With the latest release of DTLoggedExec, I’ve also added a nice functionality to make package runtime configuration a little easier, introducing the concept of “Package Parameters”.
I’ve now updated the documentation adding details on how to use this new feature (is *really* easy, but is *really* useful) and, as usual, you can find it on DTLoggedExec wiki:
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In these days I discovered that DTLoggedExec is now officially mentioned in the SQL Server Books Online documentation:
Implementing Logging in Packages http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms138020.aspx
I’m really proud of that! It give me even more will and determination to make this tool more and more powerful and useful.
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In these last days I've released the latest version of DTLoggedExec. Now it has reached version 0.2.2.0.
I planned the release to be done in May, but I added a l lot of stuff and then I realized that logging so much information without being able to automatically import it into SQL Server for further analsys has no clue.
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On the next 28th of March will take place one of the biggest SQL Server conference in Europe, the SQLBits conference, now arrived at the fourth edition! It’s completely free and it’s held on saturday so that you don’t have any working execuses for not participating :-)
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With the help of these last Holydays, I've been able to release the latest version of DTLoggedExec, the DTExec replacement tool I've been developing from 2006.
Beside the usual deep logging of Control Flow, this new version brings a very important and powerful feature: the ability to log and thus profile the Dataflow.
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It's been a long time since I've been able to work consistenly on my DTLoggedExec tool. Fortunately in these last days I've been able to spare some free time to continue the work, and now, within a few days in September 2008 I should be able realease a new version of it.
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After a while I've realeased a new version of DTLoggedExec, the DTExec replacement:
Compiled to support 32bit and 64bit platforms (32bit and 64bit executables are available in the zipped file) Updated the ConsoleLogProvider to add a more detailed logging of OnError events.
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Finally I've realeased a new version of my DTLoggedExec tool.
A lots of improvement from the first public version:
-Switched to a fully pluggable architecture to support 3rd party plugins -Added "LogEvent" command line switch to choose which events should be logged -Added support for Expression logging -Added "Package Name" and "Container ID" values in the console log
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Today I worked again on DTLoggedExec. I've been able to add the ability to log properties with DTS Expressions associated. This allows the log to show and report properties values in additions to the already present ablity to log variables values.
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I've created a dedicated page for my DTLoggedExec tool.
http://www.davidemauri.it/dtloggedexec.aspx
By the end of the month (June) i'll put online the full source code. The code and the application are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.
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I've been able to work a little on my DTLoggedExec project in this last week. You can find a log execution result here: http://www.davidemauri.it/files/DTLoggedExec_test_output.txt
DTLoggedExec now supports some of the original DTExec options and is able to log even variables values, as you may see from the link above.
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After using a SSIS for quite a lot I decided to develop a DTExec on my own. The reasons can be found in the feature set that I have I mind and I'd like to implement asap:
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In my previous post I said that "logging begins BEFORE validation and BEFORE package configuration". After talking with Mr. Kirk Haselden (who has been very kind and helped me to better understand how SSIS really works.
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I'm using SSIS in a big project and as any big project wants, I have to implement a quite extensive logging mechanism. "No problem" you may say. We'll, at least is what I said when I began to take care of logging.
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Last sunday I got stuck when I tried to use the XML Task of System Integration Services Control Flow toolbox.
I was using the April's CTP and the problem was.....the *documentation* :-D.
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