Import Text File Report With Varying Content And Records
Oct 23, 2014
I get error reports in simple text files like the one below in relatively the same format. The only thing that varies is the number error reasons as there can be any number of error reasons for a file. Usually there is only one but there can be a handful. What is the best way to capture the error description and count of errors no matter how many there are? I want to take these items and update a table I have in sql server 2008r.
Report Message example:
************************************************** *****
Original File Name: some.file.YYYYMMDD.d.incr.02of02.1.dat
Source File ID: file02YYYYMMDD
File Receipt Date: 10/17/2014
Total records received: 1331136
Total records loaded: 1329987
ERROR REASONS
Error code: EBBW002 Error desc: Duplicate Record Total records: 1146
Error code: EABC001 Error desc: Invalid Length Record Total records: 1
Error code: ERRCM10 Error desc: Missing First Name Total records: 2
Total number of Errors encountered during the ODS update processing: 1149
************************************************** *****
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Feb 10, 2014
I need to import data to a MSSql table from massive (read: a million and a half rows, every single day) logs that come in .txt format separated in tabs with a ";" symbol and then have some stored procedures analyze that data to generate some reports in an excel file with that info. The text files include the column headers in the first row and the data starts on the second one.
The challenge is that the text files differ in column order and count every single day.
The analysis that I need to do only needs about 15 columns from the nearly 90-120 that those files include, and those columns sadly happen to be in a different order in those files.
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Oct 5, 2000
I receive several TXT files daily that need to update information in SQL Server databases. The process requires that all TXT files be appended to a master file and also update individual files' information based on the TXT file name. For example:
File TABLE1_x_ddmmyy.TXT (ddmmyy = date, x = "O" or "B") is to be appended to the master file and also update SQL table "TABLE1" by setting a flag for those records in the table that match a unique key that is provided in the TABLE1.TXT file.
In VFP, I had the following process in place:
a) open the TXT file.
b) read its file name and open the corresponding VFP file
c) update the VFP file based on the key provided in TXT
d) append the key to the master file.
e) repeat c-d for next record in TXT
f) repeat c-e for next TXT file
Using the same process with ADO takes a considerable time since I am processing one line at a time.
Is there any way to do this using a DTS package of some sort? How can I read the TXT file names in SQL Server?
Thank you.
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Apr 24, 2008
How do i import a Varying Column Width Flat file into a Table using SSIS?
I have a flat file that has 4 columns with varying width
Like I should read the file as
Col 1 - (1 to 10 Characters)
Col 2 - (12 to 21 Characters)
Col 3 - (22 to 35 Characters)
Col 4 - (36 to 38 Characters)
At the end of the record is a "LF"
I think "Fixed Width" Columns allow me to define a standard column length for all the columns.. Right?
Any thoughts on how to?
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Jan 22, 2008
Hi,I have setup a report model and am ready to deploy it for the first time. I have had no issues deploying my report definitions so presumably this should be alright.However, trying to deploy it gives this error:
TITLE: Microsoft Semantic Model Designer
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A connection could not be made to the report server http://localhost/ReportServer.
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'.
The request failed with the error message:
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<html>
<head>
<title>
SQL Server Reporting Services
</title><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 9.00.1399.00" />
<meta name="HTTP Status" content="500" />
<meta name="ProductLocaleID" content="9" />
<meta name="CountryLocaleID" content="1033" />
<meta name="StackTrace" content=" at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration.Load()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration.Construct(String configFileName)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfiguration..ctor(String configFileName, String location)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.RSConfigurationManager..ctor(String configFileName, String configLocation)
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.Library.Global.get_ConfigurationManager()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.StartApp()
at Microsoft.ReportingServices.WebServer.Global.Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e)" />
<style>
BODY {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR:black}
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A:visited:hover {FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; colorFF3300; TEXT-DECORATION:underline}
</style>
</head><body bgcolor="white">
<h1>
Reporting Services Error<hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" />
</h1><ul>
<li>The report server has encountered a configuration error. See the report server log files for more information. (rsServerConfigurationError) </li><ul>
<li>Access to the path 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.3Reporting ServicesReportServerRSReportServer.config' is denied.</li>
</ul>
</ul><hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" /><span class="ProductInfo">SQL Server Reporting Services</span>
</body>
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I'd greatly appreciate any insight you could give me into fixing this problem.ThanksJohn
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Dim delimiter As String = "9"
Dim result As DataSet = New DataSet() Dim s As StreamReader = New StreamReader(File) Dim columns As String() = s.ReadLine().Split(Chr(9)) result.Tables.Add(TableName) Dim strs1 As String() = columns For i2 = 0 To CInt(strs1.Length) - 1 Dim col As String = strs1(i2) Dim added As Boolean = False Dim [next] As String = ""
Dim i As Integer = 0 While Not added Dim columnname As String = String.Concat(col, [next]) columnname = columnname.Replace(Chr(9), "") If Not result.Tables(TableName).Columns.Contains(columnname) Then
result.Tables(TableName).Columns.Add(columnname)
added = True Else
i += 1
[next] = String.Concat("_", i.ToString()) End If End While Next i2 Dim strs2 As String() = s.ReadToEnd().Split(Chr(13) & Chr(10).ToString()) For j = 0 To CInt(strs2.Length) - 1 Dim items As String() = strs2(j).Split(Chr(9)) result.Tables(TableName).Rows.Add(items) Next j So now I have my dataset populated with all the information, but how can I insert it into the database?If anyone can help I would appreciate very, very much!Thank you Paula
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Nov 6, 2006
Hi 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
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Anyone out there who could give me a tip on how to solve that?
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Hi Everyone,
I'm trying to create a DTS package that will let me import an Excel file. The user will be able to name the file the same name every time. But can the DTS package read a different worksheet name each time? Right now, if I use the Excel connection object in DTS designer, it wants to hard code the worksheet name.
Thanks,
Eric
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Nov 26, 2007
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<a href='<%# "HandlerDocument.ashx?id=" + Eval("Doc_ID") %>'>File
</a>- Click on this link, I'll be able to download or view the file WHAT I WANT TO DO, BUT HAVE PROBLEM:- I would like to be able to read CONTENT of this file and load it in a string as belowStreamReader SR = new StreamReader()SR = File.Open("File.txt");String contentText = SR.Readline();txtBox.text = contentText;BUT THIS ONLY WORK FOR files in the server.I would like to be able to read FILE CONTENTS from SQL Server.PLEASE HELP. I really appreciate it.
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Apr 17, 2000
SQLServer 7.0
Hi,
I have a small project on that involves importing a series of csv files held within an ftp directory into our Datawarehouse. Every day a series of csv files will be added to the directory. These will be named something like:
Audit1.csv,Audit2.csv etc.
I would like to automate this process as this can involve up to 400 files at a time. The proecedure would need to identify a valid file, import it into the database, delete the file and then move onto the next one.
Does anyone know of a way to achieve this? I was thinking along the lines of using a cursor and bcp but I'm not sure how to identify these files to the database i.e. how do i make it step through the directory and process the files?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Rob
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In a DTS package I have a text file import object, a data pump, and a SQL object. The text file import object has been set up to splice a 500 character wide file into 20 columns. The data pump task does a copy column for all the columns into the appropriate table. What I need to do is have a way of changing the file name I specify in the text import object. I have 12 months worth of data in seperate files (DBF0199.TXT, DBF0299.TXT, DBF0399.TXT, etc..)
which all use the same format. Is there a way to change the text import objects file name inside the package using an active script task or something?
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Thanks,
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Dec 5, 2002
I'm trying to import a fixed field text file into SQL Server using DTS but everytime I go past 3640 characters, I am not able to add, delete or move column breaks after that. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and know of a work around. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Using SP2 on SQL Server 2000.
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Sep 14, 2004
Is it possible to handle text files i MS SQL 2000 in which fields contains single quotations and also are terminated by a single quotation
Like this:
1,2,'John's',1,2
John's contain a single quotation
Or is possible to rewrite file using MS SQL to use double quotation
Like this;
1,2,"John's",1,2
Hope that someone can help me out here, and doing it using MS SQL
At the time, I'm handlig it using MySql, but I would prefer using MS SQL
Regards
Carsten H.
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Jul 15, 2002
Hi All,
I'm having a problem in importing an Excel file into SQL server 2000.Here is the scenario with my data.
One of the column has got the mixed data which is putting null's in the SQL server table in some rows.I found in the MSFT Technet that it is a bug in SQL server 7.0/2000.The workaround for it ( according to MSFT ) is to get the data into text file and import into SQL server.
Now the question is , my data contains some currency fields and numeric fields in addition to the char and date fields. When I'm importing the table using DTS wizard , it is failing. I'm trying to use conversion functions like cdate and clng etc . Still the DTS is failing.
What I noticed is when I try to import into a table with data type varchar for all columns, it is working fine.But the data is of no use.
I would appreciate if any one can help me out in solving this problem.
Thanks,
Sammy.
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Jan 20, 2005
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When I go to pull them into SQL server the columns default to varchar 8000. Is anyone aware of a tool (as a part of SQL Server or otherwise) that can scan a column of data and recommend a data type and size.
Appreciate any recommendations.
Ray
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Mar 26, 2007
All,
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Suggestions?
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Jul 20, 2005
I have created a DTS that imports a text file to by data table. I geterrors when ever I run this since there are fields in the table thatare numeric. I understand that I need to create an activeX script toimport those fields. DOes anyone have any guidance?
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Jul 20, 2005
Does anyone know if it's possible to use the wizard or DTS Designer toaccept a source file with the following simplified format:<field1label>: <record1field1value><field2label>: <record1field2value>- - - - - - -<fieldNlabel>: <record1fieldNvalue><field1label>: <record2field1value><field2label>: <record2field2value>etc.i.e. each input record is delimited by {LF}{LF}, and each column by {LF}. Orwill it be necessary to write a Perl script (say) to convert it first into a..csv file?Thanks,Dave--************************************************** **********************Dave Stone e-mail: Join Bytes!Computing Services Telephone: +44 131-650-3314University of Edinburgh Internal ext: 503314Main Library, George Square FAX: 0131-650-3308Edinburgh EH8 9LJ************************************************** **********************
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Jun 19, 2006
Something I find myself wanting to do frequently is the traditional foreach loop looping through a directory of files and importing (which works great in SSIS) - Only I don't want to import data I have already imported.
In a previous job I used Perl for thing like this and the structure would be as follows:
For Each File:
1. Get filename and timestamp
2. Query db table with list of already imported filenames and timestamp. If Filename not in the table or is in table with older date return 1 to import or if file already imported return 0
3. Based on the result of step 2 either import or skip to next file.
Any recommendations how to do something similar in SSIS? I run stuck when I try to get the timestamp of the file and I also can't figure out how to do the conditional inside the foreach container... I am also open to other ideas on how to only import files I have not already imported.
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Apr 19, 2007
Hi i'm new to DTS and need to be able to import a text file into a table each day.
The main problem I have is the file is datestamped so the name of the file changes each day.
Today it would be called file20070419.txt tomorrow it would be file20070420.txt. When I select a text file as a source I have to pick a valid file ??? how can I get round this ???
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Hello there!
I installed and configured SQL Server 2005 reporting services. When I try to connect to it using SQL Server Management Studio, I get the following error:
Client found response content type of "text/html", but expected "text/xml".
What should be done to overcome this?
Does anyone have any idea about this?
Thanks in advance
Hemant
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Hi,
In my VB .Net application , when I am trying to fire a SSRS report on my local machine . Its giving the error ".Client found response content type of 'text/html', but expected 'text/xml'."
The request failed with the error message:
--
<html><head><title>Error</title></head><body>The Local Security Authority cannot be contacted
</body></html>
--.
the error is being thrown at the code line...
reportviewer.serverReport.getParameters()
I have reportserver as
https://ReportServerforApplication.abc.com/abc_ReportServer
I have admin rights on my machine but still the problem persists. Am i missing some user group?
Could someone Please help me with this.
Thanks In Advance
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Hi,
I am getting these errors from Report Manager. It seems that every time after the server has been idling for about 15 minutes, I would get this error message. I can click on other links and I am able to continue to use Report Manager.
Is there a timeout setting to help me resolve this or is this a bug with Report Manager? I just insitalled SP2 on the SQL Server and the Reporting Service.
Error message on browser:
Client found response content type of 'text/html; charset=utf-8', but expected 'text/xml'. The request failed with the error message: -- <html> <head> <title> SQL Server Reporting Services </title><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services 9.00.3042.00" /> <meta name="HTTP Status" content="500" /> <meta name="ProductLocaleID" content="9" /> <meta name="CountryLocaleID" content="1033" /> <style> BODY {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:normal; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR:black} H1 {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:700; FONT-SIZE:15pt} LI {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:normal; FONT-SIZE:8pt; DISPLAY:inline} .ProductInfo {FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; FONT-WEIGHT:bold; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; COLOR:gray} A:link {FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; COLOR3366CC; TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:hover {FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; COLORFF3300; TEXT-DECORATION:underline} A:visited {FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; COLOR3366CC; TEXT-DECORATION:none} A:visited:hover {FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY:Verdana; colorFF3300; TEXT-DECORATION:underline} </style> </head><body bgcolor="white"> <h1> Reporting Services Error<hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" /> </h1><ul> <li>An internal error occurred on the report server. See the error log for more details. (rsInternalError) <a href="http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=20476&EvtSrc=Microsoft.ReportingServices.Diagnostics.Utilities.ErrorStrings&EvtID=rsInternalError&ProdName=Microsoft%20SQL%20Server%20Reporting%20Services&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00" target="_blank">Get Online Help</a></li><ul> <li>For more information about this error navigate to the report server on the local server machine, or enable remote errors</li> </ul><hr width="100%" size="1" color="silver" /><span class="ProductInfo">SQL Server Reporting Services</span> </ul> </body> --.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
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Mar 27, 2007
Hi allI am looking for examples of scripts that will help me doing these things:
- import a text file delimited with the character "*", representing a new month of data, for example data from march 2007
- create a new table with the structure of an existing one to import the data, for example Data_March_2007
- alter an existing totals table adding a new column for the new moth imported, adding a new colum for the month of March 2007.
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Sep 26, 2007
Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am having a problem importing a text file into SQL Server 2005 and can't figure out where the issue is. The file is in CSV format with the text delimiter field as a ". When attempting to import the field into a SQL Server 2005 table, the import fails due to numerous truncation errors. I have tried importing into an existing table, but have also tried importing and allowing the import to create the table. I receive the same failures in both cases. For whatever reason, when allowing the import to create the table, each column is created as a nvarchar(50) even thought the column sizes vary widely. Oddly enough, when importing into a SQL Server 2000 table with the correct layout, the file imports perfectly fine, thus verifying there is nothing wrong with the data source. It also creates the table with appropriate column sizes in SQL 2000. I'm really at a loss as to what is going on. Any assistance woul dbe greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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May 28, 2002
This is what I am going to do:
Everyday, there are users FTP the text files to a directory in the server. During the night, a job will be run to import these text files to a table.
First, the job need to read the file name, then open the file, read the first line and insert to the table until then end of the file. Then the second file will be read ... until no more file to be read.
I am using VB to read the file name and open the file, and my question is how to pass the file name to the second step which is in T-SQL?
Any experience to be shared in this area ?
Thanks,
Rachael
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Jul 16, 2002
Quick Question!
If you have both invoice header lines and invoice detail lines in a comma delimited file, how can I get the data in the file to be imported into two different tables. I can produce a text file eg:
1,20,10/03/2002,39 High Street Any Town,,
2,20,Fluffy Slippers,2,Red,10.99
2,20,Pyjamas,3,Black,15.99
2,20,Trousers,1,Lilac,24.99
1,21,10/03/2002,11 Gibson Close,
2,21,Sandles,1,Black,12.99
2,21,Shoes,4,Blue,23.99
1,22,13/03/2002,45 Mill Street,
2,22,Womble Feet,4,White,16.99
2,22,Glass Slipper,1,Transparent,23.99
Lines with 1 in the first column should go in the InvoiceHeader table
Lines with 2 in the first column should go in the InvoiceDetails table.
I have tried with DTS but to no avial - ActiveX scrips in the Transform Data Task can only seem to access one data destination - it one table not two.
Any Ideas?
Julia
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Aug 20, 2002
I have a fixed field text file I am trying to setup an import for SQL 2000. If I use Access 2000 the file reads fine, but if I use the SQL Import feature or DTS, SQL doesn't line up the records correctly, I tried all the combinations of row returns with no luck, but Access works just fine. ANy ideas?
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Oct 21, 2007
dear all,
I have a text file that contains data that i need to insert into sql server... the file size is about 800 MB .. and contains about 17,000,000 lines ..
some one told me that there is a way in sql server to import this data automatically by writting some scripts ...
the file looks like this
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
yyyy .. yyyyy "I Need only These fields (the Ys).. I don't care about the rest of the file"
yyyy .. yyyyy
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
any help is really appriciated
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Mar 11, 2008
Hi,
Please can you help me,
I have created an database with 3 fields
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Mar 11, 2008
Hi,
Please can you help me,
I have created an database with 3 indexed (not clustered) fields
key : bytes 100
error : integer
status : bytes 6
I would like to know how to import 3 million or more records quickly.
If I don't index the the fields, the operation takes 3 hours. With indexed fields it takes overnight. Therefore, how can i optomise the import operation from a .txt file.
Thanks and regards.
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