Random Error

  • I receive this randon error in a DTS Package I have.

    The step did not generate any output. The return value was unknown. The process exit code was 128.

    Does anyone know what causes this and how I can get it resolved? I appreciate any assistance. Thank you.

  • Do you mean Integrations Services package or DTS package? Because there are a lot of differences between them.

    What task generated this error? Is this the only error message that you got?

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  • I mean SSIS Pacakge, I apologize. The error log does not state was task generated the error and yes this was the only error I received.

  • Is it a possibilty to run the package in BIDS?

    Did you run the package through a SQL Server Agent job? Maybe you can check the job history...

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  • It is being ran through a SQL Server Agent job. I can re-run through BIDS put I can't re-create the error. I received it last night and restarted the job and everything worked fine.

  • That makes it kind of hard to troubleshoot 🙂

    Nothing peculiar in the job history?

    The issue could be caused by an offline database, a network error ... Something that is out of your control.

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  • Nothing peculiar at all in the job history. It actually has failed 2 days in a row now. Then we restart it and it works fine. Could it possibly be lock on the table at that time?

  • tchovanec 65734 (4/20/2011)


    Nothing peculiar at all in the job history. It actually has failed 2 days in a row now. Then we restart it and it works fine. Could it possibly be lock on the table at that time?

    It could be. If the table is locked, the queries can't run. It can also be a deadlock.

    You could try to run Profiler at the same time when the job runs, so you can see what is actually going on.

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