flat file to xml

Hey, all. Is it possible to read a flat file in and convert it to xml in SSIS? Xml is not listed as one of the destination types... OR, is there some easy way to take a fixed width flat file and convert it to xml?

Thanks for any insight!

Jim Work

SSIS does not include an XML destinaiton component. The explanation that I've heard is that this is because XML is too rich and complex a format to easily map to. At least in the first release.

You should be able to do this using a Script Component as a destination, if you have a known XML format to which you should be writing.

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I can design the schema myself, and I know what I want to do with it. I've not messed with Script Components yet... as you may have noticed, I'm new.

Any idea if there's a tutorial out there that might help? Or even a simple example?

Thanks so much for your help today!

Jim
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It's my pleasure to help. It's always great to see how people are using SSIS, and always better to learn from others' pain than from my own.

Take a look at this page: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/sql/aa336314.aspx

There are sample component source code projects and tutorials/documentation on creating custom SSIS components available here for download.

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Jim Work wrote:

"if you have a known XML format to which you should be writing"

I can design the schema myself, and I know what I want to do with it. I've not messed with Script Components yet... as you may have noticed, I'm new.

Any idea if there's a tutorial out there that might help? Or even a simple example?

Thanks so much for your help today!

Jim

I've run into this a few times recently myself, so I created an example and posted it to my blog. Hope it helps.

http://agilebi.com/cs/blogs/jwelch/archive/2007/06/02/xml-destination-script-component.aspx