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                                         laddu 
                                        Constraint Violating Yak Guru 
                                         
                                        
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                                             Posted - 2013-11-19 : 15:19:07
                                            
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                                            | we have a SQL Server agent job which has 2 stepsstep 1- type is SSIS package it will fix the sync issues between OLTP and Reporting DB. Basically it is a ETL jobStep 2- send error email via sp_send_dbmail   incase of job failure. added t-sql script Now I want to add a step first...the step is - query data from a table if it returns NO rows then go to next stepif returns rows donot go to next stepselect * from table1 where CoulmnID ='' --Ensure it returns no rows.HOW to add this step to job? any thoughts? thanks  | 
                                             
                                         
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                                     tkizer 
                                    Almighty SQL Goddess 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2013-11-19 : 15:20:12
                                          
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                                          | Use the RAISERROR command to raise an error when it returns data:IF EXISTS (select ...)RAISERRORThen have the job step quit the job on failure of that step.Tara KizerSQL Server MVP since 2007http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/tarad/  | 
                                         
                                        
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                                     visakh16 
                                    Very Important crosS Applying yaK Herder 
                                     
                                    
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                                            Posted - 2013-11-20 : 02:13:22
                                          
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                                          | Actually you could do it all within same SSIS package itself. Thats the purpose of control flow engine. you can use SentMail task and link to your current sync step on failure to send error mail in case of failure. you can also add execute sql task to check count of rows and based on count determine next task to be executed by using expression based precedence constraint. So you'll just have single step in sql job and you do all control sequence action inside control flow of the package.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------SQL Server MVPhttp://visakhm.blogspot.com/https://www.facebook.com/VmBlogs  | 
                                         
                                        
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