Passing Argument from Execute Process Task (SSIS) to an .exe file

Hi,
I am developing a SSIS package, where I want to execute exe file using Execute Process Task. The parameter for the ,exe file is the output of the SQL query from database.
I am not knowing how to pass the output of the SQL query to the parameter of the Exe file. Can you please let me know how to pass the sql output data as parameter to the exe.
Many Thanks, Thirumalai M

Hi,
you can use the following tutorial fr more information.
http://www.sqlis.com/post/The-Execute-SQL-Task.aspx
After getting the data in the variable, you can easily pass the variable in as a parameter for the "Execute process task".
-Jens
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