((DT_STR,20,1252)OccuranceRegion == "US" && ((DT_STR,20,1252)LegalEntity == "AECB" || (DT_STR,20,1252)LegalEntity == "FSB" || (DT_STR,20,1252)LegalEntity == "Both"))
? DATEADD("day",30,CapCreationDt) : (ISNULL(MaxofRevSCIAndSCI) ? (DT_DATE)"1900-01-01" : MaxofRevSCIAndSCI)
Whenever I put conditions as
OccuranceRegion == "US" AND
LegalEntity is null
The result is coming as NULL, I have also checked the value for MaxofRevSCIAndSCI, its not null. Why, it is not going in else part?
Any function of NULL (except the specialised, "NULL-killing" functions ISNULL and the like) evaluates to NULL. You only compare LegalEntity to string constants. These expressions will evaluate to NULL if LegalEntity is NULL. You need to replace the NULL values in LegalEntity with something else. Probably a derived column upstream
ISNULL(LegalEntity) ? "##NULL#' : LegalEntity
would be easier than doing this in the expression itself (because SSIS expressions are hideous to debug).
Related
I have an SSIS package in 2010
I want to return any nulls in a column or a value in the same column
This using the conditional split
I have the first part
ISNULL([Data Conversion].ID)== TRUE
this will bring me all the null ID rows
but I want to add a OR part
I am looking for something like :
ISNULL([Data Conversion].ID)== TRUE && [Data Conversion].ID =="ABC"
what replaces the && to achieve the OR condition please - or how to amend the code to achieve the OR condition
|| (Logical OR) (SSIS Expression) : Performs a logical OR operation. The expression evaluates to TRUE if one or both conditions are TRUE.
(ISNULL([Data Conversion].ID) == TRUE || [Data Conversion].ID =="ABC" ) && [Data Conversion].Sex =="Male"
In ActionScript 3, you can check if a value exists like this:
if (object) {
trace("This object is not null, undefined, or empty!")
}
I frequently use this as a shorthand for if (object != null)
Is there a proper term for evaluating objects for null in this fashion? I suppose it's a matter of the Boolean typecasting rules for the language but I'm not sure if there's a name for the resulting syntax.
If your object is always an actual object reference, e.g. a variable of any object type, then checking if (object) is a valid way to test for nulls. If it's a property of variant type, or a dynamic property that can potentially contain simple values (ints, strings etc) then the proper way to test for null will be explicit conversion, probably even with a strict type check if (object !== null).
Like most computer languages, Ecma-script supports Boolean data types;
values which can be set to true or false. In addition, everything in
JavaScript has an inherent Boolean value, generally known as either
truthy or falsy
list of falsy values (non truthy)
false
0 (zero)
"" (empty string)
null
undefined
NaN (a special Number value meaning Not-a-Number!)
regularly for checking if a variable is null
you may use : (a == null) this statement returns true if a is null, But also return true for all of the above list, because they'r all falsy values and (a == undefined) returns true, even a is not undefined but null or 0 or false.
so you should use Identity operator in this case. following evaluations just returns true when a is null
(typeof a === "null")
// or
(a === null)
I have set a following expression in SSIS derived column component:
TRIM(xCOL) == "" ? (DT_STR,7,1252)xCOL : NULL(DT_STR,7,1252)
However, this fails to validate - I get the following error:
Error at PKG: For operands of the conditional operator, the data type
DT_STR is supported only for input columns and cast operations. The
expression "TRIM(xCOL) == "" ? (DT_STR,7,1252)xCOL :
NULL(DT_STR,7,1252)" has a DT_STR operand that is not an input column
or the result of a cast, and cannot be used with the conditional
operation. To perform this operation, the operand needs to be
explicitly cast with a cast operator.
What is wrong here?
Unicode - the bane of all SSIS things that you would think just work.
TRIM(xCOL) == "" ? (DT_STR,7,1252)xCOL : NULL(DT_WSTR, 7)
By default, expressions on strings have a return type of Unicode (DT_WSTR). You can prove this yourself by replacing your last expression with an empty string "". Look at at the type that the derived column is assigned as - it's a DT_WSTR
TRIM(xCOL) == "" ? (DT_STR,7,1252)xCOL : ""
The resolution then is to cast the result of the entire expression to your desired type. (I also think you have a logic issue since I'm assuming you are inspecting the trimmed string to determine if it's empty/zero length and then casting it to NULL). Also note, that if you ever do get a NULL in for your xCOL field, this will blow up.
(DT_STR, 7, 1252)((TRIM(xCOL) == "") ? NULL(DT_WSTR, 7) : TRIM(xCOL))
Source data
SELECT 'Hello' AS xCOL
UNION ALL SELECT ''
Results
Like the error says, you must explicitly cast with a cast operator.
TRIM(xCOL) == "" ? (DT_STR,7,1252)xCOL : (DT_STR,7,1252)NULL(DT_STR,7,1252)
I have an SSIS package that is hooked into a MySQL database that has a tinyint(1) field which is set to the value 4 and I'm checking to see if that value is 4 in the database because it should not change based on the incoming flat file if it is already set to 4, but it doesn't seem to be working.
It should not be updating the status because the field is set to 4 but I guess I just don't understand why the expression isn't working. I have tried all the different int types for SSIS and it doesn't matter because it always sets the status to 1. Based on a quick google search a tinyint should be an unsigned 1 byte int which is why I am casting it to DT_UI1
Incoming values from flat file the first being the product and the last being the status
"039414","*****","*****","*****","*****","*****","*****","*****"," "
Existing value from the database the first being the product and the second being the status
039414 4
I handle the status by the following derived column expression, basically if there is no value it should be 1 otherwise it should be 4
LEN(TRIM(Status)) > 0 ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)1
Here is the derived column expression that I'm using to set the product_status (products_status being the actual field from the database and prod_status the status from the incoming flat file):
((DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4) || ISNULL(prod_status) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
What I'm expecting to happen is a few products should keep their status of 4 but are being updated to 1, does anyone have an idea why?
Edit:
I tried changing the expression to the following with no success.
(DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4 || ISNULL(prod_status) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
and
((DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4 || ISNULL(prod_status)) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
and just the base test
(DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4 ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
Solution:
I ended up casting the field in the query to an integer because it was being pulled in as a boolean instead of an int
CAST(products_status AS SIGNED)
Then changed my expression to the following and it worked as expected
(products_status == 4 || ISNULL(prod_status)) ? (DT_I4)4 : prod_status
Not sure about the precedence here, but don't you think you want extra parentheses around the condition in the immediate if:
( ((DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4) || ISNULL(prod_status) ) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
Looks like it might otherwise return "true", which is sometimes rendered as 1.
UPDATE
Here is a link to Data Viewer which lets you see what values SSIS is assigning to the columns and helps you analyze situations like this.
Your original expression
((DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4) || ISNULL(prod_status) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
returns a boolean. Let's assume products_status is 4 and prod_status is also set to 4.
((DT_UI1)products_status == (DT_UI1)4)
Evaluates as TRUE.
ISNULL(prod_status) ? (DT_UI1)4 : (DT_UI1)prod_status
Evaluates as 4.
Your original expression now evaluates as
TRUE || 4
Which evaluates to
TRUE
Which when you try to stick it in an integer column like products_status becomes 1.
Your first revision makes no substantive change to the evaluation chain and also returns TRUE (i.e. 1).
Your second revision is the correct formulation of the ternary operator, as is the final base test. However, it appears that ISNULL(prod_status) always returns FALSE in your case since you are explicitly setting it to 4 or 1 in your other derived column, so let's ignore your second revision and just go to your final base test.
With regards to your final base test, I would definitely:
Attach a Data Viewer before your Derived Column component to ensure that the products_status column being passed in is indeed set to 4
Set a Data Viewer after your Derived Column component to see that products_status has been set (or not set) properly;
Make sure that you properly mapped the products_status field to your database destination and not the prod_status field by mistake.
Working in SQL Server 2008. My first stab at an SSIS script and I need to emulate some if/then conditional logic written in VB.net. I couldn't find any previous questions dealing with nested conditions in expressions and believe I'm following what I've been able to uncover via google on nested conditions in a derived column.
I'm receiving an error while attempting to use nested conditions in the derived column transformation editor. The error I'm receiving indicates that SSIS could not parse my expression. The actual exception: "Exception from HRESULT: 0xC0204006 (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)"
Questions for which the answers might immediately answer my question (and create a new problem):
is there a nesting levels limit?
can nesting be performed in the condition1 portion of [expression] ? [condition1] : [condition2]
I'll give two snippets, the first is what I'm actually inserting, the second is a more reader-friendly version. Hopefully someone can point out my error.
Not sure that it has bearing, but please note that [BusArea] is a column derived in a previous step.
actual expression:
[BusArea] == "CCC" || [BusArea] == "NBU" || [BusArea] == "CA" ? (ISNULL([CASE_MORG]) or TRIM([CASE_MORG]) == "" ? ( ISNULL([TRX_MORG]) or TRIM([TRX_MORG]) == "" ? NULL(DT_WSTR,50) : [TRX_MORG]) : [CASE_MORG]) : (ISNULL([CASE_AGT]) or TRIM([CASE_AGT]) == "" ? ( ISNULL([TRX_AGT]) or TRIM([TRX_AGT]) == "" ? NULL(DT_WSTR,50) : [TRX_AGT]) : [CASE_AGT])
formatted for easier reading:
[BusArea] == "CCC" || [BusArea] == "NBU" || [BusArea] == "CA" ?
(ISNULL([CASE_MORG]) or TRIM([CASE_MORG]) == "" ?
( ISNULL([TRX_MORG]) or TRIM([TRX_MORG]) == "" ?
NULL(DT_WSTR,50)
: [TRX_MORG]
)
: [CASE_MORG]
)
: (ISNULL([CASE_AGT]) or TRIM([CASE_AGT]) == "" ?
( ISNULL([TRX_AGT]) or TRIM([TRX_AGT]) == "" ?
NULL(DT_WSTR,50)
: [TRX_AGT]
)
: [CASE_AGT]
)
I don't think there is any limit with nesting conditions. Even if there is one, I don't think we will reach the limit in the packages that we create handle our business processes.
You almost got everything correct. The issue with your conditional statement is that you have used or instead of ||
I copied your exact statement and pasted in Derived Transformation within a Data Flow task and got an error because the package couldn't parse the expression. I replaced all the or's with correct Logical OR (||) operator and the expression evaluated correctly.