Hi there, I'm trying to import a cobol file (.dat) which has a line feed as the row delimiter. Using the TransactSQL Bulk Insert with a row terminator of '
' is not working for me. Does anyone know the equivilant row terminator of a LF? (Using the Import Export wizard I supply a {LF} and it likes that fine). I would like to use the Bulk Insert Statement for more control of the data. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Hello all,I have a multiple text files with an odd row terminator. If you were toexamine it in VB it would be like a "CrCrLf" instead of just "CrLf". InHEX it is DDA instead of just DA. When I am trying to import into mytable using BULK INSERT I use "" as the row terminator but that isputting the the previous character into the column and then it signalsa carriage return when I attempt to query the data.Any suggestions on what I should use as the row terminator? Is itpossible to tell BULK INSERT to use something like "CHAR(10)"?"" does NOT work.Thanks in advance.
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I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is.
In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in.
I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
Thanks,
Shab
I have a CSV file that I am trying to bulk load into a temp table. The data in the file is all jumbled together, as in, there does not appear to be a row terminator. However, I do see a bunch of little rectangular boxes that I assume are the row terminators.
When I run the bulk insert, the data is treated as one string. For example... If I have 10 columns in the table, the 10 columns will be populated, but the remainder of the data is dumped into the last column.
Here are the row terminators I have used so far that haven't worked.
,
,
,
, CRLF,
Hi All,
I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is.
In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in.
I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
Thanks,
Shab
Hi,
I have a data file which consists of data as below,
4
PPU_FFA7485E0D||
T_GLR_DET_11||
While iam inserting into table using bulk insert, this pipe(||) is also getting inserted into the table,
here is my query iam using to insert the data using bulk insert.
BULK INSERT TABLE_NAME FROM FILE_PATH
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ''||'''+',KEEPNULLS,FIRSTROW=2,ROWTERMINATOR = '''')
Can any one help on this.
Thanks,
-Badri
Hello,
I'm just learning SSIS and I've hit my first bump. I am doing a bulk import from a tab delimited text file to an empty sql table that has a Idendity column defined. How do I tell the bulk insert task to skip that column when inserting from the text file. If I remove the identity column it imports the data fine, but I want to create the indentity column in the table too.
Thanks.
Does anyone know how to do a bulk insert using just the script task? I've been searching everyehere but can't seem to find a sample.
Im having some issues with bulk insert.
This is the table:
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[tmp_GA_status](
[GA_recno] [int] NOT NULL,
[GA_desc] [varchar](40) NULL
)
This is the file (unicode):
1|"test1"
2|"test2"
3|"test3"
4|"test4"
5|"test5"
6|"test6"
7|"test7"
8|"test8"
and this is the sql:
bulk insert tmp_GA_status from 'C: empTextDumpGA_status.dta'
with (CODEPAGE='RAW', FIELDTERMINATOR='|', ROWTERMINATOR='
', DATAFILETYPE='widechar')
so yeah, pretty simple. But whatever I do I get this;
Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 1, column 2 (GA_desc).
So what am I doing wrong ?
I have to update a field within a table of 60 records or so. Each record has a different field value. it's type varchar. i was given an excel file with the field values and was thinking of a bulk update like bulk insert, but i don't recall that it's possible that way.
Is the only way to create a table, bulk insert, then merge the two tables together with UPDATE?
Just wanted to see if there was an easier way to do it, otherwise i'll take the latter route. Thanks!
Hi, folks:
View 18 Replies View RelatedI have a table containing 8 million records.
I need to replace 2 million of these records with
a scaled down query that goes something like:
SELECT 1, ShareholderID, Assets1
FROM MyTable (Yields appx. 200,000 recods)
SELECT 2, ShareholderID, Assets2
FROM MyTable (Yields appx. 200,000 recods)
.
.
.
SELECT 10, ShareholderID, Assets1 + Assest2 + Assets3 + ... + Assets9
FROM MyTable (Yields appx. 200,000 recods)
Updates and cursors just seem to be too slow.
So far I have done the following, but was wondering if anyone could think of a better way.
SELECT 6 million records that don't need to be deleted into a #TempTable
Use statements above to select into same #TempTable
DROP and recreate Original Table
SELECT 6 + 2 million records INTO original table.
This seems rather convoluted. Is there a better approach? Would it be worth while to dump data to a file and use bcp / Bulk Insert
Any comments are appreciated,
-Marc
I receive the following error message when I try to use the Bulk Insert Task to load BCP data into a table:
Error: 0xC002F304 at Bulk Insert Task, Bulk Insert Task: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 4. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.Bulk load data conversion error (overflow) for row 1, column 1 (rowno).".
Task failed: Bulk Insert Task
In SSMS I am able to issue the following command and the data loads into a TableName table with no error messages:
BULK INSERT TableName
FROM 'C:DataDbTableName.bcp'
WITH (DATAFILETYPE='widenative');
What configuration is required for the Bulk Insert Task in SSIS to make the data load? BTW - the TableName.bcp file is bulk copy file as bcp widenative data type. The properties of the Bulk Insert Task are the following:
DataFileType: DTSBulkInsert_DataFileType_WideNative
RowTerminator: {CR}{LF}
Any help getting the bcp file to load would be appreciated. Let me know if you require any other information, thanks for all your help.
Paul
I'm trying to use Bulk insert for the first time and getting the following error. I think it might have something to do with my Format File and from the error msg there's a conversion error for the first column. In my database the Field is nvarchar(6) so my best guess is to use SQLNChar for the first column. I've checked the end of each line is CR LF therefore the is correct for line 7 right?
Msg 4863, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 1 (ASXCode).
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.
Msg 7330, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot fetch a row from OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
BULK
INSERTtbl_ASX_Data_temp
FROM
'M:DataASXImportTest.txt'
WITH
(FORMATFILE='M:DataASXSQLFormatImport.Fmt')
[code]...
Hi~,
Before implementing memory based bulk copy insert with IRowsetFastLoad interface of SQL Server 2005 OLE DB provider, I want to know some considerations.
- performance : compared with T-SQL's "BULK INSERT ..." and bcp utility
- SQL Server's resource usage : when running memory based bulk copy, server resource's influence
- server side action(behavior) : when server is busy, delayed-update means IRowsetFastLoad::Commit(true) method can insert right after?
- row-count : The rowcount limitation can be inserted by IRowsetFastLoad::InsertRow() method before IRowsetFastLoad::Commit
- any other guide lines
I have a web form with a text field that needs to take in as much as the user decides to type and insert it into an nvarchar(max) field in the database behind. I've tried using the new .write() method in my update statement, but it cuts off the text after a while. Is there a way to insert/update in SQL 2005 this without resorting to Bulk Insert? It bloats the transaction log and turning the logging off requires a call to sp_dboptions (or a straight-up ALTER DATABASE), which I'd like to avoid if I can.
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Hi,
i have a file which consists data as below,
3
123||
456||
789||
Iam reading file using bulk insert and iam inserting these phone numbers into table having one column as below.
BULK INSERT TABLE_NAME FROM 'FILE_PATH'
WITH (KEEPNULLS,FIRSTROW=2,ROWTERMINATOR = '||')
but i want to insert the data into table having two columns. if iam trying to insert the data into table having two columns its not inserting.
can anyone help me how to do this?
Thanks,
-Badri
In case of a bulk insert, the “FOR INSERT� trigger fires for each recod or only once?
Thanks,
Hello,
I am wondering is the Transaction Log logged differently between BULK INSERT vs INSERT? Performance speaking, which operations is generally faster given the same amout of data inserted.
Sincerely,
-Lawrence
Hi~, I have 3 questions about memory based bulk copy.
1. What is the limitation count of IRowsetFastLoad::InsertRow() method before IRowsetFastLoad::Commit(true)?
For example, how much insert row at below sample?(the max value of nCount)
for(i=0 ; i<nCount ; i++)
{
pIFastLoad->InsertRow(hAccessor, (void*)(&BulkData));
}
2. In above code sample, isn't there method of inserting prepared array at once directly(BulkData array, not for loop)
3. In OLE DB memory based bulk copy, what is the equivalent of below's T-SQL bulk copy option ?
BULK INSERT database_name.schema_name.table_name FROM 'data_file' WITH (ROWS_PER_BATCH = rows_per_batch, TABLOCK);
-------------------------------------------------------
My solution is like this. Is it correct?
// CoCreateInstance(...);
// Data source
// Create session
m_TableID.uName.pwszName = m_wszTableName;
m_TableID.eKind = DBKIND_NAME;
DBPROP rgProps[1];
DBPROPSET PropSet[1];
rgProps[0].dwOptions = DBPROPOPTIONS_REQUIRED;
rgProps[0].colid = DB_NULLID;
rgProps[0].vValue.vt = VT_BSTR;
rgProps[0].dwPropertyID = SSPROP_FASTLOADOPTIONS;
rgProps[0].vValue.bstrVal = L"ROWS_PER_BATCH = 10000,TABLOCK";
PropSet[0].rgProperties = rgProps;
PropSet[0].cProperties = 1;
PropSet[0].guidPropertySet = DBPROPSET_SQLSERVERROWSET;
if(m_pIOpenRowset)
{
if(FAILED(m_pIOpenRowset->OpenRowset(NULL,&m_TableID,NULL,IID_IRowsetFastLoad,1,PropSet,(LPUNKNOWN*)&m_pIRowsetFastLoad)))
{
return FALSE;
}
}
else
{
return FALSE;
}
I have two SSIS packages that import from the same flat file into the same SQL 2005 table. I have one flat file connection (to a comma delimited file) and one OLE DB connection (to a SQL 2005 Database). Both packages use these same two Connection Managers. The SQL table allows NULL values for all fields. The flat file has "empty values" (i.e., ,"", ) for certain columns.
The first package uses the Data Flow Task with the "Keep nulls" property of the OLE DB Destination Editor unchecked. The columns in the source and destination are identically named thus the mapping is automatically assigned and is mapped based on ordinal position (which is equivalent to the mapping using Bulk Insert). When this task is executed no null values are inserted into the SQL table for the "empty values" from the flat file. Empty string values are inserted instead of NULL.
The second package uses the Bulk Insert Task with the "KeepNulls" property for the task (shown in the Properties pane when the task in selected in the Control Flow window) set to "False". When the task is executed NULL values are inserted into the SQL table for the "empty values" from the flat file.
So using the Data Flow Task " " (i.e., blank) is inserted. Using the Bulk Insert Task NULL is inserted (i.e., nothing is inserted, the field is skipped, the value for the record is omitted).
I want to have the exact same behavior on my data in the Bulk Insert Task as I do with the Data Flow Task.
Using the Bulk Insert Task, what must I do to have the Empty String values inserted into the SQL table where there is an "empty value" in the flat file? Why & how does this occur automatically in the Data Flow Task?
From a SQL Profile Trace comparison of the two methods I do not see where the syntax of the insert command nor the statements for the preceeding captured steps has dictated this change in the behavior of the inserted "" value for the recordset. Please help me understand what is going on here and how to accomplish this using the Bulk Insert Task.
I don't understand why the row terminator isn't working? Please give insights in to following error message.
The data file looks like this -- data.txt
01/31/07þ005002892Aþ891007967Bþ066106þJACKS DRAW UNIT 5 FT UNþ04þ01þAG01þ11/30/06þ570.96þ710.27þ1.244þ4241.04þ71.37þ530.13þEþ14094528
BULK INSERT WEXPRO_RMS_DATA.dbo.RMS_DATA
FROM 'C:MikeMAIN_DATABASESRMS_DATA.txt'
WITH
(
CHECK_CONSTRAINTS,
DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
FIELDTERMINATOR = 'þ',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO
The Error I'm getting is as follows --
Msg 4866, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_InsertData, Line 5
The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 17. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
Greetings
I'm trying to use the BULK INSERT command in SQL Server 2005 to import a file with a column delimiter of ASCII 01 and a row delimiter of ASCII 02. Here's the command I am using:
BULK INSERT dbo.TEST
FROM 'C: est.txt'
,FORMATFILE='C: est.xml');
WIth this format file:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="" MAX_LENGTH="7" />
<FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="" MAX_LENGTH="32" />
<FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="" MAX_LENGTH="1" />
<FIELD ID="4" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="" MAX_LENGTH="1024"/>
</RECORD>
<ROW>
<COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="D_ID" xsi:type="SQLCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="TYPE" xsi:type="SQLCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="TCODE" xsi:type="SQLCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="5" NAME="TEXT" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
</ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>
This is a valid XML file from a syntax standpoint, but when you run the command you get:
Msg 9420, Level 16, State 48, Line 2
XML parsing: line 5, character 53, illegal xml character
Tried absolutely everything I could think of to no avail.
I don't understand why the row terminator isn't working? Please give insights in to following error message.
The data file looks like this -- data.txt
01/31/07þ005002892Aþ891007967Bþ066106þJACKS DRAW UNIT 5 FT UNþ04þ01þAG01þ11/30/06þ570.96þ710.27þ1.244þ4241.04þ71.37þ530.13þEþ14094528
BULK INSERT WEXPRO_RMS_DATA.dbo.RMS_DATA
FROM 'C:MikeMAIN_DATABASESRMS_DATA.txt'
WITH
(
CHECK_CONSTRAINTS,
DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
FIELDTERMINATOR = 'þ',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO
The Error I'm getting is as follows --
Msg 4866, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_InsertData, Line 5
The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 17. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
Using the DTS wizard in SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager, a DTS Package can be saved as a Visual Basic file. If a row terminates with a {CR}{LF}, the appropriate .ConnectionProperties("Row Delimiter") = vbCrLf is included on or around the third line of the package connection information for the text file.
I have two different files that I cannot import using the saved VB file. One is a .txt file with a carriage return {CR} as a row terminator. This imports fine using DTS but not from VB. The row delimiter is omitted when the package is saved. I have tried adding the connection properties using vbCr, {CR}, and CHR(13) as the row delimiters, but none of these will import the file from VB.
The other file, and the solution for this file can be used for the previous file, is a .dat file exported from SAP (I do not have access to pull the data directly from the Oracle servers into SQL). If the file is opened in a text editor, it contains no row terminator. DTS allows me to specify where the row ends and imports the file, but, once again, this property is omitted when the package is saved as a Visual Basic file. Unable to find a list of possible .ConnectionProperties, I have tried "Row Length", "Row Width", and every other possibility I could think of, but the file will not import. The records are 429 characters in length.
Any suggestions?
I've run a process that extracts data from a SQL Server 2005 DB and outputs the data into a pipe delimited .txt file. After the file has been created I'm trying to insert the data into tables. The insert is failing because of some type of rowterminator character that is appearing at the end of each row. Has this happened to anyone else? How do I get rid of that 'rowterminator' character? By the way, in textpad the character looks like the page return character, something like a backwards P. In notepad it appears as a 0.
Update - the row terminator is coming across as an ANSI character. How can this be passed as a bulk insert parameter??
hi friends i am trying for bulk insert using SQL server 2000using this codebulk insert xyzfrom 'D:authors.txt'WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ',') but it gve me error saying thatCould not bulk insert because file 'D:authors.txt' could not be opened. Operating system error code 21(error not found). i check file securityit has given full control to the file can any one give me idea about Operating System error code 21(error not found) thanks
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi,I've a SP that insert records in one table and then call another insert SP on a second table. The first table is like a master table and the second is like a child table. After inserting the right record in the master table, I've to insert some record in the child table. This records differ each other only by two of about ten field, so what I'd want is not to call the second SP X times, but only one time.. Is it possible??ExampleTable1: Id (identity), Desc;Table2: Id (identity), Id_table1, Id_TableX, Num, Field1, Field2, ... Field10.In Table2 only Id_TableX and Num change every time... the other are all the same (for one record in Table1). How can I do? Probably with a bulk insert and a bulk update?? But, can I make a bulk xxx without a file??
View 3 Replies View Relatedhi friends i am using bulk insert cmd using my table name but i am facing error.....SO
IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE BULK INSERT WITH TEMPRARY TABLE VARIABLE
PLZ HELP ME
How can I do a bulk insert without the transaction being logged?
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I want to move data from a text file to a SQL table. After DTS creates the table, does it use Bulk Insert to copy the data from the file to the table, or BCP?
Thanks,
Judith
I am trying to do a bulk insert from a data file into a linked access database. When I run the query I get the error message:
'Server: Msg 4801, Level 16, State 81, Line 1
Bulk_main: The opentable system function on BULK INSERT table failed.
Not sure what the problem is because BOL just says to check Microsoft.com for updated error message information. However, when I went to the site there was no updated information. Has anyone else seen this error? If so, have you figured out the problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Jim
Hi,
Which is a faster method -- bulk insert or BCP
And I assume DTS has no problem handling either one? The input files are between 400 meg and 1 gig.
Thanks,
Judith