Getting error column name in SSIS 2016

Case
In SQL 2016 CTP 2.3 Microsoft introduced a new simple way with to get the name of the column causing the error with some .NET code in a Script Component. In the final release this code doesn't work.

Solution
Not sure why, but they changed the code. Instead of one line we now need two lines. Below the complete example with the new code.


1) Data Flow Task
For this example we have a Flat File Source and to throw an error there is a column in the textfile with a too large value causing a truncation error. To catch the error details we redirect all errors of the Flat File Source to an Error Output. You can find these settings by editing the Flat File Source component or by connecting its red output to an other transformation.

Redirect errors to Error Output

2) Add Script Component
The Error Output is redirected to a Script Component (type transformation). It should look something like this below. Give it a suitable name like "SCR- Get Error Details".

Add Script Component Transformation

3) Input Columns
Edit the Script Components and go to the Input Columns page and select the ErrorCode (for getting an error description) and the ErrorColumn (for getting a column name) as ReadOnly input columns.

Input Columns

4) Output Columns
Create two output columns with the Data Type String (DT_STR). For this example I used 255 for the length, but that could probably be a little smaller. The names are ErrorDescription and ErrorColumnName.

Output Columns

5) The Code
Now go to the first page to choose your Scripting Language and then click on the Edit Script button to open the VSTA environment. Then locate the Input0_ProcessInputRow method at the bottom and add the following three lines of code to it.

// C# Code
public override void Input0_ProcessInputRow(Input0Buffer Row)
{
    // Getting description already worked in previous versions of SSIS
    Row.ErrorDescription = this.ComponentMetaData.GetErrorDescription(Row.ErrorCode);

    // componentMetaData (starting with a lowercase "c") is just a name.
    // You can change that name if you like, but also change it in the
    // second row.
    IDTSComponentMetaData130 componentMetaData = this.ComponentMetaData as IDTSComponentMetaData130;
    Row.ErrorColumnName = componentMetaData.GetIdentificationStringByID(Row.ErrorColumn);

And VB.NET code

' VB Code
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
    ' Getting description already worked in previous versions of SSIS
    Row.ErrorDescription = Me.ComponentMetaData.GetErrorDescription(Row.ErrorCode)

    ' componentMetaData (starting with a lowercase "c") Is just a name.
    ' You can change that name if you Like, but also change it in the
    ' second row.
    Dim componentMetaData As IDTSComponentMetaData130 = TryCast(Me.ComponentMetaData, IDTSComponentMetaData130)
    Row.ErrorColumnName = componentMetaData.GetIdentificationStringByID(Row.ErrorColumn)
End Sub

6) Testing
Close the VSTA environment to save the code and press OK the close editor. Now add a Data Viewer behind the Script Component Transformation to see the results

Error Description and ColumnName