I am trying to find a convenient way to export parts of tables to text
files.
One way I see is BCP: Is there a way to avoid writing the command and
options into the command prompt by hand? I.e. a way to write the
commands into a text file and then to execute them?
Are there other ways? I`d like to find a way that a user who uses a web
interface can use.
Is there a way to send the text files via mail to a remote user?
Hi. Im new to SQL and I need to export a SQL table as a comma delimited text file which is straight forward. However two of the fields are integers and I need these to be right justified with zero's.
In Access I would use something like format(columnname, "00000000") to get it to work, but SQL Server doesn't like this.
How can I do this?
I have a record set I have to export on a weekly basis into a CSV file for a customer/client. One of the fields being included in the export is a TEXT field. When I export this field, the CSV file is truncating the record significantly.
Is there a way I can get the export to pass all the data in the TEXT field, or is this a limitation on the data transformation, or is it a limitation on the CSV file (because of the size/nature of the TEXT field).
Dear All,
I have an application running on my mobile device and the data is stored in the mobile database. So now i am trying to build any application on my pc which upon click should download the data from my mobile database into a local text file. Is there any idea or reference where I can stary working on this ?
Hi,
I have to export the table data from my databse into text files as I nedd to put it in Informix database using a sheel script. Is there a way by which I can do this.
Is there any other way by which I can put the data from SQL Server to Informix.
Any takers,
Thanking you in advance.
Bye for now,
Himauhu
I am transferring data from Oracle tables into text files, and facing these errors.
1. I have a varaible working as an expression and my query goes into that variable and onwards that variable is passed to dataflow task, which parse the query. my query is simple saying "Select * from PLS.ABC" where PLS is my schema, but the task generates error "Opening a rowset for "Select * from PLS.ABC" failed. check that the table exists in the database. and surely the table is there.
2. I have a foreach loop that iterates through all the table names and the table names are passed onwards to the varaible query, the dataflow task inside the foreach loop gets the variable query and will generate text files based on tablenames which i have supplied in another variable to the connectionstring property of the flatfile destination. Is it possible or not. all the tables have different columns and i need the output in text files.
SQL 6.5
NT 4.3
Can someone assist me with the following....
1. I am attempting to export data from a SQL DB (single table using a query) to a "flat file".
2. I would then like to take this "flat file" and import the data into a different SQL DB (same schema structure as first DB).
Unfortunately this has to be done in two steps.
Thank you for your help.
RPowid
Hi i am trying to export data from .csv file to sql server and my data is coming as
"xyz" where i want only to store as XYZ i am using derived column but i am not able to capture " and replace it what approach should i take here , also i am trying to convert String True to Boolean 1 and vice versa for False in database how do i do that please help me with this.
I'm using SSIS package to export some data to a comma delimited CSV file. The problem is that some of the fields have commas in them. Is there a way to deal with this other to changing the delimiter?
View 2 Replies View RelatedHi guys,
Would any of you be able to provide some guide on how am I going to export the selected data (multiple rows and columns) into Excel or CSV file?
Or at least export into Text file, which I can later on save the file name as .CSV, so it become a CSV file after saving.
Thanks.
Regards,
Jenson
the "flat file" destination is missing from the choices when attempting to
export data.
Normally, whenever I've wanted to export data to a file (which is very rare that I do), I have used SSMS. Yes, I'm sure there's a way to do it in T-SQL, but I've just done an export using the SSMS wizard.
But that appears to me to no longer be available in SSMS 2012. So, how is it done from SSMS 2012? Or is it only done using T-SQL/DDL?
I am looking a way to export SQL Server 2005 DB tables to Access file dynamically. Like if i have added or removed any tables from SQL DB then when i run SSIS package it should export that table with data to Access file. is there any easy way to do this. if it is not them please someone please tell me which controls should i look at and which technique i should use to do this.
View 4 Replies View RelatedI am curious what the "best practice" is for exporting data programmaticly from SQL Server to Excel. Â Is it best to do it straight from SQL Server, or should I do it with in my C# code? Â My program is going to pull the data, put in the excel file, then email the file. Â So I could write an SP that gets the data and puts it in the file, then have the C# code run the SP and email the file; Or I could have the code do everything, pull the data, export it & email it.
If it is considered better to have the SP do it, why and what is the best way? ROWSET functions?
I am using Office 2007 beta. I have a SSIS package that exports the records from sql server to excel file, when number of records is less than 24000 then it exports well, but if number of records is greater than 24000 than it does not export anything to excel file.
But when I give administrative privilages to the service account under which the SSIS package is running, it export even more than 24000.
On prod server giving administrative privilages to service account is not a good option. I don't know what are the minimum permissions it needs while exporting more data into excel 2007 file.
I thought this is the problem in office 2007 beta, but same behaviour is with RTM also.
Thanks in advance.
Atul
Hi,
There's a lot of information on importing data from text files, but not a lot on exporting data to text files... I've checked but found no info on this.
I'm trying to export data from SQL Server to a fixed-width flat file and wondering if I'm doing it the right way.
I use a view as source (using a OLEDB connection manager) and I can see the data without problem.
I defined a Flat File Destination (using a flat file connection manager). When setting up the flat file connection manager, I am asked for a file... Does this mean one should create manually a template file with the desired output format? So I used a production file as template since we're replacing an existing process.
After having set up everything, I run the SSIS only to see all the data on the same row. There are no CRLF...
When I create the file connection manager, there's no way to mention the row delimiter. In the properties I see a "Row Delimiter" field and when I try with "{CR}{LF}" it makes no difference. Interesting to note that, contrary to the HeaderRowDelimiter field, the RowDelimiter field has no drop-down control to give choices.
So I had to return the CRLF as the last field of the source view (SELECT .... ,'CRLF' = CHAR(13) + CHAR(10) FROM ...) to make it work.
Seems odd... Is it the way to go?
Thanks
I have problems when exporting data into Excel file from SSIS. It all works fine with numeric columns but an apostrophe is attached at the beginning of each text cell. I tried using derived columns and data conversions but it didn't work. It seems to me that problem is in 'excel destination' task... I saw many people had this kind of problems too... Is there any solution possible?
Thanks.
I have a table that I am exporting via a SQL server table to a csv file, via the flat file connection manager within SSIS. My issue is that one of the fields in my table contains "," (commas), so when the file is created it creates new columns in the csv file because the field is "," comma delimited on the column. Is there anyway to get round this without having to get rid of commas in my table (which I've tried and works)?
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Question pls. I have an MS SQL local package where it exports data from SQL table to Excel file. My question is, how can erase all the records in my excel file before i export the new data from SQL table?
What i want is to delete the rows in the destination file before inserting new records.
Thanks a lot.
I writing the data from sql table to flat file destination. I want to insert the record count in the first line of the destination file.
Record count must preceed 00.EX . Writing 4500 records from database should show 004500 in the first line of flat file.
I have an execute task to store the count in a variable now.
I need to be able to export a data file as flat file (.txt) with fixed columns for use by Mainframe.
I will be uploaded this file using the Windows File Share Option
Render Format does not have .txt, but does have a data feed option. So I will try that.
But, I do not see an option for fixed column width.
Hi
I'm using SSIS to export views & tables in SQL 2005 to csv files. My problem is that when I select that I want to use " as a text qualifier, it also uses them to surround non-text fields such as time/date and integer fields.
In SQL 2000 I used DTS packages and they handled the data without any issues.
Can anyone help?
Ta
Phil
Hello friends....
I am looking for 2 things(using c#.net or vb.net and sql svr 2000)
1.convert data from sql server 2000 database (say customers table from northwinds database) to a text file(separated by commas or just plain space)
2.Insert the data from text file back to database.
Can someone pls give me the detailed code to achieve this....really need this on urgent basis.......Thank You.
The ERP manufacturer used an image data type to store large text data fields. I am trying to move these data types from one database to another database using either Sql Queries or MS Access. I can cast them as an 8000 char varchar to read them directly but have no luck importing into these image data fields.
Access and Crystal are not able to read these fields directly.
Any suggestions? Most information about these fields has to do with loading files but I am just moving data.
Thanks,
Ray
Hello!! searching information about how to migrate some date from an old data base (any tipe) from SQL I´v found this:
LOAD DATA [LOW_PRIORITY | CONCURRENT] [LOCAL] INFILE 'file_name.txt'
[REPLACE | IGNORE]
INTO TABLE tbl_name
[FIELDS
[TERMINATED BY 'string']
[[OPTIONALLY] ENCLOSED BY 'char']
[ESCAPED BY 'char' ]
]
[LINES
[STARTING BY 'string']
[TERMINATED BY 'string']
]
[IGNORE number LINES]
[(col_name_or_user_var,...)]
[SET col_name = expr,...)]
Does anybody know how does it works and how to use it????I´d like to know because I have to load data from a text file to a SQL Data Base and this seems to be te fastest an easiest way to do it...Thanks!!!!bye!
Hey All,
I am developing a data acquistion system which monitors the amount of energy that a user consumes in different parts of a house and displays the information in real time on their computer screen. I am collecting the data through tranducers attached to the circuit breakers in the breaker box and sending the data to analog-to-digital converter channels in a MCU. I am retrieving the data from the serial port and storing it to a text file. Each line of data in the text file represents three fields which are separated by commas. I will be reading data from multiple data collection boxes so the first field is the unit number, the second fied represents the analog-to-digital converter channel number from each unit, and the third field is the data that is collected from the ATD channel. I am trying to use SSE to retrieve the data from the text file, and parse each line of data into individual columns in a databse. Then I want to be able to extract the data associated with a particular ATD channel number from the databse and display it in the appropriate text field on a windows form.
I've got the MCU programmed. I have no problem collecting the data from the serial port, and I can do the visual basic programming okay. I have absolutely no clue how to read the data into the database, continuosly read new values into the databse, and then access the stored data to update the text fields on the form. Please help if you can, I've been working on this specific problem for a couple of weeks and I'm not making any progress. Thanks.
Hey All,
I am developing a data acquistion system which monitors the amount of energy that a user consumes in different parts of a house and displays the information in real time on their computer screen. I am collecting the data through tranducers attached to the circuit breakers in the breaker box and sending the data to analog-to-digital converter channels in a MCU. I am retrieving the data from the serial port and storing it to a text file. Each line of data in the text file represents three fields which are separated by commas. I will be reading data from multiple data collection boxes so the first field is the unit number, the second fied represents the analog-to-digital converter channel number from each unit, and the third field is the data that is collected from the ATD channel. I am trying to use SSE to retrieve the data from the text file, and parse each line of data into individual columns in a databse. Then I want to be able to extract the data associated with a particular ATD channel number from the databse and display it in the appropriate text field on a windows form.
I've got the MCU programmed. I have no problem collecting the data from the serial port, and I can do the visual basic programming okay. I have absolutely no clue how to read the data into the database, continuosly read new values into the databse, and then access the stored data to update the text fields on the form. Please help if you can, I've been working on this specific problem for a couple of weeks and I'm not making any progress. Thanks.
If this is the wrong place for this question, would someone please tell me so. I am new to SQL Server and still feeling out resources. I have a few books on SQL Server but none cover this question.
I have a text file of dates and numbers that I want to insert into a table. There are way too many rows of data in the file to do this by hand.
Question == How can I essentially insert the text file into my table?
Thank you,
Doug
How to export data in text file using sql server 2008 job.
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I usually use mysql with a program called navicat, and all you do is right click on the table and select dump... Inserting the data back in is just as simple. I have also used sql server 2000 awhile back and I know there was a dumping utility for it.
Can someone point me in the right direction on how to dump data to a .sql file and reinsert that data? Thanks!
Hi all,
I am new to ssis. I try to create a package completely by vb.net to export a table in sql server to text file. i got the following error while i run the package,
An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft OLE DB Provider for ODBC Drivers"
Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "[Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager]
Data source name not found and no default driver specified".
The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "OLEDBSrc"
failed with error code 0xC0202009.
component "OLE DB Source" (1) failed validation and returned error code 0xC020801C.
One or more component failed validation.
There were errors during task validation.
i have posted my code below,
Dim pkg As New Package
Dim OLEDBConMgr As ConnectionManager
Dim FileConMgr As ConnectionManager
Dim SrcComponent As IDTSComponentMetaData90
Dim SrcInstance As CManagedComponentWrapper
Dim DesComponent As IDTSComponentMetaData90
Dim DesInstance As CManagedComponentWrapper
pkg.PackageType = DTSPackageType.DTSDesigner90
Dim e As Executable = pkg.Executables.Add("DTS.Pipeline.1")
Dim thMainPipe As TaskHost = e 'as Task Host
Dim DataFlowTask As MainPipe = thMainPipe.InnerObject 'as MainPipe
'---------------OLEDB Connection Manager
OLEDBConMgr = pkg.Connections.Add("OLEDB")
OLEDBConMgr.ConnectionString = "Data Source=srcServerName;Initial Catalog=srcDBName;Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Integrated Security=SSPI;Persist Security Info=False;Auto Translate=False;"
OLEDBConMgr.Name = "OLEDBSrc"
OLEDBConMgr.Description = "OLEDB Connection to flightinfo database"
'---------------FlatFile Connection Manager
FileConMgr = pkg.Connections.Add("FLATFILE")
FileConMgr.ConnectionString = "//FilePath"
FileConMgr.Name = "FLATFILE"
FileConMgr.Description = "Flat File Connection to the file"
FileConMgr.Properties("DataRowsToSkip").SetValue(FileConMgr, 0)
FileConMgr.Properties("Format").SetValue(FileConMgr, "Delimited")
FileConMgr.Properties("ColumnNamesInFirstDataRow").SetValue(FileConMgr, False)
FileConMgr.Properties("Unicode").SetValue(FileConMgr, False)
FileConMgr.Properties("RowDelimiter").SetValue(FileConMgr, vbCrLf)
FileConMgr.Properties("TextQualifier").SetValue(FileConMgr, "<none>")
FileConMgr.Properties("HeaderRowsToSkip").SetValue(FileConMgr, 0)
FileConMgr.Properties("HeaderRowDelimiter").SetValue(FileConMgr, vbCrLf)
FileConMgr.Properties("CodePage").SetValue(FileConMgr, 1252)
'Create Source Component
SrcComponent = DataFlowTask.ComponentMetaDataCollection.[New]
SrcComponent.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.OLEDBSource"
SrcComponent.Name = "OLEDB"
'Get the Design time instance of the component
SrcInstance = SrcComponent.Instantiate
'Initialize the component
SrcInstance.ProvideComponentProperties()
'Specify the Connection Manager
If SrcComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection.Count > 0 Then
SrcComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection(0).ConnectionManagerID = OLEDBConMgr.ID
SrcComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection(0).ConnectionManager = DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(OLEDBConMgr)
End If
'Set the Custom Properties
SrcInstance.SetComponentProperty("AccessMode", 0)
SrcInstance.SetComponentProperty("OpenRowset", "[dbo].[srcTableName]")
'ReInitialize the metadata
'SrcInstance.AcquireConnections(Nothing)
'SrcInstance.ReinitializeMetaData()
'SrcInstance.ReleaseConnections()
'Create Destination Component
DesComponent = DataFlowTask.ComponentMetaDataCollection.[New]
DesComponent.ComponentClassID = "DTSAdapter.FlatFileDestination"
DesComponent.Name = "FLATFILE"
'Get the Design time instance of the component
DesInstance = DesComponent.Instantiate
'Initialize the component
DesInstance.ProvideComponentProperties()
'Specify the Connection Manager
If DesComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection.Count > 0 Then
DesComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection(0).ConnectionManagerID = FileConMgr.ID
DesComponent.RuntimeConnectionCollection(0).ConnectionManager = DtsConvert.ToConnectionManager90(FileConMgr)
End If
'ReInitialize the metadata
'DesInstance.AcquireConnections(Nothing)
'DesInstance.ReinitializeMetaData()
'DesInstance.ReleaseConnections()
Dim path As IDTSPath90 = DataFlowTask.PathCollection.[New]
path.AttachPathAndPropagateNotifications(SrcComponent.OutputCollection(0), DesComponent.InputCollection(0))
' Get the destination's default input and virtual input.
Dim input As IDTSInput90 = DesComponent.InputCollection(0)
Dim vInput As IDTSVirtualInput90
vInput = input.GetVirtualInput()
'Iterate through the virtual column collection.
Dim vColumn As IDTSVirtualInputColumn90
' Iterate through the virtual input column collection.
For Each vColumn In vInput.VirtualInputColumnCollection
' Call the SetUsageType method of the destination
' to add each available virtual input column as an input column.
DesInstance.SetUsageType(input.ID, vInput, vColumn.LineageID, DTSUsageType.UT_READONLY)
Next
' Verify that the columns have been added to the input.
For Each inputColumn As IDTSInputColumn90 In DesComponent.InputCollection(0).InputColumnCollection
MsgBox(inputColumn.Name)
Next
Dim pkgResult As DTSExecResult
pkgResult = pkg.Execute
Is there anybody know it? plz help me.
regards,
sivani
I have text output files which are semi-structured.(Headers + irregular length tables below)
Is there a simple method of getting them into sql format(line by line) to try and extract data from them?
I know this won't be easy but its been worrying me for a long time. I have a method of importing the data into excel, but although difficult, it must be possible to get a system to get it into sql server. This must be a fairly common issue.
John
I have some fields in text file that I want to use in a SQL Task. What is the best way to read these fields and then plug them into the SQL Task?
Thanks
Aref