We have files from an event log in a DEC Alpha server and we would like to create a database program to import these files and then be able to read and query the info in them.
These files contain information such as error codes about the machine that the Alpha controls. They also contain time stamps. I am told that these files are hexidecimal.
Someone mentioned in passing that if we use MSaccess as the database, we would first have to write a program to convert these files to a format that Access can understand.
But, we were told that SQL7 has Add-ins that comes on the CD that can convert these files to a format that SQL7 can then understand.
Does anyone know if this is true..and how difficult is file conversion to accomplish?
If anyone thinks that they might be able to help us, I can sent them a small sample of the hex files
Thank you in advance
Hi,Currently we get data from more then 200 different sources and all ofour vendors provide data in different file formats. The problem is wehave more then 100 DTS packages now and the maintainance is verydiffucult.Every time our vendor changes the format we have to change in multipleDTS packages.Is anybody know what would be the right way of reducing the no. of DTSpackages.The type of file formats we get are .xls .txt .dat .csv etc. and .txt& .dat files comes with different delimitters. The # of columns alsovaries from file to file. Is it possible to have a DTS package whichcan handle diff file formats and loads data into a staging table andfrom there based of the source of the file we can move data intorespective tables & columns.We are using SQL SERVER 2000Thanks in advance.Subodh
I am bring a date from a OLE DB Source (SQL Command) as [select cast(convert(varchar,getdate(),101) as varchar(10))] to a Flat File Destination (CSV File). The data in the source is show as "1/1/2007", which is how I need it to display in the file. The flat file defaults to showing the data as "1/1/2007 00:00:00." I did change the destination field to a String, and still, I geting the timestamp. I tried using a data conversion transformation, and I am getting bargage data when converting the date to a string.
Can any one give me insight on how to populate a date into a comma delimeted file as "1/1/2007", not "1/1/2007 00:00:00."
I want to convert a UNIQUEIDENTIFIER to a VARCHAR, but I don't want to convert it to a varchar with this format: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx; I want to convert it to a varchar representing my uniqueindentifier with a hexadecimal number 0xnnnnnnn... Anybody knows if this is possible, or will I have to do it manipulating each character in the varchar
how to execute this stored procedure to decode a varchar hexadecimal string? My SQL syntax stills have faded with the sands of time... I want to do a select * from the users table and decode the Password field (but not update) in the process.
I need to convert an xml file that has an attribute(name). This xml file has to be converted using xsl into the XSLT file such that the tag should have the same structure along with it and its the tag-content also should be the value of the attribute.
All, I have to automatically grap a dbf or ascii file from my hard drive and then insert that into an already existing database table. Does anyone know how to do this? The only thing I can find is to do it manually from enterprise manager, but I need to automate this.Thanks in advance!
Is there a redgate tool or any third party tool that would convert a .bak file to its appropriate .mdf and .ldf file? or create an .mdf and .ldf file from the .bak file?
The data file contains the answers given to questions asked during the course of an interview. This file contains data only for completed interviews. The file is ASCII based, and contains data in a card column format. This means that each record is spread over several rows in the file €“ called cards. Currently 39 cards make up one completed record, although this may change over time. There are 80 columns per row.
We want to migrate a mySQL database to sql server 2000 or sql Server 2005. I have been given a DDL file to perform the conversion, but I don't know what to do with the file? Can anyone help me out? From what I can conclude, the DDL files is a script. So how do I run this script? Where do I place the file, before I run it? Please help !
Hi, How can I convert a text file (.txt) into SQL in ASP.net 2.0 ? The sample of the file format is like that ... 09/03/2007 08:41 "Fung, Kitty" Granted Access D1 Main 2354 111 09/03/2007 08:42 "Ng, Jaclyn" Granted Access D1 Main 21906 18 09/03/2007 08:42 "Leung, Agnes" Granted Access D1 Main 21920 18 Cheers
Hello There, I would really appreciate if you can help me with this problem. I am currently using SQL Server 2005 Express for one of my web application. I have a .bak file (backup file) provided by my client which I want to use for testing purpose. Now I just want to know how can I use that backup file without installing SQL SERVER 2005 as one way to do this I know is to restore the database in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Manager but I can't install SQL Server 2005. To my knowledge, SQL Server Express uses .mdf file for database but what I have is .BAK file.. I would be really glad to see your quick answers. Thank you for reading this far. Sincerely, Zulfiqar
I have a table in a flat file that I need to convert to SQL Server 2000. Within this file are 4 different record definitions (all are similar but with different lengths).
I have experience converting files that are of 2 different record definitions, but never with this many. What kind of data migration techniques are available for such a process? I need to be able to get these 4 different definitions into 4 different tables.
Hello, not sure if this is in the right forum or not...
I have a .DTA file from Sage which is a Database file, im assuming anyway, how can i convert it into a format where i can view it in say access or excel, something like that, or anything really just so i can read it all properly... i can read it in word - buts of it but its all mangled and awful...
I have a flat file that has data stored as Yes / No I need to convert it to True / False for my bit data type on my sql table. When I do the data conversion it fails. When I set it to ignore all the values are null. This is a nightly import into SQL is there an inline method to do all the conversions within SSIS?
i have 12 different sql server tables. all are binded to one gridview. i have kept one admin user to view the details of the 12 tables in a gridview (pagesize=5). now the admin wants to generate 12 CSV files from the 12 tables (that is, he has to choose the table name from a dropdown and then has to click "Generate" button. CSV file name should be like this "<table_name>_<date>" ). also want to put links(dynamically [after generation of those csv files]) in a separate page to download those csv files. how to do this in asp.net (C#)? its urgent.
what's the easiest way to do this. i have 5 tables within the mdb filei tried the "easiest way" shown in a website but it does not work.the way i did it was on access(2007) > database tools tab > sql server buttonit gave me an error when it ask for an login IDi do not have any password/id..please helpthanks
I have an application that builds a .sdf Sqlq Server Compact Edition file I want to view the file on a desktop computer How can I do it ??
If there is no simple way to do this how can I write a C# application to convert the .sdf file to .mdb file so I will be able to use Microsoft Access to view it.
My SQL 7.0 database is set to show UK format date ranges. But when opening a table and adding criteria to the grid pane I having to put the US format date to retrive correct results...
Is this correct. I am wanting to be aboe to enter UK format in the criteria
I am creating a VB application that will run on a NT machine with Regional Settings as UK English and dd/mm/yyyy settings. When I try to input these values into SQL 7.0 ( default database setting mdy and us_english with Regional Settings as UK dd/mm/yyyy) , I get the error -" The conversion of a char data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range datetime value " . Can I change my databse to always be dmy format. It seems to be active for a connection , can it be configured somewhere .
