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Chef and non-zero return codes

November 6, 2015

When installing a windows package using the windows_package resource the install may report a failure if the non zero return code is considered to be an installation failure. In my example, the package would return the code 3010, which states a restart is required to complete the installation. However, we can use the success_code attribute parameter … More Chef and non-zero return codes

Windows PowerShell Exit Codes, SSIS and the Environment.Exit Method

September 15, 2015

I was recently compiling a PowerShell script which would be integrated into a SSIS package, depending on the status of the script invocation this would return custom error codes to determine success or failure as part of the package. By default, I would generally use Try/Catch statements and provide and exit code. However, when invoking … More Windows PowerShell Exit Codes, SSIS and the Environment.Exit Method