Visual Studio freezes when debugging SSIS packages

  • Sorry guys if I am repeating someone else, but I am sick and tired of this stupid bug!!!

    Imagine the situation: I developed an SSIS package which has about 100 dataflow tasks chained etc.

    Then I go running the package in BIDS. It runs cool and smooth when looking at it through the Control Flow tab.

    I have one table which is like 10million rows and it takes around 30-45 minutes to flow. Of course I want to see the progress of the dataflow. I click on the Data Flow tab and select the task which is currently working.

    Here the problem comes -- BIDS freezes here for the rest of the duration of this task. Status bar says Validating OLE DB Destination, the popup ballon says that BIDS is very busy, please wait.

    I try to click a couple of times with no luck -- bllody BIDS is unresponsive.

    Here goes another problem -- the dataflow task aborts with no error, with the dataflow unfinished and the package keeps on going. The previous dataflow and container(s) in which it sits stay yellow, nevertheless as I said the package is going on.

    As a result in the end of the execution I endup with the package all green, except for the containers and the task which failed and the data not loaded fully.

    And of course, I have not been able to see the progress of the dataflow, which is what I want and frozen BIDS was not allowing me to do anything for some half an hour.

    Pretty ugly,

    anyone has the same trouble? (btw I pump from AS400 into MSSQL2005)

    Any thoughts appreciated

    VAL

    M.Sc.IT, M.B.A, MCTS BI 2008, MCITP BI 2008, MCTS SQL Dev, CSM, CDVDM

  • I don't believe everyone here enjoys smooth BIDS performance when debugging their big SSIS packages.

    It just kills me and I don't know what to do...

    Please help

    M.Sc.IT, M.B.A, MCTS BI 2008, MCITP BI 2008, MCTS SQL Dev, CSM, CDVDM

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