Connection required when requesting metadata

New: 17 July 2006

Details

Product Name

SQL Server

Product Version

9.0

Product Build Number

9.00.1399

Event ID

0xC0202022 (-1071636446)

Event Source

Not applicable

Component

Integration Services

Symbolic Name

DTS_E_CONNECTIONREQUIREDFORMETADATA

Message Text

An error occurred due to no connection. A connection is required when requesting metadata.

Explanation

This design-time message indicates that SSIS Designer must connect to a data source to retrieve new or updated metadata for a source or destination, and that it is unable to connect to the data source.

Possible Causes

This message might appear because of one of the following problems:

  • You have disabled connections to data sources by enabling Work Offline from the SSIS menu in Business Intelligence Development Studio.
  • The data source is in fact offline, or the connection attempt has failed for another reason.

User Action

Turn Off "Work Offline"

Enable connections to data sources by turning off the Work Offline option. Ordinarily, SSIS Designer tries to connect to each data source that is used by your package to validate the metadata associated with sources and destinations. You may have enabled Work Offline from the SSIS menu to prevent these connection attempts, and to prevent the validation errors that occur when the data sources are not available.

See Also

Other Resources

Troubleshooting Package Development
Integration Services in Business Intelligence Development Studio

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance