Passing Variables Between Packages

March 12th, 2007

I recently came across a roadblock in an SSIS project — how to pass the variables scoped in one package to a “child” package executed via an “Execute Package Task”. Like most SSIS speedbumps, the solution was easy to implement once I found the answer (at SQLIS.com) — Package Configurations.

On the menu bar: SSIS >> Package Configuration ….

From the Configuration Type dialog, select “Parent package variable” and go through the wizard to map the Parent package variable to the variable in this Child package

Parent Package Variables

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March 9th, 2007

32 bit memory limitations explained at Coding Horror: Dude, Where’s My 4 Gigabytes of RAM? The takeaway: don’t buy more than 3GB of RAM if you plan on using a 32 bit OS for the next few years.


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