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 copying Transform Data Task

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supertiti
Starting Member

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Posted - 2005-05-29 : 13:57:26
I'm creating a package to import a set of
5 very large text tables, they all have the same
structure (515 fileds). I would like to
do it all in one single package running parallel
tasks.

However, I'm force to map, source and destination
fields, for each of them !!!

Does anybody knows of a way to copy the
"Transform Data Task" ??.
I can copy the connections just fine, but
the "Transform Data Task" arrow doesn't
allow to do that.

I know that I could do a "Save as" and create
5 DTS packages but I would like to have it all in one.

Any help will be gratly appreciated.
Thanks !

mwjdavidson
Aged Yak Warrior

735 Posts

Posted - 2005-05-31 : 05:01:54
As far as I'm aware, it's not possible to copy these tasks in the DTS GUI. I'd advise against creating five packages to do essentially the same thing. You could create a single package that just does the transform data task and then execute this multiple times in parallel from a calling package (via the Execute Package task or an ActiveX script) passing in the source and destination.
Alternatively, you might want to think about using a bulk insert task instead as this can easily be copied and you can use a single format file for all five tasks.

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