Need a task that will zip a file prior to upload via FTP

I have a text file I need to zip (compress) before uploading it via an FTP task. Do I have to use a third-party tool to do this? Thanks.id gues you need a 3rd party piece of software for this. we have used PKZip exe here. its a simple command line app, so you can easily call in in a script task and get it to do its thing. there could be an easier way though...|||

We have written a SSIS Task to do this for you. It works rather nicely.

-Jamie

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Excellent! Thanks. Will you be posting a link to it on your blog?

Cheers

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No I'm afraid not because it is Conchango's own intellectual property. I was more making the point that this can be done.

Don't fret however, Darren tells me that he has built his own so look for it appearing on SQLIS.com soon enough.

-Jamie

|||Cool, thanks. I'll be looking for it to make its debut there.|||Is there an eta for this?|||I haven't found a task for this on sqlis.com or anywhere else yet, have you?|||

Al C. wrote:

I have a text file I need to zip (compress) before uploading it via an FTP task. Do I have to use a third-party tool to do this? Thanks.

you can suggest that this feature be added here: http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=68|||

Or use this: http://www.thejoyofcode.com/SSIS_Compress_File_Task.aspx

-Jamie

|||Thanks. It looks like that task compresses into gzip format. I need the same format as when you do a right-click > 'Send to compressed (zipped) folder' via Windows since we send the file to clients who expect that format.|||

Duane Douglas wrote:

you can suggest that this feature be added here: http://connect.microsoft.com/feedback/default.aspx?SiteID=68

Thanks. I posted the suggestion.

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Hi

I am also looking for the same task, what solution have you adopted in answer of your problem?

|||We purchased WinZip product with command line interface. I added an Execute Process task to run the WinZip and I pass the file name in the command line arguments. There are other products that can do the same I believe, such as PKZip.|||We have built task for archiving in Zip, GZip, BZip2, Unix, Tar. We also have task for secure FTP (SFTP). You may give it a try here: http://www.cozyroc.com/

Regards,
Ivan