I have to perform a bulk Import on a regular Basis and have created a script to do this. The Problem is that the .csv file has 12 Columns and the table to Import into has 14. To Workaround this discrepancy I have decided to use a Format file. The Problem is that how to create one.
View 3 RepliesI am trying to load a fixed width text file using `Bulk Insert` and a XML format file. I have used the same process and XML file on another fixed width, except with less columns.
Error
Msg 4857, Level 16, State 1, Line 16
Line 4 in format file "PATHCaddr.xml": Attribute "type" could not be specified for this type.
SQL Server Table
[code lang="sql"]
create table [dbo].[raw_addr](
address_numbervarchar(max),
addr_linelvarchar(max),
addr_line2varchar(max),
street_novarchar(max),
[code]....
I'm trying to set up a BULK INSERT Format File for some data that I've been sent, which, according to the data documentation, comes in fixed-width format fields (no delimiters except for end-of-row 0D0A) in SQL-Server 2005 Express.
The following is the first line...
"7999163 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1278 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000
7999162 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1279 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000 "
Looking with a hex editor, all the above whitespace are 20's.
From the documentation, I've constructed the following table...
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
DB_CREATE_DATE CHAR (8),
DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8),
CREATE_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PATIENT_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PROVIDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
LOCATION_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_TYPE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
STATUS_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
EXISTENCE NUMERIC (1,0),
DURATION NUMERIC (4,0),
NUMBER_OF_VISITS NUMERIC (3,0),
ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
AGE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0)
)
To Bulk Insert this, I've written the following...
BULK INSERT MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
FROM 'E:MDataOrder_F.txt'
WITH
(
FORMATFILE = 'E:MDataOrder_F_format.txt'
)
and written the following format file...
9.0
17
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 2 DB_CREATE_DATE ""
3 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 3 DB_UPDATED_DATE ""
4 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 4 CREATE_DATE_KEY ""
5 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 5 ORDER_DATE_KEY ""
6 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 6 PATIENT_KEY ""
7 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 7 ORDER_KEY ""
8 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 8 PROVIDER_KEY ""
9 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 9 LOCATION_KEY ""
10 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 10 ORDER_TYPE_KEY ""
11 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 11 STATUS_KEY ""
12 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 12 PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY ""
13 SQLNUMERIC 0 1 "" 13 EXISTENCE ""
14 SQLNUMERIC 0 4 "" 14 DURATION ""
15 SQLNUMERIC 0 3 "" 15 NUMBER_OF_VISITS ""
16 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 16 ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID ""
17 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "
" 17 AGE_KEY ""
However... actually running this gives the following error...
Msg 4863, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 13 (EXISTENCE).
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Since this is my first time with this, I read the BOL items on Bulk Insert, Format Files, and each of the formatting attibutes, and made up two line "toy" examples for SQLCHAR and SQLINT, including two columns - all worked as expected.
It seemed that only SQLNUMERIC/SQLDECIMAL fell apart.
Even the following trivial example doesn't work for this field of data...
"7999163 "
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0)
)
and
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 " " 1 TRACER_ID ""
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which give this error...
Msg 9803, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid data for type "numeric".
The statement has been terminated.
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "/r/n" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which gives this error...
Msg 4832, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load: An unexpected end of file was encountered in the data file.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Also - there was the DB_CREATE_DATE and DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8) were supposed to be dates in the format of mmddyyy but clearly there is no Date datatype in SQL-Server. I would suppose these need to be converted, but am unsure how. What is clear is that the data was dumped from Oracle in text form,
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!
I'm trying to set up a BULK INSERT Format File for some data that I've been sent, which, according to the data documentation, comes in fixed-width format fields (no delimiters except for end-of-row 0D0A) in SQL-Server 2005 Express.
The following is the first line...
"7999163 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1278 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000
7999162 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1279 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000 "
Looking with a hex editor, all the above whitespace are 20's.
From the documentation, I've constructed the following table...
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
DB_CREATE_DATE CHAR (8),
DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8),
CREATE_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PATIENT_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PROVIDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
LOCATION_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_TYPE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
STATUS_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
EXISTENCE NUMERIC (1,0),
DURATION NUMERIC (4,0),
NUMBER_OF_VISITS NUMERIC (3,0),
ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
AGE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0)
)
To Bulk Insert this, I've written the following...
BULK INSERT MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
FROM 'E:MDataOrder_F.txt'
WITH
(
FORMATFILE = 'E:MDataOrder_F_format.txt'
)
and written the following format file...
9.0
17
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 2 DB_CREATE_DATE ""
3 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 3 DB_UPDATED_DATE ""
4 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 4 CREATE_DATE_KEY ""
5 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 5 ORDER_DATE_KEY ""
6 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 6 PATIENT_KEY ""
7 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 7 ORDER_KEY ""
8 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 8 PROVIDER_KEY ""
9 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 9 LOCATION_KEY ""
10 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 10 ORDER_TYPE_KEY ""
11 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 11 STATUS_KEY ""
12 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 12 PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY ""
13 SQLNUMERIC 0 1 "" 13 EXISTENCE ""
14 SQLNUMERIC 0 4 "" 14 DURATION ""
15 SQLNUMERIC 0 3 "" 15 NUMBER_OF_VISITS ""
16 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 16 ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID ""
17 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "
" 17 AGE_KEY ""
However... actually running this gives the following error...
Msg 4863, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 13 (EXISTENCE).
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Since this is my first time with this, I read the BOL items on Bulk Insert, Format Files, and each of the formatting attibutes, and made up two line "toy" examples for SQLCHAR and SQLINT, including two columns - all worked as expected.
It seemed that only SQLNUMERIC/SQLDECIMAL fell apart.
Even the following trivial example doesn't work for this field of data...
"7999163 "
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0)
)
and
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 " " 1 TRACER_ID ""
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which give this error...
Msg 9803, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid data for type "numeric".
The statement has been terminated.
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "/r/n" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which gives this error...
Msg 4832, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load: An unexpected end of file was encountered in the data file.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Also - the DB_CREATE_DATE and DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8) were supposed to be dates in the format of mmddyyy but clearly there is no Date datatype in SQL-Server. I would suppose these need to be converted, but am unsure how. What is clear is that the data was dumped from Oracle in text form,
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!
I'm trying to set up a BULK INSERT Format File for some data that I've been sent, which, according to the data documentation, comes in fixed-width format fields (no delimiters except for end-of-row 0D0A) in SQL-Server 2005 Express.
The following is the first line...
"7999163 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1278 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000
7999162 09182003 56586 56477 3601942 1279 22139 1102 113 118 51450 1 1 63535647 10000 "
Looking with a hex editor, all the above whitespace are 20's.
From the documentation, I've constructed the following table...
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
DB_CREATE_DATE CHAR (8),
DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8),
CREATE_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_DATE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PATIENT_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PROVIDER_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
LOCATION_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
ORDER_TYPE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
STATUS_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0),
EXISTENCE NUMERIC (1,0),
DURATION NUMERIC (4,0),
NUMBER_OF_VISITS NUMERIC (3,0),
ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0),
AGE_KEY NUMERIC (10,0)
)
To Bulk Insert this, I've written the following...
BULK INSERT MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
FROM 'E:MDataOrder_F.txt'
WITH
(
FORMATFILE = 'E:MDataOrder_F_format.txt'
)
and written the following format file...
9.0
17
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 2 DB_CREATE_DATE ""
3 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 3 DB_UPDATED_DATE ""
4 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 4 CREATE_DATE_KEY ""
5 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 5 ORDER_DATE_KEY ""
6 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 6 PATIENT_KEY ""
7 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 7 ORDER_KEY ""
8 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 8 PROVIDER_KEY ""
9 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 9 LOCATION_KEY ""
10 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 10 ORDER_TYPE_KEY ""
11 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 11 STATUS_KEY ""
12 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 12 PRIMARY_INSURANCE_KEY ""
13 SQLNUMERIC 0 1 "" 13 EXISTENCE ""
14 SQLNUMERIC 0 4 "" 14 DURATION ""
15 SQLNUMERIC 0 3 "" 15 NUMBER_OF_VISITS ""
16 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 16 ACTIVITY_TRACER_ID ""
17 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "
" 17 AGE_KEY ""
However... actually running this gives the following error...
Msg 4863, Level 16, State 4, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 13 (EXISTENCE).
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Since this is my first time with this, I read the BOL items on Bulk Insert, Format Files, and each of the formatting attibutes, and made up two line "toy" examples for SQLCHAR and SQLINT, including two columns - all worked as expected.
It seemed that only SQLNUMERIC/SQLDECIMAL fell apart.
Even the following trivial example doesn't work for this field of data...
"7999163 "
CREATE TABLE MQIC.DBO.ORDER_F
(
TRACER_ID NUMERIC (10,0)
)
and
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 " " 1 TRACER_ID ""
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which give this error...
Msg 9803, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Invalid data for type "numeric".
The statement has been terminated.
or
9.0
1
1 SQLNUMERIC 0 10 "/r/n" 1 TRACER_ID ""
which gives this error...
Msg 4832, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load: An unexpected end of file was encountered in the data file.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Also - the DB_CREATE_DATE and DB_UPDATED_DATE CHAR (8) were supposed to be dates in the format of mmddyyy but clearly there is no Date datatype in SQL-Server. I would suppose these need to be converted, but am unsure how. What is clear is that the data was dumped from Oracle in text form,
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated...
Thanks!
Can we bulk insert only the desired column from a flat file to a table?
I am using SSIS to bulk insert from a file with more than 200 columns. I am trying to find a way I can bulk insert them to multiples table through SSIS.
The one way I can think is pre map the columns from the file to the destination tables. Build numerous Bulk Insert tasks to achieve that. But not sure if SSIS will let me do that.
I want to use the bulk insert statement to insert data from a text file that contains more columns than the target sql table does. I am using SQL 7.0.
I am using a format file, but I can't work out how to achieve the above. SQL books online (and the msdn website) do not describe how to do this, but it is intimated that it can be done.
Any suggestions ?
Regards,
Stuart.
Hello, I am doing a bulk insert using a XML Format file from a csv file. Most everything works just fine, but my delimiter is a , the problem is one of the column sets sometimes contains a , within "" like this:
value1,"value,2",value3
So when I do my insert it is distorting the column values because unlike excel it is not ignoring the comma within the quotes. Is there any way to set an attribute within the format file to prevent this from happening?
I Have a fixed width file where the format look like below:
f1 - 16
f2 - 64
f3 - 64..
....etc
and the format file that i created looks like:
8.0
20
1 SQLCHAR 0 16 "" 0 ExtraField
2 SQLCHAR 0 64 "" 0 ExtraField
3 SQLCHAR 0 64 "" 0 ExtraField
4 SQLCHAR 0 16 "" 1 DatabaseName
5 SQLCHAR 0 128 "" 0 ExtraField
6 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 2 DelivaryDay
7 SQLCHAR 0 4 "" 0 ExtraField
8 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 0 ExtraField
9 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
10 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 0 ExtraField
11 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
12 SQLCHAR 0 64 "" 0 ExtraField
13 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
14 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
15 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 3 CompleteDate
16 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
17 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
18 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
19 SQLCHAR 0 24 "" 0 ExtraField
20 SQLCHAR 0 256 "" 0 ExtraField
I need to take only three coulmns from the file and the text file won't contain any delimeters between the fields.
I tried to execute this using Bulk..Insert and i am getting the error:
Cannot bulk load. Invalid column number in the format file "C:sampleXXXX.fmt"
Any one can help me what is the problem here?
I am using SQL Server 2000.
Hi ,
I was wondering if there was a way in a format file to load a host file data field to more than one column in a table?
Thanks
Hi,
im attempting the following bulk insert statement:
BULK INSERT gtaRatesTemp FROM 'D: estData.CSV' WITH (FIRSTROW = 3, FORMATFILE = 'D: estFormat.Fmt'
testData.CSV example:
"Country","Country Code","City","City Code","Currency","Item","Item Code","Address 1","Address 2","Address 3","Address 4","Telephone","Rating","Location 1","Location 2","Location 3","No. of","Dates","Dates","Days","Days","Min","Min","Basis","Twin","Single","Triple","Quad","Twin for sole use","Child","Child Age","Child Age","Meals included","Distance to City Centre (Kms)","Child Details","Special Conditions"
"","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","","Rooms","From","To","From","To","Pax","Nights","","Price","Price","Price","Price","Price","Price","From","To","","",""
"Australia","AA","Palm Cove, QLD","PALC","AUD(Australian Dollars)","ALASSIO ON THE BEACH(1BD POOL)","ALA","139 WILLIAMS ESPLANADE","PALM COVE","QUEENSLAND 4879","AUSTRALIA","61-7-40591550","4","Waterfront/Beach","","","24","14 Jun 2007","30 Jun 2007","Mon","Sun","1","2","Room","181.00","181.00","","","181.00","","","","Breakfast not included","1","","Cancellations: (14 Jun 2007-31 Mar 2008) 0-5 days prior 100% of total; 6-10 days prior 100% for 1 Night; 11 days or more No charge; "
"Australia","AA","Palm Cove, QLD","PALC","AUD(Australian Dollars)","ALASSIO ON THE BEACH(1BD POOL)","ALA","139 WILLIAMS ESPLANADE","PALM COVE","QUEENSLAND 4879","AUSTRALIA","61-7-40591550","4","Waterfront/Beach","","","24","01 Jul 2007","31 Oct 2007","Mon","Sun","1","2","Room","231.00","231.00","","","231.00","","","","Breakfast not included","1","","Cancellations: (14 Jun 2007-31 Mar 2008) 0-5 days prior 100% of total; 6-10 days prior 100% for 1 Night; 11 days or more No charge; "
"Australia","AA","Palm Cove, QLD","PALC","AUD(Australian Dollars)","ALASSIO ON THE BEACH(1BD POOL)","ALA","139 WILLIAMS ESPLANADE","PALM COVE","QUEENSLAND 4879","AUSTRALIA","61-7-40591550","4","Waterfront/Beach","","","24","01 Nov 2007","31 Mar 2008","Mon","Sun","1","2","Room","181.00","181.00","","","181.00","","","","Breakfast not included","1","","Cancellations: (14 Jun 2007-31 Mar 2008) 0-5 days prior 100% of total; 6-10 days prior 100% for 1 Night; 11 days or more No charge; "
"Australia","AA","Palm Cove, QLD","PALC","AUD(Australian Dollars)","ANGSANA RESORT (1 BDRM BEACH)","ANG2","1 VEIVERS ROAD","PALM COVE","QUEENSLAND 4879","AUSTRALIA","61-7-40553000","5","Waterfront/Beach","","","67","14 Jun 2007","30 Jun 2007","Mon","Sun","1","1","Room","412.50","412.50","","","412.50","0","2","12","Breakfast not included","0","At this hotel an additional bed has not been provided in the room, child will need to share the existing bedding.","Cancellations: (14 Jun 2007-31 Mar 2008) 0-17 days prior 100% of total; 18-33 days prior 50% of total; 34 days or more No charge; "
"Australia","AA","Palm Cove, QLD","PALC","AUD(Australian Dollars)","ANGSANA RESORT (1 BDRM BEACH)","ANG2","1 VEIVERS ROAD","PALM COVE","QUEENSLAND 4879","AUSTRALIA","61-7-40553000","5","Waterfront/Beach","","","67","01 Jul 2007","30 Nov 2007","Mon","Sun","1","1","Room","463.00","463.00","","","463.00","0","2","12","Breakfast not included","0","At this hotel an additional bed has not been provided in the room, child will need to share the existing bedding.","Cancellations: (14 Jun 2007-31 Mar 2008) 0-17 days prior 100% of total; 18-33 days prior 50% of total; 34 days or more No charge; "
testFormat.Fmt:
8.0
36
1 SQLCHAR 0 50 """ 0 country SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
2 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 1 countryCode SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
3 SQLCHAR 0 200 "","" 2 city SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
4 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 3 cityCode SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
5 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 4 currency SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
6 SQLCHAR 0 500 "","" 5 item SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
7 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 6 itemCode SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
8 SQLCHAR 0 400 "","" 7 address1 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
9 SQLCHAR 0 400 "","" 8 address2 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
10 SQLCHAR 0 400 "","" 9 address3 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
11 SQLCHAR 0 400 "","" 10 address4 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
12 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 11 telephone SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
13 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 12 rating SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
14 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 13 location1 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
15 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 14 location2 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
16 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 15 location3 SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
17 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 16 noOfRooms SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
18 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 17 datesFrom SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
19 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 18 datesto SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
20 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 19 daysFrom SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
21 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 20 daysTo SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
22 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 21 minPAX SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
23 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 22 minNights SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
24 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 23 basis SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
25 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 24 twinPrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
26 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 25 singlePrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
27 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 26 triplePrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
28 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 27 quadPrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
29 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 28 twinForSoleUsePrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
30 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 29 childPrice SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
31 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 30 childAgeFrom SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
32 SQLCHAR 0 100 "","" 31 childAgeTo SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
33 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 32 mealsIncluded SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
34 SQLCHAR 0 50 "","" 33 distanceToCityCentre SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
35 SQLCHAR 0 500 "","" 34 childDetails SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
36 SQLCHAR 0 1500 ""
" 35 specialConditions SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
My problem is that once inserted, column 35(childDetails) and 36(specialConditions) are being merged into one. I think it may be an error with one of the values i have for the terminator in the format file but im unsure what exactly.
Does anyone have any ideas?
Hey All,
Similar to a previous post (http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=244646&SiteID=1), I am trying to import data into a SQL Table.
I am trying to program a small application that will import product data obtained through suppliers via CD-ROM. One supplier in particular uses Fixed width colums, and data looks like this:
Example of Data
0124015Apple Crate 32.12
0124016Bananna Box 12.56
0124017Mango Carton 15.98
0124018Seedless Watermelon 42.98
My Table would then have:
ProductID as int
Name as text
Cost as money
How would I go about extracting the data with an XML Format file? I am stumbling over how to tell it where to start picking up data for a specific column.
Is there any way that I could trim the Name column (i.e.: "Mango Carton " --> "Mango Carton")?
I don't know if it makes any difference, but I've been calling SQL from my code by doing this:
Code in C# Form
SqlConnection SqlConnection = new SqlConnection(global::SQLClients.Properties.Settings.Default.ClientPhonebookConnectionString);
SqlCommand cmd = new SqlCommand();
cmd.CommandType = CommandType.Text;
cmd.CommandText = "INSERT INTO PhonebookTable(Name, PhoneNumber) VALUES('" + txtName.Text.ToString() + "', '" + txtPhoneNumber.Text.ToString() + "')";
cmd.Connection = SqlConnection;
SqlConnection.Open();
cmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
SqlConnection.Close();
RefreshData();
I am running Visual Studio C# Express 2005 and SQL Server Express 2005.
Thanks for your time,
Hayden.
I'm trying to use Bulk insert for the first time and getting the following error. I think it might have something to do with my Format File and from the error msg there's a conversion error for the first column. In my database the Field is nvarchar(6) so my best guess is to use SQLNChar for the first column. I've checked the end of each line is CR LF therefore the is correct for line 7 right?
Msg 4863, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (truncation) for row 1, column 1 (ASXCode).
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
BULK
INSERTtbl_ASX_Data_temp
FROM
'M:DataASXImportTest.txt'
WITH
(FORMATFILE='M:DataASXSQLFormatImport.Fmt')
[code]...
I need fmt(format ) file for below values
“Stuid”,”Stuname”,”Class”,”DOJ”,”English”,”Math”,”Science”
"S1","Ram","10/31/2011,Monday",40,32,50
"S2","Bala","10/31/2011,Monday",50,45,69
"S3","Sam","10/31/2011,Monday",74,78,79
"S4","Jon","10/31/2011,Monday",65,58,89
"S5","Jos","10/31/2011,Monday",41,25,69
"S6","Jim","10/31/2011,Monday",74,41,41
"S7","Jack","10/31/2011,Monday",98,57,47
"S8","Sate","10/31/2011,Monday",87,73,45
"S9","Brb","10/31/2011,Monday",47,89,65
"S10","Jom","10/31/2011,Monday",14,100,47
Msg 4862, Level 16, State 1, Server PATH-SQLDEV, Line 2
Cannot bulk load because the file "c:DATABATCHBCPFormat.fmt" could not be read. Operating system error code (null).
Above is the error I get. The problem is I do not know what is causing this error. It occurs when I attempt to use SQLCMD with bulk insert.
I am using SQLserver 2005 and I have a similar set up in a test database that works, why this format file does not is beyond me, but my experience is when the format file has an error in it, such as a mispelled datatype or a incorrect column number, the error will zero in on that, rather then declare the entire file unreadable. Furthermore if I go into the file, change something so where it is incorrect (like a column number) it will zero in on that error. So I know that the format file can be read. If I knew what this error was all about I would at least know where to begin in fixing it. I have also tried using a very small sample file for the data being inserted. Same error.
Please help
With "bcp MyDatabase.dbo.MyTable out C:MyFile.Dat -n -T" command line, I could get an exported data file. And I can also import this file into MyTable using 'BULK INSERT MyDatabase.dbo.MyTable FROM 'C:MyFile.dat' WITH (DATAFILETYPE='native');' query statement.
Now, I want to make my own data file just like made by bcp above. Although I could make file of 'char' type, 'native' type file is needed for performance and other reasons. And the format file should not be used.
Any one help?
As part of a c# program, utilizing .Net 2.0, I am calling a sproc via a SqlCommand to bulk load data from flat files to a various tables in a SQL Server 2005 database. We are using format files to do this, as all of the incoming flat files are fixed length. The sproc simply calls a T-SQL BULK INSERT statement, accepting the file name, format file name and the database table as input paramaters. As expected, this works most of the time, but periodically (to often for a production environment), the insert fails. The particular file to fail is essentially random and when I rerun the process, the insert completes successfully.
A sample of the error messages returned is as follows (@sql is the string executed):
Cannot bulk load. Invalid destination table column number for source column 1 in the format file "\RASDMNTTRAS_ROOTBCP_Format_FilesEMODT3.fmt".
Starting spRAS_BulkInsertData.
@sql = BULK INSERT Raser.dbo.EMODT3_Work FROM '\RASDMNTTRAS_ROOTAmeriHealthworkpdclmsemodt3.20060511.0915.txt.DATA' WITH (FORMATFILE = '\RASDMNTTRAS_ROOTBCP_Format_FilesEMODT3.fmt');
The format file for this particular example is as follows (I apologize for the length):
8.0
62
1 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 1 Record_Type SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
2 SQLCHAR 0 15 "" 2 Vendor_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
3 SQLCHAR 0 20 "" 3 Extract_Subscriber_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
4 SQLCHAR 0 20 "" 4 Extract_Member_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
5 SQLCHAR 0 2 "" 5 Claim_Nbr_Branch_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
6 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 6 Claim_Nbr_Batch_Date_CCYYMMDD SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
7 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 7 Claim_Nbr_Batch_Sequence_Nbr SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
8 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 8 Claim_Nbr_Sequence_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
9 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 9 LINE_NUMBER SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
10 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 10 Patient_Sex_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
11 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 11 Patient_Age SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
12 SQLCHAR 0 4 "" 12 G_L_Posting_Tables_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
13 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 13 G_L_Posting_Tbls_Code_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
14 SQLCHAR 0 2 "" 14 Fund_TYPE SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
15 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 15 Stop_Loss_Or_Step_Down_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
16 SQLCHAR 0 2 "" 16 Stop_Loss_Fund SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
17 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 17 Stop_Loss_Fund_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
18 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 18 Post_Date SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
19 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 19 Rebundling_Status_Indicator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
20 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 20 Co_Payment_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
21 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 21 Co_Payment_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
22 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 22 Co_Payment_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
23 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 23 Co_Payment_Accumulator_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
24 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 24 Co_Insurance_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
25 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 25 Co_Insurance_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
26 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 26 Co_Insurance_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
27 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 27 CI_Accumulator_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
28 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 28 Coverage_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
29 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 29 Coverage_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
30 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 30 Coverage_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
31 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 31 Coverage_Accumulator_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
32 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 32 Deductible_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
33 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 33 Deductible_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
34 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 34 Deductible_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
35 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 35 Deductible_Accumulator_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
36 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 36 Unit_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
37 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 37 Unit_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
38 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 38 Unit_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
39 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 39 Unit_Accumulator_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
40 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 40 Out_Of_Pocket_Grouper SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
41 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 41 Out_Of_Pocket_Grouper_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
42 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 42 Out_Of_Pocket_Accumulator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
43 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 43 Out_Of_Pocket_Acc_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
44 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 44 Service_Edit_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
45 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 45 Service_Edit_Code_Desc SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
46 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 46 System_Date_MEDMAS_CCYYMMDD SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
47 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 47 Last_Change_MEDMAS_CCYYMMDD SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
48 SQLCHAR 0 10 "" 48 Medicare_Termination_Reason_Code SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
49 SQLCHAR 0 10 "" 49 User_ID_MEDMAS SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
50 SQLCHAR 0 10 "" 50 User_ID_Last_Modified SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
51 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 51 Adjudication_Date_CCYYMMDD SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
52 SQLCHAR 0 9 "" 52 Adjudication_Time SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
53 SQLCHAR 0 10 "" 53 Adjudication_User_ID SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
54 SQLCHAR 0 9 "" 54 A_P_Batch_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
55 SQLCHAR 0 7 "" 55 A_P_Sequence SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
56 SQLCHAR 0 3 "" 56 CPA_Batch_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
57 SQLCHAR 0 8 "" 57 CPA_Date_CCYYMMDD SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
58 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 58 Manual_Authorization_Flag SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
59 SQLCHAR 0 50 "" 59 Fund_Description SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
60 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 60 DRG_Inclusion_Indicator SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
61 SQLCHAR 0 1 "" 61 Future_Expansion SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
62 SQLCHAR 0 2 "
" 62 Company_Number SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Has anyboy run across this before, or have any ideas as to what might be happening?
Thanks in advance.
Hello dbforums,
I are using a BULK INSERT to insert the data from a ascii file to a sql table. The table has a ProductInstanceId column that exists in the tables but does not exist in the ascii DICast data. I am setting the ProductInstanceId to a Guid that will be used for Metrics. I would like to create the Guid in C++ and then set it somehow during the BULK INSERT DICastRaw1hr and DICastRaw6hr. I am calling the BULK INSERT from C++/ADO. I do not see how you can set a static data in the BULK INSERT for a column that exists in the table but does not the source data ... seems there should be a way to do this with the format file?
The other way to do this is with a TRIGGER. I have the TRIGGER below. Prior to the calling the BULK INSERT using ADO I will use ADO to ALTER the TRIGGER with the new Guid. When the BULK INSERT runs the ProductInstanceId will be populated with the new Guid.
ALTER TRIGGER DICastRaw1hrInsertGuid
ON Alphanumericdata.dbo.DICastRaw1hr
FOR INSERT AS UPDATE dbo.DICastRaw1hr SET ProductInstanceId = '4f9a44eb-092b-445b-a224-cc7cdd207092'
WHERE modelrundatetime = (select max(modelrundatetime) from Alphanumericdata.dbo.DICastraw1hr(NOLOCK))
More Questions:
- The Trigger is slow. The Bulk Insert without the Trigger runs in about 10 sec ... with the Trigger in about 40 sec. I tried to use the sql code below in the TRigger but it was only doing the UPDATE on the last row. The TRIGGER must run after the BULK INSERT is complete. Now I am using the select (bad). Any comments ...
ALTER TRIGGER DICastRaw1hrInsertDate
ON Alphanumericdata.dbo.DICastRaw1hr
FOR INSERT
AS
DECLARE @ID as integer
SELECT @ID = i.recordid from inserted i
UPDATE dbo.DICastRaw1hr SET ProductInstanceId = '4f9a44eb-092b-445b-a224-cc7cdd207092'
WHERE recordid = @ID
- I understand that I could set the Guid in the Default Value part of the table definition using the NEWID() function. I need the Guid to be the same for all the rows that are inserted during the BULK INSERT (all have the same modelrundatetime) ... how would I do this?
Thanks,
Chris
My colleague is working on bulk insert task from SSIS and since the data file does not contain any valid delimeter one of the suggestion he got is to use a file format to address the issue. Thus a bcp command is used to generate the format file, as per below.
bcp <database name>.dbo.<table name> format nul -T -S <server name> -n -f out.fmt
The file file format was generated, from the data flow we added the BULK INSERT task and set the properties accordingly including the File Format and location of the file. Upon running the task itself we encountered the error as per below.
[Bulk Insert Task] Error: An error occurred with the following error message: "Cannot bulk load. The file "C:HFISTAT.fmt" does not exist.".
Progress: The Bulk Insert task is completed. - 100 percent complete
Task Bulk Insert Task failed
Have checked the file and it is in C: drive and it is not protected or read-only. Validated the output file and it is as per expected. Any help would be appreciated very much.
Hi all,
ISSUE:
====================
In SQL 2005 (sp2) I get the following error when preforming a bulk
insert with an associated xml format file:
"Could not bulk insert. Unknown version of format file"
Question:
====================
I am unsure what they mean by "unknown version". Specifically the
format file in question was created using bcp. Also the entire table
scenario was created from a msdn example.
Any ideas? have you seen this before?
NOTE: i can reproduce this issue outside the example but will refer to
msdn considering it is simple and easily reproducible.
Scenario
====================
I can reproduce this error with the BULK INSERT example discussed on
msdn (example A)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191234.aspx
TO REPRODUCE:
* In short the table structure is:
Person (Age int, FirstName varchar(20), LastName varchar(30))
* Data File Template:
Age<tab>Firstname<tab>Lastname<return>
* xml file format from bcp (and described on msdn)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR=" "
MAX_LENGTH="12"/>
<FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR=" "
MAX_LENGTH="20" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="
"
MAX_LENGTH="30"
COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
</RECORD>
<ROW>
<COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="age" xsi:type="SQLINT"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="firstname" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="lastname" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
</ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>
* Here is some the actual sql statement that pulls this all together
BULK INSERT mytestnames
FROM 'C:datatestexampledata-c.Dat'
WITH (FORMATFILE = 'C:datatestexamplefmt.Fmt');
Thanks in advanced for any feedback.
Cheers!
Below is an overview of my problem:
ISSUE:
====================
In SQL 2005 (sp2) I get the following error when preforming a bulk
insert with an associated xml format file:
"Could not bulk insert. Unknown version of format file"
Question:
====================
I am unsure what they mean by "unknown version". Specifically the
format file in question was created using bcp. Also the entire table
scenario was created from a msdn example.
Any ideas? have you seen this before?
NOTE: i can reproduce this issue outside the example but will refer to
msdn considering it is simple and easily reproducible.
Scenario
====================
I can reproduce this error with the BULK INSERT example discussed on
msdn (example A)
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms191234.aspx
TO REPRODUCE:
* In short the table structure is:
Person (Age int, FirstName varchar(20), LastName varchar(30))
* Data File Template:
Age<tab>Firstname<tab>Lastname<return>
* xml file format from bcp (and described on msdn)
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT
xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR=" "
MAX_LENGTH="12"/>
<FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR=" "
MAX_LENGTH="20" COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
<FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR="
"
MAX_LENGTH="30"
COLLATION="SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS"/>
</RECORD>
<ROW>
<COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="age" xsi:type="SQLINT"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="firstname" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
<COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="lastname" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR"/>
</ROW>
</BCPFORMAT>
* Here is some the actual sql statement that pulls this all together
BULK INSERT mytestnames
FROM 'C:datatestexampledata-c.Dat'
WITH (FORMATFILE = 'C:datatestexamplefmt.Fmt');
Thanks in advanced for any feedback.
I try to import data with bulk insert. Here is my table:
CREATE TABLE [data].[example](
col1 [varchar](10) NOT NULL,
col2 [datetime] NOT NULL,
col3 [date] NOT NULL,
col4 [varchar](6) NOT NULL,
col5 [varchar](3) NOT NULL,
[Code] ....
My format file:
10.0
7
1 SQLCHAR 0 10 "@|@" 2 Col2 ""
1 SQLCHAR 0 10 "@|@" 3 Col3 ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 6 "@|@" 4 Col4 Latin1_General_CI_AS
[Code] .....
The first column should store double (in col2 and col3) in my table
My file:
Col1,Col2,Col3,Col4,Col5,Col6,Col7
2015-04-30@|@MDDS@|@ADP@|@EUR@|@185.630624@|@2015-04-30@|@MDDS
2015-04-30@|@MDDS@|@AED@|@EUR@|@4.107276@|@2015-04-30@|@MDDS
My command:
bulk insert data.example
from 'R:epoolexample.csv'
WITH(FORMATFILE = 'R:cfgexample.fmt' , FIRSTROW = 2)
Get error:
Msg 4823, Level 16, State 1, Line 2
Cannot bulk load. Invalid column number in the format file "R:cfgexample.fmt".
I changed some things as:
used ";" and "," as column delimiter
changed file type from UNIX to DOS and adjusted the format file with "
" for row delimiter
Removed this line from format file
1 SQLCHAR 0 10 "@|@" 2 Col2 ""
Nothing works ....
I'm able to successfully import data in a tab-delimited .txt file using the following statement.
BULK INSERT ImportProjectDates FROM "C: mpImportProjectDates.txt"
WITH (FIRSTROW=2,FIELDTERMINATOR = ' ', ROWTERMINATOR = '')
However, in order to import the text file, I had to add columns to the text file to match the columns that exist in the table. The original file is an export out of another database and contains all but 5 columns from my db.
How would I control which column BULK INSERT actually imports when working with a .txt file? I've tried using a FORMAT FILE, however I kept getting errors which I tracked down to being a case of not using it with a .txt file.
Yes, I could have the DBA add in the missing columns to the query from the other DB to create the columns, however I'd like to know a little bit more about this overall.
I want to bulk insert data into a table named scd_event_tab inside a database named rdb.
When I do select * from rdb.dbo.scd_event_tab, i get :
JOB_ID RUN_ONPRIORITYPAYLOADTIMEOUT_INTERVALSTATUSPICKUP_TIMESCD_TYPESCHEDULE_IDDB_ADMIN_LOGIN_REQUIRED_YN
I saved the result into a csv file and then truncated the table. Now, I am trying to bulk insert the data into the table. So I used:
bulk insert
rdb.dbo.scd_event_tab from 'C:userssluintel.ctrdesktopeventtab.csv'
with
(
codepage = 'RAW',
datafiletype = 'native',
fieldterminator = ' ',
keepidentity,
keepnulls
);
go
However, I get this error:
Msg 4867, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load data conversion error (overflow) for row 1, column 1 (JOB_ID).
Msg 4866, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 3. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
I am trying to BULK INSERT csv files using a stored procedure in SQL SERVER 2008R2 SP3. Although the files contain several thousand lines and BULK INSERT returns no errors, no data is actually imported into the table. Every field in the table is a NVARCHAR(50) datatype.
Here is the code for the operation (only the parameters for the insert itself):
set @open = 'bulk insert [DWHStaging].[dbo].[Abverkaufsquote] from '''
set @path = 'G:DataStagingDWHStagingSourceAbverkaufsquote'
set @params = ''' with (firstrow = 2
, datafiletype = ''widechar''
, fieldterminator = '';''
, rowterminator = ''
''
, codepage = ''1252''
, keepnulls);'
The csv file originates from a DB2 database. Using exactly the same code base I can import several other types of CSV files without problem.
The files are stored on the local server with as UCS2 Little Endian and one difference is that the files that do not import do not include a BOM. The other difference is that the failed files are non-UNICODE files.
I used bcp to produce the apended format file.How can it be modified to recognize the quotes that surround the textfields and not insert the quotes along with the text? Invariably, thefirst four columns have text surrounded by quotes and are terminated bytabs. If the first column has "abc", only abc ought to be insertedinto that field in the table.ThanksTed==================format file========================<?xml version="1.0" ?>- <BCPFORMATxmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format"xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">- <RECORD><FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharPrefix" PREFIX_LENGTH="2" MAX_LENGTH="6"COLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AI" /><FIELD ID="2" xsi:type="CharPrefix" PREFIX_LENGTH="2" MAX_LENGTH="7"COLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AI" /><FIELD ID="3" xsi:type="CharPrefix" PREFIX_LENGTH="2" MAX_LENGTH="48"COLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AI" /><FIELD ID="4" xsi:type="NativeFixed" LENGTH="4" /><FIELD ID="5" xsi:type="CharPrefix" PREFIX_LENGTH="2" MAX_LENGTH="8"COLLATION="Latin1_General_CI_AI" /><FIELD ID="6" xsi:type="NativePrefix" PREFIX_LENGTH="1" /></RECORD>- <ROW><COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="f_supplier_code" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR" /><COLUMN SOURCE="2" NAME="f_product_code" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR" /><COLUMN SOURCE="3" NAME="f_product_name" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR" /><COLUMN SOURCE="4" NAME="f_asset_classes_id" xsi:type="SQLINT" /><COLUMN SOURCE="5" NAME="f_size" xsi:type="SQLVARYCHAR" /><COLUMN SOURCE="6" NAME="f_dist_unit" xsi:type="SQLFLT8" /></ROW></BCPFORMAT>
View 6 Replies View RelatedI have a record in an Excel format (Excel 2010) and I would like to bulk import that into SQL Server 2008 and also while importing, SQL Server will automatically create a new table based on the header fields or row of the source file.
I am not sure if SQL Server 2008 has this capabilities.
When creating xml fileformat its throwing me error "invalid ordinal".
When created non-xml file format, no error, and was also able to load data file into sql table. Not sure why bcp (Version: 10.50.1600.1) is not able to create xml file format.
C:>BCP "MyGDB.dbo.Items_Import" format nul -f"C:AnkitTempBCPItemsMaster.xml" -x -w -T -S"(Local)"
SQLState = HY000, NativeError = 0
Error = [Microsoft][SQL Server Native Client 10.0][SQL Server]Invalid ordinal for field 2 in xml format file.
Column_nameTypeComputedLengthPrecScaleNullableTrimTrailingBlanksFixedLenNullInSourceCollation
Item Numbervarcharno18 noyesnoSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Description1nvarcharno80 yes(n/a)(n/a)SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Description2nvarcharno80 yes(n/a)(n/a)SQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
UMvarcharno3 yesyesyesSQL_Latin1_General_CP1_CI_AS
Hi there,
I got a few *.csv files which I have to import in a table. The Insert looks like this:
bulk insert actocashdb.dbo.MyTable
from 'c:UpdatesPLUArtikel_01.csv'
with ( fieldterminator = ';',
DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
tablock,
codepage = 'ACP'
)
There is a field which contains a Date and Time in US-Format (e.g. 08/15/2007 03:15:00 PM). Some of my SQL - Servers
(in fact they are just MSDE) are configured as German language. So, when I try to Insert the File I get a Type Mismatch Error, because the MSDE awaits the Date in German Format (e.g. 15.08.2007 15:15:00). Are there any
options somewhere so I can Insert this Date? NOTE: It is not possible to reconfigure the MSDE to English.
Any help would be appreciated!
Lars
Hi,
I have load a CSV file into one of the table in sql server 2005 using bulk insert command. But the csv file in remote system.
Please help me.....
I wasn't sure where to put this topic so I put it here since I figured it is a question that would apply to virtually any version even though I am using SQL Server 2005.
We have a vendor that sends us a fixed width text file every day that needs to be imported to our database in 3 different tables. I am trying to import all of the data to a staging table and then plan on merging/inserting select data from the staging table to the 3 tables. The file has 77 columns of data and 20,000+ records. I created an XML format file which I sampled below:
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<BCPFORMAT xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/sqlserver/2004/bulkload/format" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<RECORD>
<FIELD ID="RetNo" xsi:type="CharFixed" LENGTH="6"/>
[Code] ....
The data file is a fixed width file with no column delimiters or row delimiters that I can tell. When I run the following insert statement I get the error below it.
BULK INSERT myStagingTable
FROM '.........myDataSource.txt'
WITH (
FORMATFILE = '.........myFormatFile.xml',
ERRORFILE = '.........errorlog.log'
);
Here is the error:
Msg 4832, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
Bulk load: An unexpected end of file was encountered in the data file.
Msg 7399, Level 16, State 1, Line 1
The OLE DB provider "BULK" for linked server "(null)" 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 "BULK" for linked server "(null)".
Overall goal: Write a Bulk Insert statement using the UNC path of a filetable directory.
Issue: When using the UNC path of the filetable directory in a Bulk Insert Statement, receiving "Operating system error code 50(The request is not supported.)" Looking for confirmation as to whether this is truly not supported.
Environment: SQL Server 2012 Standard. Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
Hi All,
Please some one help me...
I have to insert a csv into one table in sql server. But the problem is the file is in one server and SQL SERVER 2005 is in other server..
how do i insert the file....
please help me.....