Thursday, June 28, 2007

New SQL Server Integration Services Video Tutorial: Pt. 5 - Customizing the Script Component to be a Data Source

Pt. 5 - Customizing the Script Component to be a Data Source - view details
This video continues the VB.NET coding for creating our Script Component and making it a data source. You learn how to open the text file, read a line, and make a decision as to whether or not the line's data should be written to the destination.

Highlights from this video:
  • How to read a text file in Visual Basic
  • How Peek() works
  • Using the StreamReader, File and String classes
  • How to access connection manager properties (such as Me.Connections..ConnectionString)
  • How to use a MessageBox in SSIS
  • Using ReadLine() to read a line of text in your text file
  • How to notify SSIS that you are at the end of the Source rowset with EndOfRowSet()
and much more


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Keywords Associated with this video: EndOfRowSet