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>I am having a issue calling a DTS package designed in SQL 7.
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>Here is the code:
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>DECLARE @Command varchar(1000)
>DECLARE @file as varchar(1000)
>
>SET @file = '\\MYServer\d$\TraineeFile\CT.xls'
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>SET @Command = 'DTSRun /S "MYServer" /U "sa" /P "sa" /N "CTS" /A "Filename":"String"="' + @file + '" /W "0" '
>
>
>print @Command
>
>exec master.dbo.xp_cmdshell @Command
>

>
>Here is the error I receive.
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>

>DTSRun:  Invalid command options
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>DTSRun Options ('/?' shows this screen; '-' May be substituted for '/'):
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>  Package retrieval and contents:
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>    /~S ServerName /~U UserName /~P Password /E <Use trusted connection instead of /U /P>
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>    /~N PackageName /~M PackagePassword /~G PackageGuidString /~V PackageVersionGuidString
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>    /~F Structured Storage UNC filename (overwritten if /S also specified)
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>    /~R Repository Database Name <uses default if blank; loads package from Repository>
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>  DTSRun action (default is to execute Package):
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>    /!X <Do not execute; retrieves Package to /F filename>
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>    /!D <Do not execute; drop package from SQL Server (cannot drop from Storage File)>
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>    /!Y <Do not execute; output encrypted command line>
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>    /!C <Copies command line to Windows clipboard (may be used with /!Y and /!X)>
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>  Notes:
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>    ~ is optional; if present, the parameter is hex text of encrypted value (0x313233...)
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>

>
>Does this have to do with SQL 7 and the /A option??
>Thanks you.
>
>A