Question

When I try to execute a package which uses the Scripting Component object I get the following error:

Error: 2011-07-22 09:16:42.25
   Code: 0x00000003
   Source: {Task Name Here}
   Description: There was an exception while loading Script Task from XML: System.ApplicationException: The VSTA designer failed to load:  "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80004005): Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component`enter code here`

I am running on a database server that has both SQL2005 and SQL Server 2008 R2 (RTM) – 10.50.1720.0 (X64).

I tried to execute the package using both the 32 and 64 bit versions with the same result.

I originally had an issue on my development machine where the Visual Studio for Applications Designer was not coming up when I tried to use the Scripting Object within an SSIS package for the first time. i resolved this by installing the latest SP for Visual Studio. Obviiously, loading visual Studio is not a possible solution to resolve this issue on a SQL Server.

Sugegstions?

Answer 1

Some Googling suggests you’re executing a 2005 package with the 2008 runtime. Assuming that’s the case, you can either use the 2005 runtime or upgrade the package.