Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset

How to return a single rowset (or Single Row) from the tables using the Execute SQL Task in SSIS with an example. It also demonstrates the Result Set option Single Rowset. For this SSIS Execute SQL Task Single Rowset demo, we are going to use the Employee table present in the database

Before we start working with the Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset, Let me show you the Employee Table that we are going to use for this example:

Source Table 0

Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset

In this example, we will use the Execute SQL Task to select the first row from the Employee table and display the returned single row set in the message box. To do so, Drag and drop the Execute SQL Task from SSIS toolbox to designer space.

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Double click on it will open the Execute SQL Task Editor to configure it. Let me select the Connection Type as OLE DB Connection, which is connecting to the database. Next, we are using the Direct Input as the SQL statement, so click the ….

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Please write your custom statement here. As you can from the below screenshot, we are writing a Select statement with the TOP Clause to select the first row from the table.

-- Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset Example
SELECT TOP 1 [FirstName]
      ,[LastName]
      ,[Education]
      ,[Occupation]
      ,[Sales]
      ,[HireDate]
  FROM [Employee]
Enter Query 3

Please change the ResultSet from NONE (default) to Single row, because our select statement will return one row.

Single ResultSet 4

Let us create variables required to hold the return records. First, close the editor, and right-click on the design will open the context menu. Please select the Variables option.

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As you can from the below screenshot, we created 7 variables to hold seven columns returned by the select statement.

Create Variables for Execute in Single Rowset 6

Next, go to the Result Set tab in Execute SQL Task Editor and click the Add button to assign the variables for the return set.

Add ResultSet for Execute in Single Rowset 7

As you can see from the below screenshot, we are assigning the previously created variables to all the columns that are returned by the statement.

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We completed configuring SSIS Execute SQL Task Single Rowset. Let me display the returned result in the Message Box. To do so, drag and drop the Script Task from the toolbox into the Control Flow region and add the SSIS Execute SQL Task output to the Script Task.

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Double click on the Script task will open the following editor to configure the Script task components. Here we are selecting all the user-defined variables (a variable that we created earlier) as Read and Write variable.

Script Editor for Execute in Single Rowset 10

Once you selected the required variable, please click on the Edit Script.. button to write the actual C# or VB Script

Edit Script for Execute in Single Rowset 11

Here we first declared the local variables to hold the user-defined variables that we are getting from the package. Next, we are concatenating the value with custom text (“Name:” etc)

C# code we used in the below screenshot is:

-- Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset Example
String FullName = "Name: " + Dts.Variables["FirstName"].Value.ToString() + " " + 
                             Dts.Variables["LastName"].Value.ToString();
String Occupation = "Occupation: " + Dts.Variables["Occupation"].Value.ToString();
String Education = "Education: " + Dts.Variables["Education"].Value.ToString();
String Sales = "Sales: " + Dts.Variables["Sales"].Value.ToString();
String HireDate = "HireDate: " + Dts.Variables["HireDate"].Value.ToString();

MessageBox.Show(FullName + Environment.NewLine + Education + Environment.NewLine +
                 Occupation + Environment.NewLine + Sales + Environment.NewLine + HireDate);
C# code to Execute in Single Rowset 12

Click OK to finish configuring the Execute SQL Task in SSIS Single Rowset package. Let us Run the package

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Click the OK button on the message box to finish the execution process

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