QUESTION POSED ON: 16 February 2007 I have a DTS package that produces an output file called extract.xls. Every time the package runs, the output is appended to the extract.xls file. How can I design the DTS package to overwrite or delete the extract.xls file, before the output is produced?
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EXPERT RESPONSE
You can easily delete a file using a script command. See the following example at www.sqldts.com.
You may consider creating a very simple script task that performs the delete. Then have your DTS package flow move to the data pump section when the delete succeeds.
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