I'm trying to import a database. It seems my most likely route is via Excel, so I've moved my tables in there.
Then I tried setting up Excel as a linked server as described in http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q321686
My linked server gets created apparently with no errors, but I can't see any contents when I click on it in the object explorer.
Anyone with more clues than me?
thanks
hi, i have an excel spreadsheet with data that i want to place into a sql database.is there any easy way of doing this with sql server 2005 express?
View 3 Replies View RelatedI have about 50 Excel files from which I have to import data with some transformations to Sql Server. My first approach was to use Excel Source component in a data flow to read the data . However, as it turned out column X in some files was being converted to a DT_NTEXT blob and in other files it was mapped to WSTR. The reason I guess is because column X contained string of varying sizes - some greater than 255 characters while others less than 255 ( max was 3000 ) . My package used a ForEach loop to iterate over all the Excel files in a directory and feed that to the data flow task. I played around with IMEX and TypeGuessRows setting but they didnt help me . In my second approach I used 2 Excel sources ; one set up for the blob type and the other for the string type . I joined them together using a precedence contraint. This worked but I then figured out that there were 2 other columns in my data that exhibited the same behavior. I couldnt continue with the mulitple Excel source approach cause I would then have 8 Excel source components. Finally, I played around with Execute SQL Task . I selected the columns X,Y and Z , initialized 3 variables of type Object , used a ForEach to enumerate over the dataset and feed that to a script component that converted the objects to Strings. This seems to work for all types of data in the mulitple columns.
My question - has anyone encountered such problem ? What was the solution ? Just thought I would share this with the rest of the community. I cant seem to recall what the exact error I was getting ..but it was something like "cant convert long data to string " or something . I also keep getting annoying error icons in my Excel Source components used in the foreach loop. Something to do with acquire connection failed even after I set DelayValidation to "true".
Thanks
Dear friends i want to import excel file into sql server 2005 in asp .net using c# can anyone help me?
rgds,RK
Hi,
I would like to import an Excel spreadsheet into SQL Server 2005. I can do this quite easily using the Import/Export wizard, and have each row in the spreadsheet transfer to a new row in the database table.
However, I want to import the first few columns of the spreadsheet row into one table (called Products), but put the remaining columns into a related, three-column table, called Product_Details. In the Product_Details table, one column would hold the spreadsheet column value, the other column would be a FK integer value linked to the PK in the Products table, and the third column the primary key as normal.
So, somehow, I would need to get hold of the primary key value when the first spreadsheet columns are inserted into the Products table and then insert the remaining columns into the Product_Details table with two values per row - one value being the spreadsheet cell value, the second being the primary key of the new product in the Products table.
TIA,
Graham.
Hi all. I want to export data from excel 2003 to sql server 2005. I am using the following script:
EXEC sp_configure 'show advanced options', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
EXEC sp_configure 'Ad Hoc Distributed Queries', 1;
GO
RECONFIGURE;
GO
Insert into Pamphlet
Select * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0',
'Excel 8.0;Database=C:Pamphlet.xls;HDR=YES', 'SELECT * FROM [Sheet3$]')
But it is giving the following error:
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "(null)" reported an error. The provider did not give any information about the error.
Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "(null)".
The above script is working fine with Excel 2002 but not with 2003. Can someone please provide me exact script of importing data from excel 2003 to sql server 2005. I have also tried the Linked server option but it is still giving the same error.
Please help me.
Greetings,
I'm having a tough time importing some of my legacy database into sql.
I have a number of dbase (IV) files I need to get into SQL. I have tried building a SSIS package with either an foxpro oledb connection or a jet 4.0 one, none of them work bec. of inconsistencies in the data format in my tables (e.g. date fields, etc).
I have tried to save the .dbfs as excel 2007 files, taking advantage of the larger space that comes with '07. Problem is you can't use the import/export wizard with 2007 for some reason and I haven't been able to create a package with the access 12 oledb as I have read.
I have to get some crucial data out of that old system and into the new one and I can't seem to be able to import them properly.
Any hints on what I should do ? (maybe I'm doing something awfully wrong)
Thank you for taking the time to answer my question,
Val
I can't figure this one out...
I have an Excel spreadsheet (Excel 2003 format) with a column of values. The column is formated to General (although I've tried it formated to text). The values are alphanumeric. However, there are a few values that are completely numeric.
Example:
_ITEMNUMBER_
1-528
K214-5
184PR
45678
As can be seen, the last value is completely numeric. I am importing into a table with one column that is formated as nvarchar(50).
I use dtswizard.exe and do a simple import into the table and the alphanumeric values import just fine but anytime a value is completely numeric it has a NULL value in the table instead of the value that should be there.
I've tried changing the format of the column to nchar, char, etc, etc. Always comes in NULL.
Any ideas?
also i was wondering, that i have been reading that with this sp2 for sql server 2005 express you are able to use the dts wizard, is this true? i have a few databases in access that i would like to import into sql, would i have to create the tables first in sql then import or will the import also bring the tables & structure in?
thank you to all
Hi,Could someone give a pointer how to import couple of hundred imagesinto Sql Server 2005 Express Edition database?Is there a tool for it? Can it be done with Sql Management Studio oris it just a matter of writing own piece of software (a little helperapp) to do it?-timonardo
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have been working with SQL Server 2005 EXPRESS for a while and now need to import some basic demographic data into my database from an Excel file.
I only have Management Studio EXPRESS to work with. How can I import Excel data into my database? Is there a mgic third party tool for this or can I do it with Management Studio EXPRESS?
I hope this is the right forum for my question.
I'm developing a website for a Prepaid Calling Cards distributor. Each of the cards they sale have a list of the countries the card is good for. I need to import this data into my countries_rates table. The file they are giving me is an excel file that contain 3 colums (fields)
1- Country-Name
2- Rate
3- Card_$_Price
these files contain aproximaly 400 rows so it will be a hasle to have to insert it manually every week.
In my web application I need to create a form where the user will select the card from a dropdownlist and then find the excel file to be imported for that card.
I would like to know how do I do that with Visual Studio 2005, SLQ 2005 and C#
please direct me to some links where I can learn how to do this or please send me some code snips I can see how is done.
Tia
Charles
I would like to import an Excel file into my SQL Server 2005 Express db. I'm using SQL Server Management Studio Express to manage my db.
I appreciate your suggestions,
I am using SQL Server 2005 Express Edition for testing and developping my website. How can i import MS Excel Data into a SQL Server table?
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am trying to load data from an Excel spreadsheet file into SQL Server 2005 Express. I understand that DTS is the best tool for doing this but from my research it appears that DTS is not available with the Express edition and the import wizard that does come with Express is not well suited for this type of conversion.
Does anyone have any suggestions for how to achieve this objective? Thanks for any help you can provide.
Hi all,
Posted - 12/05/2007 : 01:54:18
How to export data from SQL Serevr 2005 Express to Excel 2007 using OPENROWSET command.
I have tried the following code But getting error
sSQL.Format("insert into OPENROWSET('Microsoft.JET.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0;Database=%s;','Select * from [%s$]') select * from [%s]", sExcelPath, sSheetName, sTable);
But getting the following error
The OLE DB provider "MICROSOFT.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "(null)" reported an error
I am using automation object for creating EXcel .I have added the header also.
Any help is appreciated
Thanks
Hi guys,
I wanted to know if there was a way to import multiple sheets from one excel file into one sql table in one go.
I have an excel file which has 15 sheets and want to import them into one table in one process rather than having to create 15 table and then joining into one table.
I am using Sql Server 2005(enterprise edition) v9 SP2.
Thanks
Krunal
Is there a way of extracting data from MS Excel using MS SQL Server 2005 Express?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi all,
Hopefully I am posting this question in the correct forum. I am still learning about SQL 2005. Here is my issue. I have an access db that I archive weekly into and SQL server table. I have used the dst wizard to create an import job and initally that worked fine. field I have as the primary key in the access db cannot be the primary key in the sql table since I archive weekly and that primary key field will be imported several time over. I overcame this initally by not having a primary key in the sql table. This table is strictly for reference. However, now I need to setup a unique field for each of the records in the sql table. What I have done so far is create a recordID field in the sql table that is an int and set as yes to Identify (auotnumber). That worked great and created unique id for all existing records. The problem now is on the import. When I try to import the access table i am getting an error because of the extra field in the sql table, and the error is saying cannot import null value into this field. So... my final question is how can I import the access table into the sql table with one extra field which is the autonumber unique field? Thanks a bunch for any asistance.
Bill
Hi,
I need to import an SQL string from MS Excel 2003 to SQL SERVER 2000.
The string I need to import is composed by 5 different several blocks and looks like:
Code Snippet
CommandLine01 = "USE mydb"
CommandLine02 = "SELECT Block ..."
CommandLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
CommandLine04 = "UPDATE Block..."
CommandLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
The detail of the SQL string is at:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=2093921&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
I am trying to implement OJ's suggestion:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2117223&SiteID=1
to use multi - batch processing to import the string to SQL SERVER, something like:
Code Snippet
Dim SqlCnt, cmd1, cmd2, cmd3
'set the properties and open a connection
cmd1="use my_db"
cmd2="create table mytb"
cmd3="insert into mytb"
SqlCnt.execute cmd1
SqlCnt.Execute cmd2
SqlCnt.Execute cmd3
Below is the code (just partial) I have, and I need help to complete it.
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
Code Snippet
Function TestConnection()
Dim ConnectionString As New ADODB.Connection
Dim RecordSet As New ADODB.RecordSet
ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=myServer;Database=myDBName;Uid=UserName;Pwd=Password"
ConnectionString.Open
CmdLine01 = " USE " & myDB
CmdLine02 = " SELECT ACCOUNTS.FULLNAME FROM ACCOUNTS" ...
CmdLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
CmdLine04 = "UPDATE Block..."
CmdLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
RecordSet.Open CmdLine01, ConnectionString
RecordSet.Open CmdLine02, ConnectionString
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine01
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine02
'Retrieve Field titles
For ColNr = 1 To RecordSet.Fields.Count
ActiveSheet.Cells(1, ColNr).Value = RecordSet.Fields(ColNr - 1).Name
Next
ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 1).CopyFromRecordset RecordSet
'Close ADO objects
RecordSet.Close
ConnectionString.Close
Set RecordSet = Nothing
Set ConnectionString = Nothing
End Function
I am getting a dump of information from SAP into an Excel file. I would like to take this excel file and import the data into a SQL 2005 Express database.
Is this possible? Or will I need the full version of SQL to do this?
Thanks
I'm a little stuck here. How can I import a flat tab delimited file into a SQL 2005 Express table? The standard DTS and import features are not there :-(Thanks,Casey
View 1 Replies View RelatedIs it possible to import an MS-Access database (or table) into a new SQL Server 2005 Express database? If so, how is it done?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHello everyone,
I have exported data from few tables from my old sql server 7.0 database. Now, I need to import those data into new database which is on SQL Server 2005 Express. How do I do that in 2005 express server? Any idea?
Or, is there any better way to import data for selected tables into new database?
Thanks,
Ujjaval
Dear AllI am trying to import data from excel sheet to sql server database, by using method 2, it creates a table on fly but it never shows any table in database tables' list but when i execute the code again, system throws an exception that table already exists.On the other hand method two assumes that there is an existing table in db, but after execution, it never shows data, table remains empty. Here is code, please tell me whats wrong with this code.Regards<code>Dim ExcelConnection As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\annieanna.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;")ExcelConnection.Open()'For existing Table.................METHOD 1Dim ExcelCommand As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO [User ID=sa;Data Source=CBS101;Initial Catalog=IIETesting;Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Workstation ID=CBS003].[anna] SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$];", ExcelConnection)
'For new Table......................METHOD 2Dim ExcelCommand As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand("SELECT * INTO [User ID=sa;Data Source=CBS101;Initial Catalog=IIETesting;Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Workstation ID=CBS003].[anna] FROM [Sheet1$];", ExcelConnection)ExcelCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()ExcelConnection.Close()</code>
Hello,I nee to write something that will transfer excel data into an SQL Servertable.I have for another database application I wrote have it importing Excelspreadsheet data using cell by cell, row by row method. This is fullyautomated so the user can choose whatever spreadsheet they want to importand press a button which sits on a VB6 frontend.This has been good for that situsation but it can be very slow when thereare large amounts of data to process.I am just wondering are there any faster, better alternatives that wouldstill enable a user to select which excel spreadsheet to importas the application I am writing now will sit on a website frontend, usingASP, and I'd really like to try and speed things up if I could.any advice would be much appreciated.Thankyou,Oh, and hello, this is my first post here!Jayne
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Hi,
I am new to integration services. I need to import data from excel sheets to a sql server 2005 tables. I have 3 sheets which should be loaded into three different tables in sql server. I need the connection strings to be dynamic as the excel file names will change daily.Please get me some samples or some links to study to solve the above problem.
Thanks
I have a Excel 2000 column which looks like this:
Column A
23456
234-67
2-56
354899865
When I create a DTS package to import this column, only the values without a hyphen get imported correctly..and a null value will show for the numbers that have a hyphen in it.
I've set my datatype to varchar, float, nvarchar, text, etc in SQL Server 2000...but nothing seems to work. I have also changed the datatype in my excel spreadsheet to text, general, etc.
I've tried so many combinations, I forget which ones I've tested...Anybody have an idea what I should try ?
Thank you
Hi,
I'm trying to import an excel file into SQL sever(using an insert statement), i'm creating a DTS package (in enterprise manager) and have VB Script. When i parse it, i get no errors, but when i run the package it says that it ran successfully but nothing happens, it doesnt insert into the table, even though i tested the insert statement. Can anyone help me?? Here's the code:
'************************************************* *********************
' Visual Basic ActiveX Script
'************************************************* ***********************
Function Main()
on error resume next
Set objxl = CreateObject("Excel.Application")
objxl.Visible = False
Dim xlFile
xlFile = "C:Datafile.xls"
Set objWkb = objxl.Workbooks.Open(xlFile)
'' Connecting to SQL Server
set cn = server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
Dim serverName
serverName = "myserver2"
strCS = "Provider=SQLOLEDB; Data Source=myserver2;Initial
Catalog=mycat; Integrated Security=SSPI"
cn.ConnectionString = strCS
On Error Resume Next
cn.Open
Set objsht = objWkb.Worksheets.Open("Sheet1")
Dim client_name, rb, date_rvd, LOB
Dim sql
Dim row, sequence
row = 2
client_name = Trim(objsht.Cells(row, 2).Value)
Do While IsNull(client_name) = False And client_name <> ""
'client_name = Trim(objsht.Cells(row, 2))
rb = Trim(objsht.Cells(row, 4).value)
date_rvd = Trim(objsht.Cells(row, 6).value)
LOB = "WCS"
sql = "INSERT INTO TEMP_TEST (CLIENT_NAME, RB, DATE_REVIEWED, LOB) VALUES (" & _
" '" & client_name & "' ,'" & rb & "', " & date_rvd & ", '" & LOB & "');"
row = row + 1
MsgBox (sql)
client_name = Trim(objsht.Cells(row, 2).value)
cn.Execute (sql)
Loop
if err.count = 0 then
Main = DTSTaskExecResult_Success
else
Main = DTSTaskExecResult_Failure
end if
End Function
Is there any way to import the excel data to SqlServer 2000 without using OleDb Connection in the code...??
Help Me with this??
Thanks in advance..
Dear All,
I am writing a procedure to import daily the customer excel file to SQL server 2000, I managed to do that where the excel file will be imported directly to the SQL server after creating the new data table, & then I need to read the created table & import it row by row to my original data table.The problem:
I. The original excel file has the following:a. a protection passwordb. The contents has two merged headers (which effecting the import procedure)c. And last line is a totals line
Before importing the file I have manually to remove (a – b & c)!!
The Solution:
II. I am trying to find a way to do the above points automatically inside the project.
III. Also I thought of importing the excel file to a DataGrid first then:a. Let the user approve the file contents &b. Remove manually point (I.b.) above (I don’t now how yet, need to try it).c. Then import the DataGrid the the SQL server.
I think I prefer solution (III), any suggestions are highly appreciated
BR
Can anybody please give an example of how to import data from an Excel file to SQL Server in a VB Application using DTS.
I am particularly facing problems creating the connection for the Excel file. An example for that would be aprticularly helpful.
Thanks in adv,
Rahul.
I have excel file that has field named Purpose. Its max length is 400 character. I import this file to sql server database table. And also i change the purpose field in sql server database table with nvarchar 400. But when i run this job, it gave me error message:
Error at source for row number 1215. Errors encountereed so far in this task: 1.
Data for source column 18 ('Purpose') is too large for the specified buffer size.
What should i do so that i still can import the data from excel to sql server database?
Thanks for your help.