Merge CSV files having different columns using SSIS

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I have a set of CSV files in a folder. Some of the columns in all files are same.
I need to merge all the CSV files into one CSV or an Excel using SSIS. The resultant merged csv or excel file must contain all column names.
I am glad to recieve ur help and comments.

File1.CSV

ID        Name       ContactNo
53        Vikas      9874563210

File2.CSV

ID     Name          Designation
23    MyShore    Software Engineer

Output Expected

ID        Name          ContactNo           Designation 
53        Vikas         9874563210
23        MyShore                          Software Engineer

Posted 23-May-12 19:50pm

vikas kunte

Updated 24-May-12 11:34am

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RDBurmon 24-May-12 2:32am

We will be glad if you give us format and data of all CSV files.

vikas kunte 24-May-12 2:56am

File1.CSV

ID Name ContactNo
53 Vikas 9874563210

File2.CSV

ID Name Designation
23 MyShore Software Engineer

Output Expected

ID Name ContactNo Designation

53 Vikas 9874563210
23 MyShore Software Engineer

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Jim Jos · Answer 1 · 2012-05-24T13:54:00

I hope you are using Sql2005 and above..

Following links will help to create Two flat file sources and you could use a Merge Transformation to combine into a single file

http://www.mssqltips.com/sqlservertip/1322/merge-multiple-data-sources-with-sql-server-integration-services/

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc280522.aspx

http://www.bimonkey.com/2009/07/the-merge-transformation/