SSIS Variables

Variables are used to store values. They enable SSIS objects to communicate among each other in the package as well as between parent and child packages at run-time. You can use variables in a variety of ways—for example, you can load results of an Execute SQL task to a variable, change the way a package works by dynamically updating its value at run-time using variables, control looping within a package by using a loaded variable, raise an error when a variable is altered, use them in scripts, or evaluate them as an expression.

DTS 2000 provides global variables, for which users set the values in a single area in the package and then use those values over and over. This allows users to extend the dynamic abilities of packages. ...

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