ForEach File Enumerator extension bug?

I set up a basic ForEach enumerator loop and specified files of type *.sql.

In the directory, I had some files I needed to keep but didn't want the package to touch, so I changed the extension to *.sqlo. Much to my dismay, the ForEach loop picked up those files. (Though it did skip the *.xml and *.bat and a few other types...)

Sounds like a bug to me.

That is expected wildcard behaviour. At least, it is what I would expect. To verify I wasn't 'shrooming, I checked out: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/wz42302f.aspx where I found this to put my mind at ease ...

Note

When using the asterisk wildcard character in a searchPattern, such as "*.txt", the matching behavior when the extension is exactly three characters long is different than when the extension is more or less than three characters long. A searchPattern with a file extension of exactly three characters returns files having an extension of three or more characters, where the first three characters match the file extension specified in the searchPattern. A searchPattern with a file extension of one, two, or more than three characters returns only files having extensions of exactly that length that match the file extension specified in the searchPattern. When using the question mark wildcard character, this method returns only files that match the specified file extension. For example, given two files, "file1.txt" and "file1.txtother", in a directory, a search pattern of "file?.txt" returns just the first file, while a search pattern of "file*.txt" returns both files.

Donald

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I believe you (after looking at that link). But that is just bizarre and, to me, nonsensical. Especially if one continues to read. This *only* applies to a 3-character extension search pattern - nothing else.

Why oh why would they do such a stupid thing?

This means that there is direct no way to specify give me only the three character file extension files that I've told you to give me.

Were they shrooming when they came up with this?

If I wanted the other extensions I'd ask for "*.txt*".