I am importing csv files into sql 2000 using odbcbcp and am getting the '' symbols when there are null values. Has anyone ever seen this? Or know how I can prevent this from happening? I am required to use odbcbcp to import this data.
View 5 RepliesI 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?
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 have a pivot transform that pivots a batch type. After the pivot, each batch type has its own row with null values for the other batch types that were pivoted. I want to group two fields and max() the remaining batch types so that the multiple rows are displayed on one row. I tried using the aggregate transform, but since the batch type field is a string, the max() function fails in the package. Is there another transform or can I use the aggragate transform another way so that the max() will work on a string?
-- Ryan
I have a DTSX package which reads values from a fixed-length text file using a data reader and writes some of the column values from the file to an Oracle table. We have used this DTSX several times without incident but recently the process started inserting NULL values for some of the columns when there was a valid value in the source file. If we extract some of the rows from the source file into a smaller file (i.e 10 rows which incorrectly returned NULLs) and run them through the same package they write the correct values to the table, but running the complete file again results in the NULL values error. As well, if we rerun the same file multiple times the incidence of NULL values varies slightly and does not always seem to impact the same rows. I tried outputting data to a log file to see if I can determine what happens and no error messages are returned but it seems to be the case that the NULL values occur after pulling in the data via a Data Reader. Has anyone seen anything like this before or does anyone have a suggestion on how to try and get some additional debugging information around this error?
View 12 Replies View RelatedI have SQL Server 2012 SSIS. I have Excel source and OLE DB Destination.I have problem with importing CustomerSales column.CustomerSales values like 1000.00,2000.10,3000.30,NotAvailable.So I have decimal values and nvarchar mixed in on Excel column. This is requirement for solution.However SSIS reads only numeric values correctly and nvarchar values are set as Null. Why?
CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Import_CustomerSales](
 [CustomerId] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
 [CustomeName] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
 [CustomerSales] [nvarchar](50) NULL
) ON [PRIMARY]
Hi
can somebody explain me how I can assign a NULL value to a datetime type field in the script transformation editor in a data flow task.
In the script hereunder, Row.Datum1_IsNull is true, but still Row.OutputDatum1 will be assigned a value '0001-01-01' which generates an error (not a valid datetime). All alternatives known to me (CDate("") or Convert.ToDateTime("") or Convert.ToDateTime(System.DBNull.Value)) were not successful.
Leaving out the ELSE clause generates following error: Error: Year, Month, and Day parameters describe an un-representable DateTime.
If Not Row.Datum1_IsNull Then
Row.OutputDatum1 = Row.Datum1
Else
Row.OutputDatum1 = CDate(System.Convert.DBNull)
End If
Any help welcome.
I have a text file that is delimited by nulls. Any idea on the best way to get this into a SQL Server table?
View 9 Replies View RelatedI'm using SQL Server Express and am trying to import a CVS file. The CVS file contains a string field (named DAS) that represents a Date. This field can be null.
I've tried using the DTS Wizard to import this CVS file and convert the DAS field to a Date, which works great until it hits a record with a NULL DAS field. It then throws a convertion error.
Still using the DTS Wizard, I've changed the DataType of the DAS field in the Source file to [DT_DATE], it works fine but all the null dates are converted to 12/30/1899.
Is there a way (DTS Wizard or something else) that will allow me to import these CVS files with null Date fields and keep them as null in SQL Server table.
Thanks for any help,
Jon
Hi,
My query "select blah, blah, rank from tablewithscores" will return results that can legitimately hold nulls in the rank column. I want to order on the rank column, but those nulls should appear at the bottom of the list
e.g.
Rank Blah Blah
1 - -
2 - -
3 - -
NULL - -
NULL - -
At present the NULLs are at the top of the list, but I do not want my ranking in descending order. Any suggestions?
Thanks
Dan
I've tried to import a text file into a table using the Import/export wizard.
My problem starts with some columns that should have NULL values (i.e. zero-length string) but the wizard doesn't recognize that it's NULL.
How do I solve the problem?
Thanks,
Mich
I have a xml file downloaded from webAPI which i want to import into my database.There are several sub childnodes and need to combine data between nodes.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<classes type="array">
<class>
<class_id>3S</class_id>
<class_pk type="integer">3900</class_pk>
[code]....
I have an SSIS package that imports data from an Excel file, replaces any value in Excel that reads "NULL" to "", then writes the data to a couple of databases.
What I have discovered today, is I have two columns of dates, an admit date and discharge date column, and what I need to do is anywhere I have a null value in the discharge date column, I have to replace it with the value in the admit date column.Â
I have searched around online and tried a few things using the Replace funtion in Derived columns but no dice so far.Â
Hi
I am trying to to import a flat file into a table in my database, i get all the values right except for the date, it keeps on inserting NULL values into the date fields.
The date format in the flat file is '20070708' etc.
Does anyone know what i can do to fix this?
I've tried to change the datatype values that it imports, but it still ignores it and inserts NULL values
Any help will be greatly appreciated
Kind Regards
Carel Greaves
Hi, I ve a table, I want to fetch certain rows based on the value of a Column. That column is nullable, and contains NULL values.I used the following query,SELECT Col_A FROM TABLE1 WHERE SOME_ID = 1317 AND Col_B NOT IN (8,9) Here, Col_B contains NULL values too. I need to fetch all rows where Col_B is not 8 or 9.Now, if I use "NOT IN", it does not work. I tried reading on it and got to know why it does not work. Even "NOT EXISTS" does not help. But still I've to fetch my values. How do I do that?Thanks & Regards,Jahanzeb
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have tried doing a search, as I figured this would be a common problem, but I wasn't able to find anything. I know that my SP is functional because when I use VWD execute the query outside of the webpage, I get the correct results -however I have to ensure that a field is either entered, or set to <NULL>. In my SET's I want it to use the wildcards.
What I want is to do a search (plenty of existing topics on that, however none were of help to me). If a field is entered, then it is included in the search. Otherwise it should be ignored. In my VB I have the standard stored procedure call, passing in values to all of the parameters in the stored proc below:
CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.SearchDog@tagnum int,@ownername varchar(50), @mailaddress varchar(50),@address2 varchar(50),@city varchar(50),@telephone varchar(50),@doggender varchar(50),@dogbreed varchar(50),@dogage varchar(50),@dogcolour varchar(50),@dogname varchar(50),@applicationdate varchar(50)AS IF @tagnum=-1 SET @tagnum=NULL SET @ownername = '%'+@ownername+'%' SET @mailaddress = '%'+@mailaddress+'%' SET @address2='%'+@address2+'%' SET @city = '%'+@city+'%' SET @telephone='%'+@telephone+'%' SET @dogcolour='%'+@dogcolour+'%' SET @dogbreed='%'+@dogbreed+'%' SET @dogage='%'+@dogage+'%' SET @doggender='%'+@doggender+'%' SET @dogname='%'+@dogname+'%' SET @applicationdate='%'+@applicationdate+'%'
SELECT DISTINCT * FROM DogRegistry WHERE ( TagNum = @tagnum OR OwnerName LIKE @ownername OR MailAddress LIKE @mailaddress OR Address2 LIKE @address2 OR City LIKE @city OR Telephone LIKE @telephone OR DogGender LIKE @doggender OR DogBreed LIKE @dogbreed OR DogAge LIKE @dogage OR DogColour LIKE @dogcolour OR DogName LIKE @dogname OR ApplicationDate LIKE @applicationdate ) AND TagNum > 0GO
I don't know why it is creating links inside my SP -ignore them. TagNum is the primary key, if that makes a difference.
On the webpage, it ONLY works when every field has been filled (and then it will only return 1 row, as it should, given the data entered). Debugging has shown that when nothing is entered it passes "".
Any ideas?
I am trying to retrieve data from two different tables. One of the tables has more than 20 columns some of which are null. I would like to retrieve data from both tables excluding the columns which have null values. How do I do this?
View 3 Replies View RelatedWould this take care of null values in either a.asset or b.asset?
SELECT convert(decimal(15,1),(sum(isnull(a.asset,0))/1000.0)+(sum(isnull(b.asset,0))/1000.0)) as total_assets
What's throwing me off is that there are multiple a.asset or b.asset for each unique ID. It seems to work, but I'm not following the logic too well. If I were doing this in another language, I would loop through, summing a.asset and b.asset wherever it's not null for each unique ID.
Hi,
How can I use "Derived Column" to check if a Datetime value is null or not and if null to insert 00/00/00 instead. ?
The background being that while using a "Derived Column" to change a Column from a (DT_DATE) to a (DT_DBTIMESTAMP) everytime I get a null value it see's it as a error.
And the column in particular has ~ 37 K blank / null fields so Im getting a lot of errors
So far I have tried to use something like
ISNULL([Column 34])
Or
SELECT ISNULL(ID, '00/00/0000') FROM [Column 34]
Or
SELECT ISNULL(au_id, '00/00/0000 00:00') AS ssn
FROM [Column 34
but none seems to work [Column 34] being the offending column.
What a normally use is just a simple "(DT_DBTIMESTAMP)[Column 34]"
in the expression column, which seems to work well, but here I get alot of errors
Any ideas?
I set up a new SQL database file, in that file I allowed nulls, When I went through code to save the record, the exception is saying it doesnt allow nulls.
Before I get to involved with SQL, is it a bad practice to use nulls?
If it is what do you enter in place of the null value,
which will lead to more code, right?
Davids Learning SQL
Hi All,I am trying to insert symbols in a field of a table. I am using the datatype nvarchar for the field.However when i tried to insert a statement with the symbol pi, it comes out as following:(A) 100? cm2 (B) 140? cm2 (C) 200? cm2All the pi symbol are converted to ?.Can ne 1 tell me how i can store such strings in the field.Thanks
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am creating a Project schedule using a stored procedure. The character is currently set to '>'. I would like to replace this with the 'black square', character code '25A0'. Is this possible?
Here's part of my code:
QBar = CASE WHEN EstStartDate >= @ZFromDate AND EstDeliveryDate <= @ZToDate
THEN Replicate(' ',Datediff(day,@ZFromDate,EstStartDate)) + Replicate('>',Datediff(day,EstStartDate,EstDeliveryDate) + 1)
(Running Access 2002 frontend)
Hi all,
I was told recently that doing the following:
SELECT ProductName ||' , '|| Category FROM PRODUCTS
would add parentheses around the ProductName field data. However, after trying it out for myself I found it did no such thing.
Does this look familiar to anyone? Is it syntax I have wrong or something?
Butterfly82
Hi All,
I am trying to insert symbols in a field of a table.
I am using the datatype nvarchar for the field.
However when i tried to insert a statement with the symbol pi, it comes out as following:
(A) 100? cm2 (B) 140? cm2 (C) 200? cm2
All the pi symbol are converted to ?.
Can ne 1 tell me how i can store such strings in the field.
Thanks
Here's the output when I type .reload in windbg (minus warning messages):
20:266> .reload
DBGHELP: C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 8SmartDevicesSDKSQL ServerMobilev3.0wce500armv4isqlceqp30.dll - OK
DBGENG: C:Program FilesMicrosoft Visual Studio 8SmartDevicesSDKSQL ServerMobilev3.0wce500armv4isqlceqp30.dll - Mapped image memory
SYMSRV: C:SDKsMS_SymbolFilessqlceqp30.pdb79F8C010CB11435E99474335288548601sqlceqp30.pdb not found
SYMSRV: C:SDKsMS_SymbolFilessqlceqp30.pdb79F8C010CB11435E99474335288548601sqlceqp30.pdb not found
SYMSRV: http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols/sqlceqp30.pdb/79F8C010CB11435E99474335288548601/sqlceqp30.pdb not found
DBGHELP: sqlceqp30.pdb - file not found
*** ERROR: Symbol file could not be found. Defaulted to export symbols for sqlceqp30.dll -
DBGHELP: sqlceqp30 - export symbols
Why can't it find the .pdb file on the symbol server and where else should I look?
I started to working on a project. I dont have a lot experiences except basic information. I just want to ask can I use symbols in primary key column like 2015/1234 etc. for file numbers. These are file numbers and must be unique so i decided to make them primary keys but im not sure that i can use symbols.
View 2 Replies View RelatedI am attempting to insert a trademark symbol„¢ into a database field but it is not working. Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this properly?
Any help would be very appreciated.
hi ive got a inert sub where i grab values from text boxes etxthe values are passed to a stored procedure however , one of these fields is a date field , but the field is not required ...so on this line if the date text box is left blank i get an error , not a valid date .Parameters.Add("@actiondate", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = txtActionDate.Texti have tried ( the actiondate field can take nulls ..)if txtActionDate="" then .Parameters.Add("@actiondate", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = nothing else.Parameters.Add("@actiondate", SqlDbType.DateTime).Value = txtActionDate.Textend if but this doesnt workwhat is the best way of allowing blank values to be passed to the stored procedure( it doesnt fall over with normal text / varchar fields ) thanks
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a sproce that accepts null for one of its parameters I can execute the sproce and enter null and it works fine, it returns all rows. When I try doing this with my GridView and the SQLDataSource it does not work. I need some help in understanding how the SQLDatasource wants a null. Here is what the parameter row of the SQLDataSource looks like.
<asp:ControlParameter ControlID="EnteredByText" DefaultValue="Null" Name="EnteredBy" PropertyName="Text"
Type="String" ConvertEmptyStringToNull="true" />
In my sproce I have setup the parameter as follows;
@EnteredBy Nvarchar(50)=Null
In my WHERE Clause I have:
WHERE (tblClient.EnteredBy = @EnteredBy OR @EnteredBy IS NULL)
How can I check on NULL values in a Select statement?
SELECT ID FROM TabelWHERE somecolumn <> NULL??
I wonder if someone out there can help me. I am writing an ASP application to query a MSSQL database. The users will be able to use one or all of 4 columns. There may be time when the columns are empty (null). How can I write a select query to ignore null values? A rough example of what I am talking about it below.
select * from table where value1='something' value2=<null> value3='something' value4=<null>
I would like to ignore the null values so that in effect the statement would just do the following.
select * from table where value1='something' and value3='something'
I realize my syntax is wrong but I think you get the idea. Any thoughts?
I have a stored procedure that allows users to select addresses based on partially supplied information from the user. My procedure seems to work fine in all but a few cases. If a user decides to select all the rows for a particular country the procedure below does not return any rows even if the rows exist. I tracked this down to the fact that for Non US countries I set both the StateCode and Country Code to nulls. .
Below is a partial version of my code. Can anyone show me how I can do a "Like" Search even if some of the fields in the row contain null values?
Thanks
1 CREATE PROCEDURE dbo.Addresses_Like( @SendTo VarChar(50) = Null
2 , @AddressLine1 VarChar(50) = Null
3 , @AddressLine2 VarChar(50) = Null
4 , @City VarChar(50) = Null
5 , @StateCode VarChar(2) = Null
6 , @ZipCode VarChar(10) = Null
7 , @CountryCode VarChar(2) = Null)
8
9
10 Declare @SearchSendTo VarChar(50)
11 Declare @SearchAddressLine1 VarChar(50)
12 Declare @SearchAddressLine2 VarChar(50)
13 Declare @SearchCity VarChar(50)
14 Declare @SearchStateCode VarChar(2)
15 Declare @SearchZipCode VarChar(10)
16 Declare @SearchCountryCode VarChar(2)
17
18 If (@SendTo Is Null)
19 Set @SearchSendTo = ""
20 Else
21 Set @SearchSendTo = @SendTo
22
23 If (@AddressLine1 Is Null)
24 Set @SearchAddressLine1 = ""
25 Else
26 Set @SearchAddressLine1 = @AddressLine1
27
28 If (@AddressLine2 Is Null)
29 Set @SearchAddressLine2 = ""
30 Else
31 Set @SearchAddressLine2 = @AddressLine2
32
33 If (@City Is Null)
34 Set @SearchCity = ""
35 Else
36 Set @SearchCity = @City
37
38 If (@StateCode Is Null)
39 Set @SearchStateCode = ""
40 Else
41 Set @SearchStateCode = @StateCode
42
43 If (@ZipCode Is Null)
44 Set @SearchZipCode = ""
45 Else
46 Set @SearchZipCode = @ZipCode
47
48 If (@CountryCode Is Null)
49 Set @SearchCountryCode = ""
50 Else
51 Set @SearchCountryCode = @CountryCode
52
53
54 Select AddressID
55 , SendTo
56 , AddressLine1
57 , AddressLine2
58 , City
59 , StateCode
60 , ZipCode
61 , CountryCode
62 , RowVersion
63 , LastChangedDateTime
64 , OperID
65 From Addresses
66 Where SendTo Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchSendTo)) + "%"
67 And AddressLine1 Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchAddressLine1)) + "%"
68 And AddressLine2 Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchAddressLine2)) + "%"
69 And City Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchCity)) + "%"
70 And StateCode Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchStateCode)) + "%"
71 And ZipCode Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchZipCode)) + "%"
72 And CountryCode Like RTrim(LTrim(@SearchCountryCode)) + "%"
73 Order By CountryCode, City, AddressLine1, AddressLine2, SendTo
I want to write a query to bring out any records in a table
where any of its fields contain a null value. I could do it in this way:
select *
from
customers
where name is
null
or role
is null
or email
is null
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However I want to perform a similar function for a
number of tables and the method above would mean more sql and maintenance. I was hoping there was a simple way to
do the same thing ie find any rows with a blank
field?