I have an SSIS job (2008) which uses variables set up in the SSIS Configurations database table. One of these variables is the folder path which the job should look in for files.
When I have this set to a local path on the same computer it works fine, e.g. d:\Processing\
but if I change this to a network path e.g. \\networklocation\Processing, it fails with the following error
Flat File Connection Manager - Description - the flat file "\\networklocation\processing\" specified in the connection was not valid. End Error. Code 0xC001401D. Failed Validation 0xC001401E
File name property is not valid. The file name is a device or contains invalid characters.
I've read various problems about network paths and SSIS - is there a solution for it?