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 Script Task - Check if Variable exists

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TabAlleman
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Posted - 2008-09-08 : 11:08:49
I have a SSIS package that may be run as a child, or on its own. When it is run as a child, it will use variables from the parent, but when it is run as a standalone, those variables will not exist. I want to check in a script task whether the parent variables are present, but I can't find anything on how to do this, and my best guess (below) doesn't work. It returns the "variable does not exist" error:

If Not IsNothing(Dts.Variables("ParentStart").Value) Then
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-Tab Alleman

TabAlleman
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8 Posts

Posted - 2008-09-08 : 11:59:32
I found it:

If Dts.Variables.Contains("ParentStart") = True ...

-Tab Alleman
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favaz.farook@gmail.com
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Posted - 2008-09-12 : 12:27:05
The variable not found means you have not specified the variable in the script task properties "ReadOnlyVariales" or "ReadWriteVariables"
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