Comments on: SSIS – Custom Control Flow Component – Execute SQL Job And Wait

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:29:46 +0000

Hey Todd, cool, thanks for the tips, this was my first custom one so I kind
of hobbled through it. I will post the code up to codeplex as well when I
get a chance..

thanks!

Steve

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:29:46 +0000

Hey Todd, cool, thanks for the tips, this was my first custom one so I kind
of hobbled through it. I will post the code up to codeplex as well when I
get a chance..

thanks!

Steve

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:44:59 +0000

Hey Todd, cool, thanks for the tips, this was my first custom one so I kind of hobbled through it. I will post the code up to codeplex as well when I get a chance..

thanks!

Steve

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:44:59 +0000

Hey Todd, cool, thanks for the tips, this was my first custom one so I kind of hobbled through it. I will post the code up to codeplex as well when I get a chance..

thanks!

Steve

By: Todd McDermid

Todd McDermid — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:38:31 +0000

Great idea! I'm going to post a link up at my custom objects directory – the SSIS Community Tasks and Components project on CodePlex (http://ssisctc.codeplex.com/). You should consider posting the code and binary up on CodePlex…

A few notes from someone who's made quite a few custom tasks:
1. You don't need to restart the SSIS service to use your new task in a project. After you compile, GAC, and copy your DLL to the Tasks folder, you just need to open a fresh instance of BIDS (you don't even need to close your custom-task-coding instance of VS).
2. Since your properties are “simple types” (strings) – you don't need to use LoadFromXML/SaveToXML. SSIS will automagically pick up those properties, save and restore them for you.
3. You could use an SSIS Connection Manager instead of passing in the server name only. It is a tad harder to code (reading through the connections collection and casting), but it does keep all your “connection” info in one place. (You can even restrict the Connection Manager type to SQL-only connections if you wish.)
4. Adding a GUI is dead easy. Walkthough here: http://toddmcdermid.blogspot.com/2009/06/conver...

But this is a great idea… it's given me one or two ideas for some other useful Tasks.

By: Todd McDermid

Todd McDermid — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:38:31 +0000

But this is a great idea… it's given me one or two ideas for some other useful Tasks.