1. Starting from Step 2.
   
2. First let’s do something I should have done from the beginning. Rename all of the objects to something meaningful.
   
3. Create a table in the DataStore instance to hold the list of instances.

   CREATE TABLE InstanceList (
   InstanceName varchar(255) NOT NULL
   CONSTRAINT pk_InstanceList PRIMARY KEY,
   GetDatabaseList bit NOT NULL,
   Active bit NOT NULL
   )

4. Add rows to your table pointing to the servers you are interested in. Make sure that GetDatabaseList and Active are both set to 1.
5. Create a new variable in the package called “ServerList” of type Object
6. Add a new Execute SQL task to pull the list of instances from our new table.
   1. Under the General tab
      1. Set the name to “Get Instance List”
      2. Change the ResultSet to “Full result set”
      3. Change the Connection property to “DataStore”
      4. Put the following in the SQL Statement property:

         SELECT InstanceName
         FROM InstanceList
         WHERE Active = 1
         AND GetDatabaseList = 1

         

   2. On the Result Set
      1. tab Click the Add button
      2. Change the Result Name to 0
      3. Change the Variable Name to User::ServerList.

      

   3. Attach the task to the previous one.
      
7. In the ForEach loop properties under the Collection tab
   1. Change the Enumerator to a “ForEach ADO Enumerator”
   2. Change the variable to “User::ServerList”
   3. Leave Enumeration Mode “Rows in the first table”

   

At this point we now have a package that will loop through a control table containing a list of instances. Then for each instance it pulls a list of databases and stores it into a central location. Hopefully I’ve managed to make these posts clear enough that everyone can follow and easily duplicate what I’ve done. If not then please feel free to comment and I’ll do my best to help you get up and running.

Note: Unfortunately the package file got corrupted somehow and I had to get rid of it. I’ll try to re-create it (and may even re-do this series) and get it reposted one of these days. Of course this was using the SQL 2005 version of SSIS which is no longer really up to date.