How to process files based on date timestamp in for each loop

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How to process files based on date timestamp in for each loop

mcfarlandparkway

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September 17, 2019 at 11:36 pm

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I am trying to loop reach file in the foreachloop container based on date timestamp
file names will be
bookride_190827184345.txt
bookride_190906173907.txt
bookride_190906174008.txt

I have an SSIS package where i need to process these files based on date timestamp first loop has to process bookride_190827184345.txt, next bookride_190906173907.txt last bookride_190906174008.txt

using script task how to achieve this?

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pietlinden SSC Guru Points: 63506 More actions · Answer 1

Wouldn't you declare a variable to hold the filename and then use .NET functions to parse out the chunks you want that make a date? Then compare it to some value to determine what to do with the file?

Jeff Moden SSC Guru Points: 1004406 More actions · Answer 2

The files all have the same prefix before the time stamp. That means they'll sort naturally and you don't need to split anything out of the file name to process them in order.

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Thom A SSC Guru Points: 99133 More actions · Answer 3

Unless i recall incorrectly, using a For Each Loop Container on a file directory will process the files in alphabetical order; so there's no need for a script task here.

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