How to convert a SQL table into Text file? I have a table and I want to extract the values with the field names above to a text file. The query should also allow me to define the starting position of the fields in the text file.
email: vijay.prasad@in.ibm.com
I am using DTS to import text to a table. This mostly works except for the 'DateTime' datatype where I always run into either 'Arithmetic overflow' or 'Unable to convert varchar to DateTime format.' I can convert same data without incident in Access.
Has anyone run into this problem?
My client will be receiving a .dbf file which needs to be uploadedinto a sql server database table (as an append) every week. They areNOT computer savvy and I would like to automate this process ratherthan go into enterprise manager and run data transformation.Is there any way to write a batch file or a set of command lines whichwill do this?Thanks.Monica
View 3 Replies View RelatedFirst, a couple of important bits of information. Until last week, I had never touched SISS, and therefore, I know very little about it. I just never had the need to use it...until now. I was able to convert my first 3 flat files to SQL2005 tables by right clicking on "SISS Package" and choosing "SISS Import and Export Wizard". That is the extent of my knowledge! So please, please, please be patient with me and be as descriptive as possible.
I thought I could attach some sample files to this post, but it doesn't look like I can. I'll just paste the information below in two separate code boxes. The first code box is the flat file specifications and the second one is a sample single line flat file similar to what I'm dealing with (the real flat file is over 2 gigs).
My questions are below the sample files.
Code Snippet
Record Length 400
Positions Length FieldName
Record Type 01
1,2 L=2 Record Type (Always "01")
3,12 L=10 Site Name
13,19 L=7 Account Number
20,29 L=10 Sub Account
30,35 L=6 Balance
36,37 L=1 Active
37,41 L=5 Filler
Record Type 02
1,2 L=2 Record Type (Always "02")
3,4 L=2 State
5,30 L=26 Address
31,41 L=11 Filler
Record Type 03
1,2 L=2 Record Type (Always "03")
3,6 L=4 Coder
7,20 L=14 Locator ID
21,22 L=2 Age
23,41 L=19 Filler
Record Type 04
1,2 L=2 Record Type (Always "04")
3,9 L=7 Process
10,19 L=10 Client
20,26 L=6 DOB
26,41 L=16 Filler
Record Type 05
1,2 L=2 Record Type (Always "05")
3,16 L=14 Guarantor
17,22 L=6 Guar Account
23,23 L=1 Active Guar
**There can be multiple 05 records, one for each Guarantor on the account**
and the single line flat file...
Code Snippet
01Site1 12345 0000098765 Y 02NY1155 12th Street 03ELL 0522071678 29 04TestingSmith,Paul071678 05Smith, Jane 445978N 05Smith, Julie 445989N 05Smith, Jenny 445915N 01Site2 12346 0000098766 N 02MN615 Woodland Ct 04InfoJones,Chris 012001 01Site3 12347 0000098767 Y 02IN89 Jade Street 03OWB 6429051282 25 04Screen New,Katie 879500
As you can see, each entry could have any number of records and multiples of some of the record types, with one exception, every entry must have a "01" record and can only have one "01" record. Oh, and each record has a length of 400.
I need to get this information into a SQL 2005 database so I can create a front end for accessing the data. Originally, I wanted one line for each account and have null values listed for entries that don't have a specific record. Now that I've looked at the data again, that doesn't look like a good idea. I think a better way to do it would be to create 5 different tables, one for each record type. However, records 2 through 5 don't have anything I can make a primary key. So here are my questions...
Is it possible to make 5 tables from this one file, one table for each of the record types?
If so, can I copy the Account number in record 01, position 13-19 in each of the subsequent record types (that way I could link the tables as needed)?
Can this be done using the SISS Import and Export Wizard to create the package? If not, I'm going to need some very basic step by step instructions on how to create the package.
Is SISS the best way to do this conversion or is there another program that would be better to use?
I know this is a huge question and I appreciate the help of anyone who boldly decides to help me! Thank you in advance and I welcome anyone's suggestions!
Hello,
I have an access database (access 95 Version7)dumping a delimited text file onto my server. I am then using DTS in SQL 2000 to import the file into a table.
My issue is that each time the DTS runs, it imports the whole text file each time, this is causing duplicate records.
So I created a transformation script as follows :
Function Main()
If DTSSource("counter") <= DTSDestination("counter") Then
Main = DTSTransformStat_SkipRow
Else
DTSDestination("counter") = DTSSource("counter")
DTSDestination("serialdata") = DTSSource("serialdata")
DTSDestination("serialdata1") = DTSSource("serialdata1")
DTSDestination("date") = DTSSource("date")
DTSDestination("time") = DTSSource("time")
Main = DTSTransformStat_OK
End If
End Function
The theory behind the If statement, is if it sees that the counter field is less than or equal to what is there, it will skip the record and move forward. For some reason this is not working.
Does anyone have a workaround or another solution to this problem
I have portions of data coming in as text files containing new records and updates of existing records. The solution I've figured out till yet is to import a portion of data into some intermediate table and then run a stored procedure to migrate the data into the real table.
Any ideas how to do this in a more efficient way?
Thanks in advance,
Asnate
I am familiar with the MySQL Load Data command to load an external ascii file into a database table, but am having trouble finding a T-Sql command that is equivalent without creating an executable...any help would be appreciated...
View 1 Replies View RelatedAnbody please help
I am trying to export a text file to a table using enterprise manager
and all tasks
But the process keeps adding strange charater like squares at the end
of each line and also replaces each empty line in the text file with a record in the table with that square type character. I used the following code to delete all rows with that character (as a work around) but no joy. I am losing hope.
Code is
DELETE FROM table1
WHERE column1 = ' '
Hello:
I want to copy one table not whole database to text file. How to do it? Using DTS could not allow me to select the specific table.
Thanks,
Snow:rolleyes:
I do have a comma separated text file.
"firstname","lastname","ssn","dob"
"firstname1","lastname1","ssn1","dob1"
The text file can have 50000 records. What is the best way to upload the file into a table. The table structure looks like:
Table1:
Fname varchar(50)
lname varchar(50)
ssn varchar(50)
dob varchar(50)
Any thoughts???
Is there an example anywhere of how to output selected fields in a sql table to a text file with fixed length fields. ie pad data out to required length.
View 2 Replies View Related1 4/19/06 abc3100UD:Dcod25-uss1 PAGE 1
REPORT ON xxxx cs PREVIOUS DAY
-
PREV REP
LOAN # BORROWER STAT STAT APP DATE INITIAL ORD DT LOANAMT CLIENTNAME
0 0123454681 xxxx, xxxxxxxxxx 10 9 06/04/05 abc 060418 $310,000.00 ABC temp plus
1 $310,000.00
0523468431 xxxxx, xxxxx xx 14 13 06/04/04 efg 060418 $127,120.00 cAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC
1 $127,120.00
0542616443 xxxxx, xxxx xxxxxx 14 13 05/12/01 hij 060418 $200,000.00 fRIENDS CLUB
1 $200,000.00
0516545461 xxxxx, xxxxxxxx x 205 204 06/03/02 klm 060418 $283,992.00 MICROTECH TECHNOLOGY
0135554455 xxxxx, xxxxx xx 115 114 06/04/04 060418 $230,000.00 ABC TEMP PLUS
2 $513,992.00
0151981313 xxxxxxxx, xxxx xxxxxx 205 204 06/04/05 nop 060418 $80,000.00 INTERNAL REFERRAL
1 $80,000.00
0111111111 xxxxx, xxxxx 115 114 06/03/05 qrs 060418 $86,800.00 gMA INC
0222222222 xxxx, xxxxxxxxxx 115 114 06/04/03 060418 $156,720.00 INTERNAL
0333333333 xxxxx, xxxxxx 205 204 06/04/03 060418 $156,720.00 HOME
3 $400,240.00
TOTAL 9 $8,005,672.00
1 abc351Uab:cod5K-SUM
-
5a
INITIAL COUNT
0 ABC 1
EFG 1
HIJ 1
KLM 2
NOP 1
QRS 3
How can I load the above txt file into a table with following schema?
Loan(BorrowerName, Loan#)
All I need is the borrower name which are xxxxx, xxxx and loan numbers.
Hello
I am writing program in VC++ through SQl-DMO calls.My problem is when i when i tranfer(import) a text file(comma seperated) into SQl server through a SQl-DMO method called ImportData which is a method of Bulk copy object.Its is not able to convert the data field in the text file to corresponding value datetime in SQl server whereas other data types are working perfectly.
This is the record i need to convert:
90,MichaelB,Wintriss,Inspection,Paper,11,Job101,1, {ts '2000-12-10 15:54:56.000'},D:public233 and 247233.mcs,
and this is the date field
{ts '2000-12-10 15:54:56.000'}
Whereas if i export a table in SQl server in Binary mode and then import the file back it works but when do it as text it gives the above error
Pls help me in this i would be very thankful to you.
Note: I am using SQL Server 7.0 version
Regards
Jitender Singh
I need to export data from a table to a text file, where the data in the table is deleted after written to the file. It is simple using DTS, but I want to do the export in "chunks" of data, committing the delete say after every 1000 rows.
My thought was a stored procedure would be easy enough to do this (done these in Oracle many times), but I don't know the quickest way to export a row of data from a stored procedure to a text file. Isn't using a command-line shell too slow? What are my options?
I have an assignment and need to dosomething that should be simple, basically output the contents of a table to a text file.
I have been trying this syntax:
bcp "dbo.items_with_constraints_tbl" out "J:items.txt" -c
But I keep on getting this error message:
Server: Msg 179, Level 15, State 1, Line 1
Cannot use the OUTPUT option when passing a constant to a stored procedure.
I am completely lost!! :confused:
Can anyone help me please?
Hello everyone:
I create a temperal table to load data in a stored procedure. At last I want to export this temp table to a text file.
Any suggestion will be great appreciated.
ZYT
Hey guys,
I have a dilemma and hope someone can help.
I don't know of any utilities or commands in SQL that do this but I hope someone does.
What I need to do is something like a bcp import a text file in. I can do that with DTS as well. But what I wanted to do is create a table on the import. So lets say, I am importing a tab-delimited file with column names as the first row that is called ax.txt. On import, it would create the table ax with the column names in the file and then import the data into that table.
I hope I explained it clearly. Please let me know if there is anything I can use to do this without writing lots of code.
I have an idea how to do it the long way but hope there is a utility that already does it.
Thanks in advance.
Hi. my websever mysql manager allows to Insert data from a text file into the table.
currently i have a table with the following fields.
email name country
so i wanto insers data from a text file into this table.
so my question is : how the text file format should be prepared.
i.e. the first record would be > xxxx@yahoo.com john us
hi
I am very very new to sql server 2005.I want to create SSIS package for my text file to transfer in table.How i do this and where i will get that SSIS package (like in sql server 2000 we get that in EM under DTS) and how do i schedule these packages.
Please guide me.
Thanks
How do i use sqlcmd to export the rows in a table to a comma-delimited text file?
Thanks,
Sean
Dear MSSQL- experts,I have a strange problem with SQLSERVER 2000.I tried to export a table of about 40000 lines into a text file usingthe Enterprise managerexport assitant. I was astonished to get an exported text file of about400 MB instead 16 MB which is the normal size of that data.By examining this file with a text editor I found that the fileincluded alongside the data of my table MANY zeros which caused the bigfile size.Does someone of you have an idea what could cause the export oftrillions zeros into my textfile and how to only export the significantdata of my table ?Best regards,Daniel
View 3 Replies View RelatedHi Guys,
What approach should I use to copy content of a text file.
Example of the text file's content:
Date, "20060101"
ST_Code, "101"
A_Code, P_Code, T_Code, amount, price
"0001", "1111", "0101", 550, 230
"0002", "1111", "0102", 345, 122
"2001", 0212", 0930", 410, 90
In the example above, I just want to copy the rows Date, "20060101" and ST_Code, "101" into a table.
Regards,
Lars
Hi,
Could you help me to write a script to import a CSV delimited text file into a sql server table.?
Thanks,
carlos
Greetings all!
I am a relative newbie to SQL but I've written many queries for vb.net/.net code...I'm not an absolute beginner.
I'd like to import a text file into a sql database so that I can use SQL Reporting Services to report on the data. Here is a sample of the first 8 textfile records. All of the 6 potential database fields are separated by a comma and no spaces:
1,12/4/06 4:12:11 PM,67.13,70.50,71.56,8.23
2,12/4/06 4:17:11 PM,67.13,70.50,71.56,8.33
3,12/4/06 4:22:11 PM,67.19,70.69,71.69,8.19
4,12/4/06 4:27:11 PM,67.19,70.63,71.69,8.18
5,12/4/06 4:32:11 PM,67.19,70.69,71.75,8.05
6,12/4/06 4:37:11 PM,67.19,70.69,71.69,8.03
7,12/4/06 4:42:11 PM,67.19,70.63,71.69,8.05
8,12/4/06 4:47:11 PM,67.19,70.63,71.63,8.02
The description for field datatypes of the first record above is:
1 (this is an autonumber, should be a number for ordering)
12/4/06 4:12:11 PM (date and time, can be converted to text if necessay)
67.13 (number, 2 decimal spaces)
70.50 (number, 2 decimal spaces)
71.56 (number, 2 decimal spaces)
8.23 (number, 2 decimal spaces)
The textfile is big, 97K records. I have SQL 2005 installed on my PC.
Can anyone out there please help me with the import or SQL statement to create a SQL table from this? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks and have a great day - gad1
Hello,
I have an application taht requires the use of a table. The device that this application works on, has a local memory that does not allow me to insert the 800,000 records that I need. Therefore I have two approaches:
1. To insert less records into my local memory database e.g 40,000 but not row by row, bulk insert is better. How do I do the bulk insert?
2. This is the most prefferable way: To find a way to insert all 800,000 records into a table on the storage card which is 1GB. What do you suggest? Will using threads be helpfull? Any ideas?
I use C# from VS 2005, SQL ME, compact framework 2.0 and windows 4.2.
Thanks in advance,
John.
Given a string it should convert it to a proper text.Example: if you passed a string 'Cat in the hat', I want 'Cat In TheHat'Curious about few things, Does sql have Instr OR Split(like VB)functionalityAnybody can help??
View 3 Replies View Relatedhi guys
i need to import text file to sql table in sql server 2005 ...using query how do i import text file to sql table .......................
i need query
i dont want go Import/export options
Hi,
I'm trying to export data from one of the table in my SQL 7.0 database into text file. Can someone tell me how can i do this using SQL Query instead of using BCP (command line) ?? Thank you in advance.
Jitender Singh at 12/15/00 3:41:02 PM
Hello
I am writing program in VC++ through SQl-DMO calls.My problem is when i when i tranfer(import) a text file(comma seperated) into SQl server through a SQl-DMO method called ImportData which is a method of Bulk copy object.Its is not able to convert the data field in the text file to corresponding value datetime in SQl server whereas other data types are working perfectly.
This is the record i need to convert:
90,MichaelB,Wintriss,Inspection,Paper,11,Job101,1, {ts '2000-12-10 15:54:56.000'},D:public233 and 247233.mcs,
There are about 1000 records like this .the text file is generated by SQl when i export data from Sql server tables.This file has lot of records.Now i need to put the record in the text file into SQl server tables.During which when i pass the text file it gives problem in converting date and time value.I cannot remove the bracket and ts as ,{ts '2000-12-10 15:54:56.000'} it generated by SQl server tables
and this is the date field
{ts '2000-12-10 15:54:56.000'}
Whereas if i export a table in SQl server in Binary mode and then import the file back it works but when do it as text it gives the above error
Pls help me in this i would be very thankful to you.
Note: I am using SQL Server 7.0 version
Regards
Jitender Singh
I needs export data on table to text file so I can process this data
with another database engine ie. Informix.
Can anybody help me to solve this problem ?
I have a text file I am trying to import to a table. This text file is in a tab delimited format. I am using DTS to import the data to a new table I made. The fields are varchar and are set to allow nulls & allow 8,000 characters per field.
The error I am getting is that the data exceeds the allowed amount (or something like that) in col4.
Now I have checked everything in column 4 and nothing exceeds 5,000 spaces/characters combined. I have checked the entire sheet (in excel) for that fact, and there is not one single column/row/cell that exceeds 5,000 spaces/characters combined.
What the heck could be causing SQL to tell me I am trying to import too much data in one column when there is nothing that even comes close to 8,000 characters & spaces combined?
I am trying my first bulk update to an existing SWL table from a CSV text file,The text file naming is exacrtly the same as the SQL table, with the same attributes
The statements:
BULK INSERT [Jedox_prod].[dbo].[B_BP_Customer]
FROM 'c:Baanjedox_dailyjdcom4401.txt'
WITH
[code]....
The error message is:
[size=1Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (type mismatch or invalid character for the specified codepage) for row 2, column 3 (BP_Country).
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)".size=1]..The have checked and re-checked the BP_Country field ( the 1st field after the key) and I am not seeing any mismatches.
hi my friends
i want read data from text file,and write to my table in sql,
please help me
M.O.H.I.N