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FIX: Error messages when you run a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services package after you install Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2: "Data conversion failed" and "SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR"

Article ID: 943655

Article Last Modified on 11/20/2007

APPLIES TO

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Developer Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise X64 Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition for Itanium-based Systems
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard X64 Edition
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Standard Edition for Itanium-based Systems

Bug #: 50001968 (SQL Hotfix)

Microsoft distributes Microsoft SQL Server 2005 fixes as one downloadable file. Because the fixes are cumulative, each new release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release.

SYMPTOMS

Consider the following scenario:

You install Cumulative Update 2 for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. Cumulative Update 2 is described in Microsoft Knowledge Base article 936305.
You create a SQL Server 2005 Integration Services (SSIS) package that contains a Flat File source in a data flow task.
The Flat File that is imported to the Flat File source contains quoted text in a column.
The column that contains the quoted text has a column separator character.

In this scenario, you may receive error messages that resemble the following when you run the Integration Services package:

Error message 1

Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "ColumnName" returned status value 2 and status text "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".

Error message 2

SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR. The "output column " ColumnName" (537)" failed because error code 0xC0209084 occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column"ColumnName" (537)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.

CAUSE

This issue occurs because of a regression that was introduced in Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2.

RESOLUTION

The fix for this issue was first released in Cumulative Update 5. For more information about how to obtain this cumulative update package for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

943656 Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

Note Because the builds are cumulative, each new fix release contains all the hotfixes and all the security fixes that were included with the previous SQL Server 2005 fix release. Microsoft recommends that you consider applying the most recent fix release that contains this hotfix. For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

937137 The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released

Microsoft SQL Server 2005 hotfixes are created for specific SQL Server service packs. You must apply a SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 hotfix to an installation of SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. By default, any hotfix that is provided in a SQL Server service pack is included in the next SQL Server service pack.

WORKAROUND

To work around this issue, uninstall Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2.

Note When you uninstall Cumulative Update 2 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, all other fixes that are included in the cumulative update package are also uninstalled.

In some cases, you can split the Flat File into some smaller files to work around this issue. However, this technique does not always work.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about what files are changed, and for information about any prerequisites to apply the cumulative update package that contains the hotfix that is described in this Microsoft Knowledge Base article, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

943656 Cumulative update package 5 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2

REFERENCES

For more information about the list of builds that are available after SQL Server Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

937137 The SQL Server 2005 builds that were released after SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 was released

For more information about the Incremental Servicing Model for SQL Server, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

935897 An Incremental Servicing Model is available from the SQL Server team to deliver hotfixes for reported problems

For more information about how to obtain SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

913089 How to obtain the latest service pack for SQL Server 2005

For more information about the new features and the improvements in SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=71711

For more information about the naming schema for SQL Server updates, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

822499 New naming schema for Microsoft SQL Server software update packages

For more information about software update terminology, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

824684 Description of the standard terminology that is used to describe Microsoft software updates

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