Nothing that I know of but should not be to much work. Try not use the system tables but rather sys.tables and sys.columns.
I would say your "having two instances open" thing is really weird. Most times I have 2-4 bids open on different packages / versions / project etc. Only issue I ever had was the copying script task and that happens in the same package as well as differing ones.
As for the MS bashing hat, I have a sombrero which I wear most days. Just like to play hypocrite from time to time 🙂
Cheers,CrispinI can't die, there are too many people who still have to meet me!It's not a bug, SQL just misunderstood me!