: -
CREATE PROCEDURE SP3 as
BEGIN
SELECT 1, 'Data1'
UNION ALL
SELECT 2, 'Data2'
END
go
CREATE PROCEDURE SP2 as
BEGIN
if exists (select * from tempdb.dbo.sysobjects o where o.xtype in ('U') and o.id = object_id(N'tempdb..#tmp1'))
INSERT INTO #tmp1
EXEC SP3
else
EXEC SP3
END
go
CREATE PROCEDURE SP1 as
BEGIN
EXEC SP2
END
GO
/*
--I want some data back from SP3
-- Just run the SP1
EXEC SP1
*/
/*
--I want some data back from SP3 into a table to do something useful
--Try run this - get an error - can't nest Execs
if exists (select * from tempdb.dbo.sysobjects o where o.xtype in ('U') and o.id = object_id(N'tempdb..#tmp1'))
DROP TABLE #tmp1
CREATE TABLE #tmp1 (ID INT, Data VARCHAR(20))
INSERT INTO #tmp1
EXEC SP1
*/
/*
--I want some data back from SP3 into a table to do something useful
--However, if we run this single hash temp table it is in scope anyway so
--no need for the exec insert
if exists (select * from tempdb.dbo.sysobjects o where o.xtype in ('U') and o.id = object_id(N'tempdb..#tmp1'))
DROP TABLE #tmp1
CREATE TABLE #tmp1 (ID INT, Data VARCHAR(20))
EXEC SP1
SELECT * FROM #tmp1
*/
My work around for this problem has always been to use the principle that single hash temp tables are in scope to any called procs. So, I have an option switch in the proc parameters (default set to off). If this is switched on, the called proc will insert the results into the temp table created in the calling proc. I think in the past I have taken it a step further and put some code in the called proc to check if the single hash table exists in scope, if it does then insert the code, otherwise return the result set. Seems to work well - best way of passing large data sets between procs.
This trick works for me.
You don't have this problem on remote server, because on remote server, the last insert command waits for the result of previous command to execute. It's not the case on same server.
Profit that situation for a workaround.
If you have the right permission to create a Linked Server, do it.
Create the same server as linked server.
in SSMS, log into your server
go to "Server Object
Right Click on "Linked Servers", then "New Linked Server"
on the dialog, give any name of your linked server : eg: THISSERVER
server type is "Other data source"
Provider : Microsoft OLE DB Provider for SQL server
Data source: your IP, it can be also just a dot (.), because it's localhost
Go to the tab "Security" and choose the 3rd one "Be made using the login's current security context"
You can edit the server options (3rd tab) if you want
Press OK, your linked server is created
now your Sql command in the SP1 is
insert into #myTempTable
exec THISSERVER.MY_DATABASE_NAME.MY_SCHEMA.SP2
Believe me, it works even you have dynamic insert in SP2
I found a work around is to convert one of the prods into a table valued function. I realize that is not always possible, and introduces its own limitations. However, I have been able to always find at least one of the procedures a good candidate for this. I like this solution, because it doesn't introduce any "hacks" to the solution.
I encountered this issue when trying to import the results of a Stored Proc into a temp table, and that Stored Proc inserted into a temp table as part of its own operation. The issue being that SQL Server does not allow the same process to write to two different temp tables at the same time.
The accepted OPENROWSET answer works fine, but I needed to avoid using any Dynamic SQL or an external OLE provider in my process, so I went a different route.
One easy workaround I found was to change the temporary table in my stored procedure to a table variable. It works exactly the same as it did with a temp table, but no longer conflicts with my other temp table insert.
Just to head off the comment I know that a few of you are about to write, warning me off Table Variables as performance killers... All I can say to you is that in 2020 it pays dividends not to be afraid of Table Variables. If this was 2008 and my Database was hosted on a server with 16GB RAM and running off 5400RPM HDDs, I might agree with you. But it's 2020 and I have an SSD array as my primary storage and hundreds of gigs of RAM. I could load my entire company's database to a table variable and still have plenty of RAM to spare.
Table Variables are back on the menu!
I recommend to read this entire article. Below is the most relevant section of that article that addresses your question:
Rollback and Error Handling is Difficult
In my articles on Error and Transaction Handling in SQL Server, I suggest that you should always have an error handler like
BEGIN CATCH
IF ##trancount > 0 ROLLBACK TRANSACTION
EXEC error_handler_sp
RETURN 55555
END CATCH
The idea is that even if you do not start a transaction in the procedure, you should always include a ROLLBACK, because if you were not able to fulfil your contract, the transaction is not valid.
Unfortunately, this does not work well with INSERT-EXEC. If the called procedure executes a ROLLBACK statement, this happens:
Msg 3915, Level 16, State 0, Procedure SalesByStore, Line 9 Cannot use the ROLLBACK statement within an INSERT-EXEC statement.
The execution of the stored procedure is aborted. If there is no CATCH handler anywhere, the entire batch is aborted, and the transaction is rolled back. If the INSERT-EXEC is inside TRY-CATCH, that CATCH handler will fire, but the transaction is doomed, that is, you must roll it back. The net effect is that the rollback is achieved as requested, but the original error message that triggered the rollback is lost. That may seem like a small thing, but it makes troubleshooting much more difficult, because when you see this error, all you know is that something went wrong, but you don't know what.
I had the same issue and concern over duplicate code in two or more sprocs. I ended up adding an additional attribute for "mode". This allowed common code to exist inside one sproc and the mode directed flow and result set of the sproc.
what about just store the output to the static table ? Like
-- SubProcedure: subProcedureName
---------------------------------
-- Save the value
DELETE lastValue_subProcedureName
INSERT INTO lastValue_subProcedureName (Value)
SELECT #Value
-- Return the value
SELECT #Value
-- Procedure
--------------------------------------------
-- get last value of subProcedureName
SELECT Value FROM lastValue_subProcedureName
its not ideal, but its so simple and you don't need to rewrite everything.
UPDATE:
the previous solution does not work well with parallel queries (async and multiuser accessing) therefore now Iam using temp tables
-- A local temporary table created in a stored procedure is dropped automatically when the stored procedure is finished.
-- The table can be referenced by any nested stored procedures executed by the stored procedure that created the table.
-- The table cannot be referenced by the process that called the stored procedure that created the table.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#lastValue_spGetData') IS NULL
CREATE TABLE #lastValue_spGetData (Value INT)
-- trigger stored procedure with special silent parameter
EXEC dbo.spGetData 1 --silent mode parameter
nested spGetData stored procedure content
-- Save the output if temporary table exists.
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#lastValue_spGetData') IS NOT NULL
BEGIN
DELETE #lastValue_spGetData
INSERT INTO #lastValue_spGetData(Value)
SELECT Col1 FROM dbo.Table1
END
-- stored procedure return
IF #silentMode = 0
SELECT Col1 FROM dbo.Table1
Declare an output cursor variable to the inner sp :
#c CURSOR VARYING OUTPUT
Then declare a cursor c to the select you want to return.
Then open the cursor.
Then set the reference:
DECLARE c CURSOR LOCAL FAST_FORWARD READ_ONLY FOR
SELECT ...
OPEN c
SET #c = c
DO NOT close or reallocate.
Now call the inner sp from the outer one supplying a cursor parameter like:
exec sp_abc a,b,c,, #cOUT OUTPUT
Once the inner sp executes, your #cOUT is ready to fetch. Loop and then close and deallocate.
If you are able to use other associated technologies such as C#, I suggest using the built in SQL command with Transaction parameter.
var sqlCommand = new SqlCommand(commandText, null, transaction);
I've created a simple Console App that demonstrates this ability which can be found here:
https://github.com/hecked12/SQL-Transaction-Using-C-Sharp
In short, C# allows you to overcome this limitation where you can inspect the output of each stored procedure and use that output however you like, for example you can feed it to another stored procedure. If the output is ok, you can commit the transaction, otherwise, you can revert the changes using rollback.
On SQL Server 2008 R2, I had a mismatch in table columns that caused the Rollback error. It went away when I fixed my sqlcmd table variable populated by the insert-exec statement to match that returned by the stored proc. It was missing org_code. In a windows cmd file, it loads result of stored procedure and selects it.
set SQLTXT= declare #resets as table (org_id nvarchar(9), org_code char(4), ^
tin(char9), old_strt_dt char(10), strt_dt char(10)); ^
insert #resets exec rsp_reset; ^
select * from #resets;
sqlcmd -U user -P pass -d database -S server -Q "%SQLTXT%" -o "OrgReport.txt"