SSIS Leading Zeros Gone After Migration Of Mainframe To SQL Server
May 22, 2007
I am migrating mainframe data to SQL Server 2005 and have found that from a mainframe character field with leading zeros for example the value of 00023 to a SQL Server column defined as varchar (5) the resulting column value is 23 not 00023. I need the leading zeros because these are account ids, etc. So the value is 00023 not 23. Is this some setting in SQL Server 2005 that needs to be changed or what? This is not a numeric field on the mainframe or a numeric column for SQL Server.
Looking at an execution plan the conversion of NVARCHAR(15) to BIGINT is a big yellow exclamation NO NO. However, the numbers in the NVARCHAR(15) have leading zeros.
Technically speak 0123456789 is not an INTEGER or BIGINT, the performance of my Stored Procs is there any way to allow leading zeros in a BIGINT Field?
I am trying to export the result of a select into a .csv file using SQL Server 2000 DTS. The data for varchar fields has leading zeroes in the database, which is very much required in the csv file.
But, the .csv file trims the leading zeroes. How do we force to maintain the same data as in source?
I had used Text File Destination Connection as the destination, with the below options File Extension: .csv File Format: Delimited File Type: ANSI Text Qualifier: Double Quotes ("") Row Delimiter: {CR}{LF} Column Delimiter: comma
Source Data: 0123 Target Data (Requirement): 0123
The data in .csv: 123 (This is the issue)
When I open this file in a Text Editor, I do see the data in double quotes..."0123".
In using SSIS to migrate data from mainframe to SQL 2005, I had a situation where only group level data was exposed through the ODBC to SSIS, so I pulled this information as varchar on the SQL destination side. Now I would like to break that group into the individual numeric columns I need on SQL Server. However, the positive and negative sign did not convert because it came of character. I can write something to convert the positive signs to positive numbers; however I cannot do the negative because I would need get rid of the leading zeros in order to place the negative sign before the number. Is there anything I could have done to get SSIS to do the conversion like it did for every one-to-one mapping?
I would like to add leading zeros in the date. Thsi is my existing procedure, it adds leading zeros, but it formats using "yyyy/mm/dd", instead of "yyyy-mm-dd" Select Id, Title, CONVERT(VARCHAR(10), ModifiedON, 111) --CAST(YEAR(ModifiedOn) AS VARCHAR(4))+'-'+CAST(MONTH(ModifiedOn) AS VARCHAR(2))+'-'+CAST(DAY(ModifiedOn) AS VARCHAR(2))as ModifiedOn From ActiveAds Where Row between @startRowIndex And @endRowIndex
I have a situation where I need to display an integer with leading zeros, with a defined length. Example, 43 appears as 00043 when the length is 5 and 000043 when the length is 6.
I tried using "=Format(Fields!DirID.Value.ToString)" with different variations to no avail.
mssql 2000, asp.net(vbscript) How am i able to trim leading zeros? Right now i have two values:00000005 500000010 1000000015 15..... etc... how do i write a query where i can select an argument where 5 = 0000005? the column with 00000005 is varchar and5 is numeric
I have a problem while importing data from Excel to SQL Server.The leading zeros in data get truncated.Even if I try and change the excel data column as 'Text' and copy paste the data back into the Text column, the problem persists.Does any one have any thoughts about this problem?
I have an SSIS routine which uses a simple SQL select statement from a SQL Server 2005 database and then goes to a Flat File destination. The field (dischstatuscode) is a nvarchar(50) and it may contain data with leading zeros.
Code Snippet Select DischStatusCode from dbo.pm
...which returns: 01 23 37 05 04 41
When I open up the csv file produced by the SSIS routine, I see the following: 1 23 37 5 4 41
I am creating a view which involved concatenation of 2 int columns.
The data in the columns look like
Column 1 Column 2 1234 1 12345 11
I am trying to get the following output
001234001 012345011
So the first column should have zeros padded to the front to make 6 numbers, the second column should be 3 numbers long with zeros in front. So when added together it is 9 numbers long.
What is the best way to change an output of P0123 to 123? i.e. drop the letter 'P' and also any leading zeros. We have a report that outputs terminal ID's which range from P0001 through to P0536.
I can drop the 'P' easily enough, but how I can drop the P000 from terminal ID P0001 for example.
I'm using varchar as a datatype and my leading zeros are chopped-off once ther data reaches my Stored Proc. The table will allow me to store the values with leading zeros if I enter them manually, but I cannot insert them via ASP/StoredProc.
Hi All, I need to set up a kind of identity insert that gives an output in the format: 00001, 00002, 00003 etc. Is there a formatting option for this sort of output using normal identity insert features or do I need to write a function to insert these values (perhaps as text) each time a new record is created? Sorry if this is really simple but it's only my 4th day in this job! Marcha
I am reposting this from the VB IDE forum, becaue I received no response
Using VS05 SP1 Pro/SQL Express...
There are two tables, UserIDs and Recordings (which has a foreign key relating it back to UserIDs).
I created a Stored Procedure via Server Explorer that returns the user ID for a given Foreign Key in Recordings table. If the UserID is "0001", then "0001" is return (userIDs are stored as strings). The stored procedure works every time.
I then created a table adpater that uses the above stored procedure. The table adapter is used in code. It has always worked fine, but i have discovered if the user ID starts with 0, those zeros are trimmed by the table adapter .
should result in a userID of "0001", but instead results in "1", which, from a string view point, is incorrect. As strings, "0001" and "1" are totally different, and the "1" fails when you do a fill for the table UserIDs.
So, the Stored Procedure and the Table Adapter using the same Stored Procedure return different results, with the Table Adapter being wrong. Why is it trimming the zeros? Is there anyway to stop that so the results are correct?
I have a business rule in my environment where I need to insert right justified leading zeros in the column. For example if the value to be inserted is 12 than it should be inserted as 0000012. How can I do this
Hey,This is what I would like to do:===========Declare @chvBOLNumberSet @chvBOLNumber='0001234'Select * from BOL where BOLNumber=@chvBOLNumberI want to return the row/rows when BOLNumber=1234============The problem is the leading zeros. @chvBOLNumber can be 01234 or 001234 or ...Hope the above makes sense. How can I do this ? (probably using wildcards)Thanks, John
Logic:ensure the Docket number is 5 digits and populate with leading zeros if not.I have to check input number field is 5 digits, if not I have to populate with leading zeros to make it as 5 digits.
I have a query in a SSRSreport that returns a value that looks like '012345'. The value looks fine on the report preview screen.
When the report is exported to excel, that value is displayed in a cell as '012345'. When I click out of the field, excel is dropping the leading zero and converting the value in the field to 12345.
Why is this happening and i have converted the value as string as well using expression.
We are using BCP in a Process task. The value for the path to BCP's error log requires double quotes around it. We initially put this value in a configuration file, and that worked fine. Yesterday, we eliminated the config file and tried to use the "Set Values" tab of the SSIS SQL Server Agent job to pass in this value.
The package variable was assigned the value of the path -- all except for the leading double quote. The closing quotation mark was included in the value.
We tried adding a second double quote at the beginning of the value, but that caused the job to fail immediately.
For now we will work around this problem by putting the quotes around the value in a Script task inside the package.
I have data on the mainframe that contains special characters such as a copyright symbol (letter c with a circle) when running the SSIS package migration from mainframe database to SQL Server 2005 database the data in the column is truncated at the point it hits this symbol with no errors. I had error reports set up for truncation and did not see an error report for this.
I have tried to change the data type to different data types and re-run nothing changes things.
The symbol is a EBCDIC 'b4' on the mainframe side - I have no idea what that would translate to.
Anyone have any ideas? Am I stuck with substituting something else for the symbol on the mainframe side and re-running the package? Is there anyway to handle this situation in SSIS? I am using the Import/Export Wizard for this one because before I ran into this problem it seemed to be working fine.
Hi, I am going to work on the Migration project(DTS to SSIS).Could you plese suggest me some useful links reg Migration process and Best Practices used for Migration.
Hi, I am going to work on the Migration project(DTS to SSIS).Could you plese suggest me some useful links reg Migration process and Best Practices used for Migration.
