Invalid Character Value For Cast Specification Error Upon Importing Text File
Apr 23, 2007
Hi all--Given a table called "buyers" with the following column definitions in a SQL Server 2005 database:
[BUYER] [nvarchar](40) NULL,
[DIVISION] [nvarchar](3) NULL,
[MOD_DATE] [datetime] NULL
This table is laden with Unicode data and the MOD_DATE contains no data--not even NULL values, and is giving me a headache as a result. I can export this data fine to a text file, but when I create an SSIS package to attempt import to another table defined exactly the same as above in another place, I get the following messages:
SSIS package "buyers_import.dtsx" starting.
Information: 0x4004300A at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Validation phase is beginning.
Information: 0x4004300A at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Validation phase is beginning.
Information: 0x40043006 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Prepare for Execute phase is beginning.
Information: 0x40043007 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Pre-Execute phase is beginning.
Information: 0x402090DC at Data Flow Task, Source - buyers_txt [1]: The processing of file "D: emp3uyers.txt" has started.
Information: 0x4004300C at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Execute phase is beginning.
Information: 0x402090DE at Data Flow Task, Source - buyers_txt [1]: The total number of data rows processed for file "D: emp3uyers.txt" is 232.
Error: 0xC0202009 at Data Flow Task, Destination - buyers_tst [22]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005.
An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification".
Error: 0xC020901C at Data Flow Task, Destination - buyers_tst [22]: There was an error with input column "MOD_DATE" (45) on input "Destination Input" (35). The column status returned was: "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".
Error: 0xC0209029 at Data Flow Task, Destination - buyers_tst [22]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR. The "input "Destination Input" (35)" failed because error code 0xC0209077 occurred, and the error row disposition on "input "Destination Input" (35)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.
Error: 0xC0047022 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_PROCESSINPUTFAILED. The ProcessInput method on component "Destination - buyers_tst" (22) failed with error code 0xC0209029. The identified component returned an error from the ProcessInput method. The error is specific to the component, but the error is fatal and will cause the Data Flow task to stop running. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure.
Error: 0xC0047021 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_THREADFAILED. Thread "WorkThread0" has exited with error code 0xC0209029. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the thread has exited.
Information: 0x40043008 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Post Execute phase is beginning.
Information: 0x402090DD at Data Flow Task, Source - buyers_txt [1]: The processing of file "D: emp3uyers.txt" has ended.
Information: 0x402090DF at Data Flow Task, Destination - buyers_tst [22]: The final commit for the data insertion has started.
Information: 0x402090E0 at Data Flow Task, Destination - buyers_tst [22]: The final commit for the data insertion has ended.
Information: 0x40043009 at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: Cleanup phase is beginning.
Information: 0x4004300B at Data Flow Task, DTS.Pipeline: "component "Destination - buyers_tst" (22)" wrote 0 rows.
Task failed: Data Flow Task
SSIS package "buyers_import.dtsx" finished: Failure.
Among the customizations in this package is the flag "ValidateExternalMetadata" set to False. The data itself is surrounded by " and delimited by semicolons for each field, with the header row set as the name of each column. It looks like this:
"BUYER";"DIVISION";"MOD_DATE"
"108 Joon-Hyn Kim";"TAD";""
"109 Kang-Soo Do";"TAD";""
"FS07 John Smith";"TAD";""
...
Can anyone suggest a course of action on how to handle the error when the MOD_DATE field is completely empty?
I have OLE DB source which executes SP with 2 parameters and output is flat file. Every time I run I immediately get output below. How do I troubleshoot further what might be causing this?
Information: 0x402090DC at Data Flow Task, Flat File Destination [2]: The processing of file "C:UsersadminDesktopout.csv" has started. Error: 0xC0202009 at Data Flow Task, OLE DB Source [41]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification". Error: 0xC004701A at Data Flow Task, SSIS.Pipeline: OLE DB Source failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0x80040E21.
I'm getteing an error saying "[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification" when i try to debug a store procedure. The Store Procedure parameters are as below. PROCEDURE clCreateUnpostedTrxEarnType ( @SERIES int, @PERIODID int, @YEAR int, @PTRATIO float, @CPTYPE int, @CPTRXTYPE int, @Startdate datetime, @Enddate datetime, @O_iErrorState int = NULL output )
I am using the backend SQLServer with Powerbuilder, I write a stored procedure and tried to create a datawindow to use that procedure but failed, it returns error code 22005 -Invalid Character value for cast specification. I tried to change any setting in ODBC but still failed.
accessing through ODBC a frond end application which is running on MS SQL Server 2005, works just fine with a specific setup as concerned as the decimal/thousands separators ("," for thousands and "." for decimals). If i switch these settings alternatively ("." for thousands and "," for decimals), i get this error: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for cast specification.
I tried to search forum and internet but no luck. Thanks in advance
hello, i have a problem with SQL Server Agent. Sometimes, when a scheduled job runs i get this error:
Error: 2008-03-13 06:04:50.50 Code: 0xC0202009 Source: Load Current OLE DB Destination [124] Description: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification". End Error Error: 2008-03-13 06:04:50.52 Code: 0xC020901C Source: Load Current OLE DB Destination [124] Description: There was an error with input column "collectDate" (217) on input "OLE DB Destination Input" (137). The column status returned was: "Conversion failed because the data value overflowed the specified type.". End Error Error: 2008-03-13 06:04:50.52 Code: 0xC0209029 Source: Load Current OLE DB Destination [124]
the code i use looks like this
DECLARE @Report_date datetime SET @Report_date = dateadd(dd,-1,convert(varchar(10),getdate(),121))
select CollectDate = @Report_date
the destination column is datetime. Is this a known issue / bug? Because this doesn't happen everytime, and when it does happen all i have to do ia run the job again.
I have a Data Flow task that is simply copying data from table A to table B. (there is a derived column in between however)
All the columns in table A are varchar(255). The columns in table B vary: floats, decimals, etc
However, I am getting a bazillion errors when I run this, each of them to the effect that:
Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification". An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client"
I don't understand why this is happening... I've succesfully run similar scenarios with other packages, ie) moving data from one table to another table even though the tables have different data types.
I have a question regarding the running of a procedure from VC++ in SQL server.
well this is the scenario.
i have a procedure in SQL server and i am running that thru my VC++ code. :eek: i have a recordset class and i create an object of it and then do a obj.Open(). the procedure is fetching 24 records correctly in the query analyser and in my while(!(obj.IsEOF())) loop it gets the first record correctly but the moment it encounters obj.MoveNext(); it bombs and gives me the following error..
"Invalid Character value for cast specification ".
Hi,I used SQL Server 2000 Personal Edition. I created a stored procedurehaving input parameters as smallint,tinyint,char,varchar andsmalldatetime. When I executed it by Query Analyzer, it's ok. But whenI executed it by ASP code that used ADODB.command, it showed error:Invalid character value for cast specification .Though SQL Server debugger, it showed:[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Invalid character value for castspecificationWhat did I do wrong? How do I fix this problem?TIAKrungPS: One of input parameters was smalldatetime, but I casting it in ASPas date as:Const adDate=7datetxt='2004/6/28'cmd.Parameters.Append cmd.CreateParameter("CoopId",adChar,adParamInput, 8, coopid)cmd.Parameters.Append cmd.CreateParameter("Addr",adVarChar,adParamInput, 100, addr)...cmd.Parameters.Append cmd.CreateParameter("Cdate",adDate,adParamInput, , datetxt)....cmd.execute
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Problem I - Copying to [IS_Shared_ServicesTest].[dbo].[tblResource] (Error) Messages * Error 0xc0202009: Data Flow Task: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification". (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
* Error 0xc020901c: Data Flow Task: There was an error with input column "Contract Start Date" (115) on input "Destination Input" (80). The column status returned was: "Conversion failed because the data value overflowed the specified type.". (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Here is the short version of the error. I realize that there is an error with the conversion and the error is in tblResource in column Contract Start Date. It is still transfering the column over, and on spot check they seem fine. Should I be really worried about an error? Or is there something that I can do with the Access or SQL server database to fix this?
In my SSIS Package I am loading data from Oracle source to SQL Destination. But while loading I am getting below error.
[OLE_DST_FORECASTSTANDARD [72]] Error: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. Â An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Â Source: "Microsoft SQL Server Native Client 11.0" Â Hresult: 0x80004005 Â Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification".
[OLE_DST_FORECASTSTANDARD [72]] Error: There was an error with OLE_DST_FORECASTSTANDARD.Inputs[OLE DB Destination Input].Columns[UNITS_NEW] on OLE_DST_FORECASTSTANDARD.Inputs[OLE DB Destination Input].
The column status returned was: "Conversion failed because the data value overflowed the specified type.".
I have attached the table definition of both source as well as destination.
Why would I get these errors: " SSIS Error Code DTS_E_OLEDBERROR. An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft SQL Native Client" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Invalid character value for cast specification".
There was an error with input column "UniqueID" (3486) on input "OLE DB Command Input" (3438). The column status returned was: "The value could not be converted because of a potential loss of data.".
Error: 0xC0209029 : SSIS Error Code DTS_E_INDUCEDTRANSFORMFAILUREONERROR. The "input "OLE DB Command Input" (3438)" failed because error code 0xC0209069 occurred, and the error row disposition on "input "OLE DB Command Input" (3438)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component. There may be error messages posted before this with more information about the failure."
I read related posts but could not figure out the error?
I'm usung bcp to move data from one table to another. 202 million rows. The source/original table had 32 fields. The new table has 33 fields. I added a PK column to the destination/new table. The new PK column is the first field in the new table, it is set to autoincrement by 1 on each insert. The data file only has 32 fields of data per row.
The error is :SQLState = 22018, NativeError = 0 Error = [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]Invalid character value for cast specification
10 times, then bcp shuts off (default errors is 10).
C:>bcp dbname.schema.TP_LOG_NEW in e:alltplog.dat -S dbsvr -T -f tplognew.fmt
I'm trying to connect to a tab-delimited text file using the ODBC data access. I set it up using Administrative Tools - Data Sources (ODBC) from the start menu, and clicked the 'Guess' button under Define Format.
It looks OK, but if I go back to Define in Administrative Tools and try to review it, I get a similar error message:
Ini File (or Registry) C:Program FilesCIMSschema.ini is corrupt. Section: cims_output_data.txt, Key: Col1.
Has anyone seen this before? There is nothing on MSDN as far as I could find. I read on another forum that if you replace the label 'Col1' with 'Col' the problem is solved but it still reports that the schema is corrupt when I try to open it in Administrative Tools.
I am using ASPOSE License(3rd party licensing tool).
Getting Error when using encrypted License file (*.lic) in my Application .
Error is .
"Invalid character in a Base-64 string "
What does it means ?????
But Demo License file *.lic is working fine.
Please provide solutions.
Reply is highly appreciated.
Rishi
Error is Invalid character in a Base-64 string.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.
Exception Details: System.FormatException: Invalid character in a Base-64 string.
Source Error:
Line 59: Line 60: //license = new Licensing("Ghezt4vbwif7r9cf7ra2ttbKzv76+v7GAA==", licenceFile); Line 61: license = new Licensing("Ghezt4vbwif7r9cf7ra2ttbKzv76+v==", licenceFile); Line 62: Line 63: Source File: c:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesTestLicenseApp_CodeDemo.cs Line: 61
Stack Trace:
[FormatException: Invalid character in a Base-64 string.] System.Convert.FromBase64String(String s) +0 Aspose.License.Licensing.M0(String key, String encryptedString) +627 Aspose.License.Licensing.A0() +753 Aspose.License.Licensing..ctor(String key, String licenseFile) +72 Demo.Initialize() in c:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesTestLicenseApp_CodeDemo.cs:61 Demo..ctor(String licenseFolder, Page page) in c:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesTestLicenseApp_CodeDemo.cs:37 _Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in c:Documents and SettingsAdministratorMy DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesTestLicenseDefault.aspx.cs:18 System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +31 System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +68 System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +88 System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +74 System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +3035
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--------------------------------------------------------------- System.Data.OleDb.OleDbException: Invalid authorization specification Invalid connection string attribute at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.ProcessResults(Int32 hr) at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.InitializeProvider() at System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection.Open() at ASP.pruebaLeeSqlServer_aspx.__Render__control1(HtmlTextWriter __output, Control parameterContainer) in Z:DigitalpruebaLeeSqlServer.aspx:line 21
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DECLARE @MyText nvarchar(500) SET @MyText = 'type This is my text >> c:MyLog.txt' exec master..xp_cmdshell @MyText
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for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(dbprop) / sizeof(dbprop[0]); i++) VariantInit(&dbprop[ i ].vValue);
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