I 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".
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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:
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"
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
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.
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 ?
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:
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"
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
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?
I have gone through most of the question posed by people, about importing data from EXCEL sheet to some table using SQL server database. I have a slight variation of this problem.
My excel file contains some information apart from the normal data. Lets say some 5-6 lines always gives me some info about the data, like its purpose, client info, date etc... After this INFO my actually data start, which I want to load into table.
I have found some wizard for the same, "EMS SQL MANAGER 2005", which supports most of the file formats, and load data into the database.
But we are planning to not use this tool, instead everything should be done using TSQL.
If somebody can please gives me some idea how this problem can be tackle, it would be a great help. We won't be using any Third party tools, like scripting etc...
Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation. (mscorlib)
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The connection type "EXCEL" specified for connection manager "{E3861233-443A-439A-BB8D-2777D84DB343}" is not recognized as a valid connection manager type. This error is returned when an attempt is made to create a connection manager for an unknown connection type. Check the spelling in the connection type name. ({C3728B0D-B172-4246-9B14-6EEDAB60F191})
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The connection type "EXCEL" specified for connection manager "{E3861233-443A-439A-BB8D-2777D84DB343}" is not recognized as a valid connection manager type. This error is returned when an attempt is made to create a connection manager for an unknown connection type. Check the spelling in the connection type name. ({C3728B0D-B172-4246-9B14-6EEDAB60F191})
Data for Source Column 15 'Notes' is too large for the specified buffer size. How do I get around this, I can see some of the notes entries are beyond 255 chars so I changed the destination datatype to textI have never seen this error when importing before. What do I do?
Hi, Would like some help on how do I go about coverting an Excel File with columns of info into my SQL Server Database. The excel file will be uploaded from a user from my web application. I completely have no idea on where to start so any form of help is much appreciated thanks.
What: I am trying to import data from spreadsheets to SQL Server.
Where: Windows Vista, SQL Server 2005 Express, Office 2007.
How: Using linked servers following KB306397.
In SQL Management Studio Express, I created a new Linked Server as follows, with everything else at default:
Linked server: XLSX
Provider: Microsoft Office 12.0 Access Database Engine OLE DB Provider
Product name: XLSX
Data source: D:XLSX.xlsx
Provider string: Excel 12.0 The linked server was created ok.
I then followed KB321686 and ran this:
select * from OPENQUERY(XLSX, 'Select * From [Sheet1$]')
and got this:
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "XLSX" reported an error. Access denied.
Msg 7350, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot get the column information from OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "XLSX".
But if I ran: select * from OPENQUERY(XLSX, 'Select * From [nonexistent$]')
the error is:
Msg 7357, Level 16, State 2, Line 1
Cannot process the object "Select * From [nonexistent$]". The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "XLSX" indicates that either the object has no columns or the current user does not have permissions on that object.
It seems that there is an access rights problem if I get the sheet name correct. May I know what I must do to get this to work. I have already given read/write rights to the spreadsheet to NETWORK SERVICE and SQLServer2005MSSQLUser$servername$SQLEXPRESS.
From the same KB article, I also tried:
select * from XLSX...[Sheet1$]
but got this:
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "XLSX" 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 "Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0" for linked server "XLSX".
I have an excel file that is stored in a sharepoint document library. I am trying to use SSIS to import it into a SQL database. I use the excel connection manager with a sharepoint UNC path. When I run it from BIDS, it runs successfully. When I run it from a job, I get an error
"It is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to view and write its data"
It is definitely not open by anyone else, and I have full permissions to the file. ALSO, the SQL Agent and Service acct which the job runs under, has full permissions to the file. I have tried running it under a proxy account with my user account, but it fails with the same message. Further, I can run a DIR command from a command prompt to list the sharepoint directory contents successfully, but when I run the same command from SSMS using xp_cmdshell, it fails with access denied. Again, the SQL Service acct has full rights to the sharepoint site.
I notice when i browse to the sharepoint document library and try to open the folder with "Open with Windows Explorer", it always asks me to login and I'm thinking that is related to the problem I am having - that it doesn't automatically pick up the windows authentication.
Hai Friends, Actually i want to import excel sheet in to sql server tables. I am writing the following query SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0', 'Excel 8.0;Database=C:Book1.xls','SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$]') and able to retireve the data but the problem is the data present in the excel sheet is
Username password
hello 12345
12345 hello
hai-123 haihai
haihello hello-123 Once i run this query i am getting it as Username Password hello NULLNULL hellohai-123 haihaihaihello hello-123can anybody please help me out in this case and how to solve this problem and if you have any piece of code please pass it on to me and i am in very urgent need waiting for your replies thanks in advance.
I'm really new to the whole database deal (as well as VB.net) - specifically with the capabilities surrounding VB and SQL Server 2005. My question is open to any recommendations...
What I have is an application that a user uses to create 'new' products. They are presented a form to enter the information regarding the product they wish to create. They enter the details of the product and also locate an image that represents the product, too. Currently, this application saves the product information (including binary image data) into a SQL Server 2005 Express Edition database. This application and database reside on a client pc. What I need to do is to be able save updated and newly created product data into a file of some sort. That file will make its way to a memory stick (USB) and then be transported to a 'field' machine. Quite simply, what is the best way to do this? Are there walk-throughs on this sort of thing? The target database is also SQL Server 2005. I thought I'd post this question on here to get the best design ideas... Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have an excel file with 5 columns. 1st column values are -
^^234 ^^456 678 123 456
SQL 2000 DTS, doing straight copy into an Access table takes only first two rows from 1st column ( see top 2 rows with trailing white spaces). How can I import all of rows ?
Is there any way at all to import from Excel to MS SQL without using the DTS package and without doing it manually? I really do not like the lack of flexability that DTS has and I need something else that will always work. Basically I am importing shipping documents that are in excel and putting them into a table. This has 2 issues, 1 I don't know the file name, just the folder it is in and 2 there is a large amount of header data in the file, some of which I need, some of which I don't. Is there any solutions out there? Thanks!
I need to copy the data in two spreadsheets into two tables in "SQL Server 2000". Below are the details:
One spreadsheet contains the data that needs to be added to an existing table in SQL server. All field names in the spreadsheet match the DB table column names. Another spreadsheet contains the data that needs to be copied to a new DB table. The table currently does NOT exist in the DB.
I'm not sure how to accomplish this. ANy help would be appreciated.
