No Luck W/ Execute Sql Task And Assigning Variable

Hello,

I've asked this question before and I've read the answers before and I still cannot get it to work. My task is simple, I want to use the execute sql task container to grab a value from a database and put it in a variable. I've done all the preliminary stuff such as running profiler to make sure that the package is getting the call to the database, setting up the ResultSet to be "single row" in the general tab, mapped the Result Set correctly, but nothing works. I get the same error every time.

This is my sql command:

select output_location as output_location
from script_master

Result Set is set up like this:

Result Name: output_location ; Variable Name: User::output_location



Here is the error I get:

Error: 0xC002F309 at Execute SQL Task, Execute SQL Task: An error occurred while assigning a value to variable "output_location": "The type of the value being assigned to variable "User::output_location" differs from the current variable type. Variables may not change type during execution. Variable types are strict, except for variables of type Object.

".

I don't know what I'm doing wrong, I've followed all the instructions exactly on how to populate a variable in this container. My variable is set up as a string, if I change it to object I can get it to work. I think this is because the object is allowing nulls. I really believe that the variable is not populating and that is why I'm getting errors.



Please help. If you could provide step by step example's that would really make my day.



Thanks,

Phil