HI!
I am importing .txt files. How can i check the errors? I have created a
log file, but the problem is that i lose some characters.
I import for example:
Code
ABC
FZH
JHN
from a text file, but sometimes Code can be 4 caracters long
I import this 3 characters long now. When i add the same structured
text file with some rows lenght 4, it skips the last character, but i
get nothing in the log file.
please help
xgirl
Hi,
Can anyone help? Need to upload a text file to a sql database but keep getting errors.
I'm creating a page that will allow users to to bulk import and update to a MsSql database. The users provide a text file every so often with new/update information. So i want to use a DTS package to transform the infomation, and create a table in the database, then check against existing/non existing records, if the record exist, update it, if not insert it. I'm using Visual Studio.Net, ASP.Net and coding in VB.Net.
Anyone know where i can find documentation/code regarding the above?
I will be greatful for any help.
Hello,
I receive 4 .csv file downloads periodically (3 times per day) via email from our corporate database. I open each file in Excel, save as excel files, import to Access, replace the previous tables...run action queries, generate reports combined with production data from CSRs and supervisors. ALL DONE MANUALLY!!!
Here's where I am now:
-I've recently switched over to SQL Server Express.
-Used SSMA to bring tables over from previous Access database.
-Exercised the option to LINK these tables to the original Access database.(I'll explain why in a moment)
-Created ADPs for front end data entry use.
-Imported old Access database forms into the new ADPs previously used in Access.
-Connected to the new Server Express.
-I've eliminated my concurrent user problems by doing this.
HOWEVER, I am still bound to using old Access/Jet database to generate reports based on periodic downloads from corporate .csv files.
Here's the question:
What is the best way to import the csv files being sent to me via email into SQL Server Express? I've tried DTS. Seems to me you can't save AND actually use the packages later since it's the Express edition..... Importing manually 4 files, 3 times per day is a very tedious option I'd like to avoid. Any ideas?
Oh, by the way. Corporate has told me they would be willing to post the files to an FTP site instead of emailing the files. That's about as much help as I'm going to get from them. Can SQL Server Express be set up to run stored procedures (triggers) on a hot folder?
Thanks for your help.
David
I work for a company that makes heat transfers for the imprinted apparel market. We're developing a database of merchandise images for all of our non-design inventory. Using Access we're going to be inserting thumbnails of psd (photoshop) files. We're wondering if there is any way to import multiple psd's into the sql server database into matching records like matching a column named "filename" and the actual filename of the file without having to upload each file individually. We want to be able to dump the files from the database of the matching records, also. This way, once our catalog designer has found which designs they need to put into the new catalog, it will dump the psd's for us. The same for our staffer who does color separations.
Any suggestions out there? If you need me to post further of what we're trying here, I will. This is for the bossman.
Hi all,
Sorry if this is in the wrong forum but i didn't know if i should put it in the Data Mining forum.
My problem is two fold.
Scenario:
I have 11 text files with standard data format. They range in size from 20megs to 300+ megs (containing 100's of thousands of lines of data)
I build a simple DTS Package to automate the importing of the text files into a database table with the same format as the text files.
Running the files through my DTS produced errors on all files. The error was :
Too many columns found in the current row; non-whitespace characters were found after the last defined column's data.
The error also gave an approximate position of the problem row. So i opened up a text editor that can handle large files and took out about 5000 records before and after the problem area. So i now had a new test file that had 5000 records and contained what "should" be the problem row. I ran this file and it imported correctly. It did not produce the error that i got previously. However it did import things incorrectly. Going through only one of the files i found several rows (over two dozen) that had half the data on one row, then the other half on the other row. Obviouslly there is a problem here with the way the data was exported. I wanted to know if anyone knows of any programs i can get that will analyze these text files for inconsistencies. I have considered writing one in C# but want to see if there is something already out there that can help me.
Basically i need to look at these text files and find Rows that are "incomplete"
the files come from a unix based system, use LF for row delims and Chr(29) for Column delimiters.
any ideas?
thanks,
mcm
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 am trying to import records form ACT! to an SQL Server Database. I can import all the records except for the linked tables (notes/ history, etc.) any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have a ms access database on say c:database.mdb
I have a sql server 2000 running too.
I want to use some command line tool , like isql or osql to convert this database into a sql sever database.
How can I achieve this ?
Thanks in advance.
Alok.
HiI'm running a Windows 2000 SP4 Server which has SQL Server 2000 SP4running.My problem is whenever i try to import a database over from one serverto the other the tables/data etc imports but the stored procedures andviews are not imported over and when i try to select these to importthey do not appear in the list. Any ideas on whats up?Many Thanks in advanceT
View 1 Replies View RelatedData 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?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHello
i have a backup of sql server 2000 pro sp4 database and i want to import it to a sql server 2005 developer edition sp2. i tried to import the database using RESTORE DATABASE IntEx
FROM DISK = 'C:projectsackupBDIntEx.bak' and got the following error
quote:
Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Directory lookup for the file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataIntEX_Data.MDF" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
Msg 3156, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
File 'IntEX_Data' cannot be restored to 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataIntEX_Data.MDF'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid location for the file.
Msg 5133, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Directory lookup for the file "C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataIntEX_Log.LDF" failed with the operating system error 3(The system cannot find the path specified.).
Msg 3156, Level 16, State 3, Line 1
File 'IntEX_Log' cannot be restored to 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQLdataIntEX_Log.LDF'. Use WITH MOVE to identify a valid location for the file.
Msg 3119, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Problems were identified while planning for the RESTORE statement. Previous messages provide details.
Msg 3013, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
RESTORE DATABASE is terminating abnormally.
i tried then importing it with the restore function from sql manager and got the error:
quote:
TITLE: Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio
------------------------------
Restore failed for Server 'AMDINSIDETESTBED'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&EvtSrc=Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.ExceptionTemplates.FailedOperationExceptionText&EvtID=Restore+Server&LinkId=20476
------------------------------
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: The operating system returned the error '5(Access is denied.)' while attempting 'RestoreContainer::ValidateTargetForCreation' on 'C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLIntEx.MDF'. (Microsoft.SqlServer.Smo)
For help, click: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?ProdName=Microsoft+SQL+Server&ProdVer=9.00.3042.00&LinkId=20476
as i said i'm using a sql server 2005 sp2. i tried the scripted method when i did not have sp2 in sql server and it worked without a problem. after installing sp2 it seems it does not want to work anymore. i also tied making a backup of a sql server 2005 database, deleting the database and restoring it and it worked again.
can somebody give me any advice on this problem?
hi all,
While importing into sql server 2000 from a text file i am getting an error message like not enough disk space available to perform this operation but there is enough space (around 18gb). Please advice why this is happenning as my work is stuck
thanks and regards
jk
Hi there,
Just wanted to ask is it possible to 'restore' a SQL Server 2005 backup file into SQL Server 2000.
What I mean is that we are being supplied with a SQL Server 2005 backup file, but we currently use 2000? Can we use this or do we need to upgrade etc?
Thanks.
Simon Jefferies
With DTS it was easy to import a DBF file, but its a huge pain with SSIS. Is there any way on the horizon to import DBF files as easily as DTS did?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHello,I need to import a bunch of .csv files. The problem I am having is the"non data" information in the files creating bogus rows and columndefinitions. Here is an example of the csv file.CBOT - End-of-Day Futures Bulk Download 2001.2 Year U.S. Treasury Notes FuturesDateSymbolMonth CodeYear CodeOpen20010103ZTH2001102.0937520010104ZTH2001102.0312520010105ZTH2001102.28125In this case, there are bogues rows created with the text at thebeginning of the file, and also the column names get placed into a rowas well. My question is; how do you import the file and strip out the"non-data" data? so that only the actual data gets inserted into the db?Thanks,TGru*** Sent via Developersdex http://www.developersdex.com ***Don't just participate in USENET...get rewarded for it!
View 4 Replies View RelatedWhat is the best way to import a structured .prt export file from anaccounting package into SQl Server??Tabs, Fixed col length???
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have the original copies of the .MDF and .LBF of another database that has a bunch of data in that I'm trying to important into MSSQL Express for a project I'm working on. I no longer have a running version of this database just the .MDF and .LBF files and I have no clue what version of MSSQL they were originally created with. If anyone knows a way to import this database please help.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am trying to import a CSV file into an SQL Server table with the OleDbDataReader and SqlBulkCopy objects, like this: using (OleDbConnection dconn = new OleDbConnection("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=c:\mystuff\;Extended Properties="text;HDR=No;FMT=Delimited""))
{
using (OleDbCommand dcmd = new OleDbCommand("select * from mytable.csv", dconn))
{
try
{
dconn.Open();
using (OleDbDataReader dreader = dcmd.ExecuteReader())
{
try
{
using (SqlConnection dconn2 = new SqlConnection(@"data source=MyDBServer;initial catalog=MyDB;user id=mydbid;password=mydbpwd"))
{
using (SqlBulkCopy bc = new SqlBulkCopy(dconn2))
{
try
{
dconn2.Open();
bc.DestinationTableName = "dbo.mytable";
bc.WriteToServer(dreader);
}
finally
{
dconn2.Close();
}
}
}
}
finally
{
dreader.Close();
}
}
}
finally
{
dconn.Close();
}
}
}
A couple of the columns for the destination table use a bit datatype. The CSV files uses the strings "1" and "0" to represent these.When I run this code, it throws this exception:Unhandled Exception: System.InvalidOperationException: The given value of type String from the data source cannot be converted to type bit of the specified target column. ---> System.FormatException: Failed to convert parameter value from a String to a Boolean. ---> System.FormatException: String was not recognized asa valid Boolean. at System.Boolean.Parse(String value) at System.String.System.IConvertible.ToBoolean(IFormatProvider provider) at System.Convert.ChangeType(Object value, Type conversionType, IFormatProvider provider) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter.CoerceValue(Object value, MetaType destinationType) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlParameter.CoerceValue(Object value, MetaType destinationType) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaDatametadata) --- End of inner exception stack trace --- at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.ConvertValue(Object value, _SqlMetaDatametadata) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServerInternal() at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteRowSourceToServer(Int32 columnCount) at System.Data.SqlClient.SqlBulkCopy.WriteToServer(IDataReader reader) at MyClass.Main()It appears not to accept "1" and "0" as valid strings to convert to booleans. The System.Convert.ToBoolean method appears to work the same way. Is there any way to change this behavior? I discovered if you change the "1" to "true" and "0" to "false" in the CSV file it will accept them.
Hi,
I got one more problem with importing csv files using .net. The problem is that the csv file contains double-quotation marks (""). For example, the record looks like:
...,Bearing Double "D" Flange,...
And the result is: ... | Bearing Double | null (all following columns are null)
The code is as following:
string strCsvConn = @"Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=;Extended Properties='text;HDR=Yes;FMT=Delimited(,)';";
using (OleDbConnection cn = new OleDbConnection(strCsvConn))
{
string strSQL = "SELECT * FROM " + strFileName;
OleDbCommand cmd = new OleDbCommand(strSQL, cn);
cn.Open();
using (OleDbDataReader dr = cmd.ExecuteReader())
{while (dr.Read())
{
string str = Convert.ToString(dr[8]);
}
// Bulk Copy to SQL Server
//using (SqlBulkCopy bulkCopy = new SqlBulkCopy(strSqlConn))
//{
// bulkCopy.DestinationTableName = strSqlTable;
// bulkCopy.WriteToServer(dr);
//}
}
}
Any idea is highly appreciated.
shz
Hi,
I want to import multiple text files into a single table. I know I have to use BCP or DTS. But, I want import all files at once, instead of one at a time. And the file names are in sequence, viz. file1, file2, file3 etc.
Can anybody tell me, How I can achieve this.
Thanks
Has anyone written a SQL script to import ASCII comma or space delimited?
I am trying to load a PROGRESS exported file (Unix) into SQL SERVER 6.5 (NT).
Much appreciated,
Nickd
I have to import 18000 text files into a sql database.
Each file contains 10 fields and around 5000 records.
I am currently doing this with DTS.
What I am wondering is this: Is DTS the most efficient i.e. quickest way to import all this data. Bearing in mind there is about 90 million records to import in all.
I would appreciate the benefit of somebody elses experience when dealing with this type of thing.
Cheers,
Brookesy
Hello,
I've been trying to import a TXT file into an SQL database and I'm having trouble making it work correctly. It is a ASCII text file with over 100,000 records. The fields vary by the number of characters. This can be 2 characters up to 40 (STATE would be 2 characters, CITY is 32 characters, etc.)
I can import the file with DTS. I go in and select exactly where I want the field breaks to be. Then it imports everything as Characters with column headers of Col001, Col002, Col003, etc. My problem is that I don't want everything as Characters or Col001 etc. I want different column names and columns of data to be INT, NUMERIC(x,x), etc. instead of characters every time. If I change these values to anything than the default in DTS it won't import the data correctly.
Also, I have an SQL script that I wrote for a table where I can create the field lengths, data type etc. the way I want it to look, FWIW. This seems to be going nowhere fast.
What am I doing wrong? Should I be using something else than DTS?
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
JB
Hi i've 6 files with the same name part but all have a different ext. The 17 always changes to the current week number
xbouns.A17
xbouns.B17
xbouns.C17
I want to import these files into a database table. So I've create a foreach loop and select the foreach file enumerater but am not sure if this is the right way to go about it some help woth be great thanks.
I have over three hundred text files that I need to import to SQLServer.Each is in the exact same format.I want to import tham as seperate tables.Is there any way to do it in one process?Regards,Ciarán
View 5 Replies View RelatedHi i've 6 files with the same name part but all have a different ext. The 17 always changes to the current week number
xbouns.A17
xbouns.B17
xbouns.C17
I'd like to do this within a SSIS package some help in getting this to work would be great.
Thanks
Hello Everyone.
I am a bit new to SQL Server but not to DBA or programming per se. I am having difficulties getting either an Excel or Text flat file to import properly.
I guess it would be best to ask, using either SSIS or BULK INSERT, what options need to be entered for a typical excel flat file?
I have a package with a corresponding configuration file.
If I open Sql server management studio and i connect to SSIS and right click to import a package, and then select to store the package in SQL Server (not on the file system)....
What happens with the configuration file?
Does the import take the values from the configuration file and place them in the package which then is stored in SQL Server?
Or do I need to put the configuration file someplace on the SQL Server where the package is imported so it can access it when it runs?
I'm a bit confused about what goes on there?
For example, I tried using the build command and then running the manifest file to import using the wizard and when it does that it copies the configuration files to a default location within the c:program filesmicrosoft sql server directory.
Thx.
R-
I need to write a genric CSV importer. one set of CSVs define the formats of all teh other CSVs. The format of the second set of CSVs is not know at the time of creating this project/SSIS package.
Imagine having two sets of CSV files.
Each file in the first set of CSVs define the format of files in the second set of CSVs
The first set always have the same format. Each row of the CSV file defines a field with a Name and Type.
The first two columns of each row of in the first set of CSVs have a FormatName and index.
So a simple file may have:
Format1,1,Name,string
Format1,2,Surname,string
Format1,3,DOB,Date
Format1,4,Email,string
The second set of CSVs contains records that have to comply with the format define in the first set.
So in this aprticular case, a CSV file in the second set may have records such as:
Format1,John,Doe,2007-01-01,john@doe.com
Format1,Jane,Doe,2007-02-02,jane@doe.com
The problem I have is creating a generic SSIS package for this.
The first task, loading the first set of CSV file is fairly simple. The CSV format is known.
But the second task is a bit trickier.
Assuming I have SQL tables to load the data.
One 'Fields' record for each row in the CSVs from the fiirst set.
One 'Rows' record for each row in the CSVs from the second set,
One 'Values' record for each value in each row in the CSVs from the second set,
Something like:
TABLE Fields (
FieldID int IDENTITY,
FormatName varchar(100),
Position int,
ColumnName varchar(100),
ColumnType varchar(20) )
TABLE Rows (
RowID int IDENTITY )
TABLE Values (
ValueID IDENTITY,
RowID int,
FieldID int,
ColumnValue varchar(100) )
What would be the best/easiest SSIS approach:
- Dynamically create a SSIS package based on the content of each CSV fiel of the first set and execute that package for each file in the second set, selecting the correct package to execute (all records within a CSV file belong to the same format).
- Write a single SSIS package that iterates through the rows of the second CSVs, does a lookup for each value of each row to find the field name and make an insert into the DB
- Other SSIS method?
- Don't use SSIS to parse the CSV and call a custom C# task?
- Don't use SSIS at all ?
Thanks
When I try to make a connection to an Access .mdb I get the following error:
"Unable to open application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened exclusively by another user"
Yet, I am able to open the file through Access and have necessary permissions and I know no one else has it opened. The mdb is password protected and I have provided the correct login information in the DTS connection.
I have a folder on an SFTP server in our internal network which gets flat files periodically (almost every minute) from another server. The file structure is like this:
Flat File Format•Line 1—List of field names comma separated •Line 2—List of field type comma separated •Line 3—Data comma separated •Line 4—Data comma separated and so on...
All the files will be like this without the .csv extention. There are a lot of fields and creating a column for each field manually will be a pain. Heres what I am trying to do:
1. Create a process that runs periodically on the server and imports data from files into the SQL server table.
2. Use the information in line 1 and 2 to create the schema of the table and then ignore those lines in every import (the data should be appended to the existing data).
What are my options?
Thank you all,Bullpit
I have a load (180,000+) of text files whose contents need to go into a SQL server database.Whats the best way of doing this? Using a c# console program and if so, using FileStream or StreamReader? Or using a feature of SQL server itself. The text files themselves are less that 1k and are literally less than 200 characters.The problem is, I've tried a WinForm and although I can detect what files are there, as soon as I attempt to open one for reading, everything stops working and won't insert anything to the database.
View 1 Replies View RelatedI am new to SQL7 and I am trying to run a package that will import fixed text files in a folder and transform the data to a table. I am using a good example found in sywink.com for dynamically importing files in a directory, but I am getting an error message when there is more than one file in the folder. Also, I am able to display all the files during the loop process, but the file initially set for the source connection is the only one that transfers data. I have the close(Transform) connection checkbox option checked, and have tried other methods of closing the connection before the new source name is called, none have helped. Does anyone have any solutions to this type of problem? Or know of other methods used for my situation?
Thanks
James