Skip Field Terminator While Inserting Data To A Table-Bulk Insert
Oct 10, 2007
Hi,
I have a data file which consists of data as below,
4
PPU_FFA7485E0D||
T_GLR_DET_11||
While iam inserting into table using bulk insert, this pipe(||) is also getting inserted into the table,
here is my query iam using to insert the data using bulk insert.
BULK INSERT TABLE_NAME FROM FILE_PATH
WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ''||'''+',KEEPNULLS,FIRSTROW=2,ROWTERMINATOR = ''
'')
Hi, I have a data file and the contents of it are as follows
2 -- This is the header indicating the no of records in my files 1001|s1 1006|s2
The content of format file is as follows. This is to skip first column of the all the rows and get only Subs (i.e s1 and s2 )
9.0
2 1 SQLCHAR 0 100 "|" 0 ID ""
2 SQLCHAR 0 100 " " 1 Subs ""
Here is my query to get all the Subs from my data file
SELECT * FROM OPENROWSET( BULK 'datafile.txt',
FORMATFILE = 'FormatFile.fmt',
FIRSTROW = 2 ) AS a
But this query retuns only s2 where i was expeting s1 and s2. The reason being is that the firts row i.e header doesn't follow the format Can any one please let me know how to skip the first line in the data file and get the result as required
Hi there, I'm trying to import a cobol file (.dat) which has a line feed as the row delimiter. Using the TransactSQL Bulk Insert with a row terminator of '' is not working for me. Does anyone know the equivilant row terminator of a LF? (Using the Import Export wizard I supply a {LF} and it likes that fine). I would like to use the Bulk Insert Statement for more control of the data. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hello all,I have a multiple text files with an odd row terminator. If you were toexamine it in VB it would be like a "CrCrLf" instead of just "CrLf". InHEX it is DDA instead of just DA. When I am trying to import into mytable using BULK INSERT I use "" as the row terminator but that isputting the the previous character into the column and then it signalsa carriage return when I attempt to query the data.Any suggestions on what I should use as the row terminator? Is itpossible to tell BULK INSERT to use something like "CHAR(10)"?"" does NOT work.Thanks in advance.
I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is. In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in. I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
I have a CSV file that I am trying to bulk load into a temp table. The data in the file is all jumbled together, as in, there does not appear to be a row terminator. However, I do see a bunch of little rectangular boxes that I assume are the row terminators.
When I run the bulk insert, the data is treated as one string. For example... If I have 10 columns in the table, the 10 columns will be populated, but the remainder of the data is dumped into the last column.
Here are the row terminators I have used so far that haven't worked.
I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is. In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in. I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
I just wanted to insert only SubjectIds into my table 'Subjects' which has the follwing schama ignoring the classes The row delimeter is " " and the column delimeter is ' | '
Table Subjects {
ID (Autoincrement) SubjectId varchar(20) }
Can any one provide the format file for doing this or suggest anyway to do this? Please do note that the file may contain millions of records
Does sql server have a way to handle errors in a sproc which would allowone to insert rows, ignoring rows which would create a duplicate keyviolation? I know if one loops one can handle the error on a row by rowbasis. But is there a way to skip the loop and do it as a bulk insert?It's easy to do in Access, but I'm curious to know if SQL Server propercan handle like this. I am guessing that a looping operation would beslower to execute?
When both the two fields are set to SQLCHAR data types the data imports successfully without the quotes as 01 and 02. These fields will always be numbers and I want them as integers so I set the data type to int in the database and SQLINT in the format file. The results was that the 01 became 12592 and the 02 became 12848. where these numbers are coming from?
Hi Andrea, I have made a table which contain data inserted manually and also data that was inserted by using bulk insertion. I have no problems using the table with Grid View. But when I try to use a query like the following:
SELECT * FROM dbo.last WHERE VMake = 'Honda' AND VType = 'sedan' AND VColor = 'Red';
I would only get the data that were inserted manually. When I use the same query to filter data from a table that the data was inserted by using bulk insert, I get column names but no data.
I have a bulk insert situation that would be nice to be able to pull off. I have a flat file with 46 columns that are to go into a table. The table, I want to have a 47th column to be updated later on by means of a stored proc saying if the import into the system was sucessful or not. I have the rowterminator set as '"' thinking that would tell SQL to begin on the next row, leaving the importstatus column null but i still receive an error.
First of all, is this idea possible within this insert statement. Secondly, if so, what would be the syntax to tell the insert statement to skip that particular column. It is the last column listed in the table so it just needs to start on the next row after it inserts the last bit of data in the flatfile.
If this is not possible, is it possible to bulk insert into a temp table?
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 running a set of SQL statements on a SQL server, to insert flat file data into a SQL table. The flat file is already FTP'ed to the SQL server. I seem to be getting an error, which is possibly pointing to a permissions issue
The statements:
BULK INSERT [Jedox_prod].[dbo].[B_BP_Customer] FROM 'c:jedox_dailyjdcom4401.txt' WITH ( FIRSTROW = 2, MAXERRORS = 0, FIELDTERMINATOR = '|', ROWTERMINATOR = ' ' ) GO
The error is : Msg 4861, Level 16, State 1, Line 1 Cannot bulk load because the file "c:jedox_dailyjdcom4401.txt" could not be opened. Operating system error code 3(failed to retrieve text for this error. Reason: 1815)
If it is permissions issue, how do I overcome this?
I have a web form with a text field that needs to take in as much as the user decides to type and insert it into an nvarchar(max) field in the database behind. I've tried using the new .write() method in my update statement, but it cuts off the text after a while. Is there a way to insert/update in SQL 2005 this without resorting to Bulk Insert? It bloats the transaction log and turning the logging off requires a call to sp_dboptions (or a straight-up ALTER DATABASE), which I'd like to avoid if I can.
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.
the error message I get is {"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."} and it points to < Tickr As String = CType(FindControl("TickerTextbx"), TextBox).Text > this is my code": Protected Sub TickMastBtn_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles TickMastBtn.Click REM Collect variablesDim Tickr As String = CType(FindControl("TickerTextbx"), TextBox).Text Dim Comp As String = CType(FindControl("CoTextbx"), TextBox).TextDim Exch As String = CType(FindControl("ExchTextbx"), TextBox).Text REM Create connection and command objectsDim cn As New SqlConnection("Data Source=.SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=C:Program FilesMicrosoft SQL ServerMSSQL.1MSSQLDataVTRADE.mdf;Integrated Security=True;Connect Timeout=30;User Instance=True")Dim cmd As New SqlCommand cmd.Connection = cn REM Build our parameterized insert statementDim sql As New StringBuilder sql.Append("INSERT INTO TickerMaster ")sql.Append("(Ticker,Company,Exchange,) ")sql.Append("VALUES (@Tickr,@Comp,@Exch,)") cmd.CommandText = sql.ToString REM Add parameter values to command REM Parameters used to protect DB from SQL injection attacksWith cmd.Parameters .Add("Tickr", SqlDbType.Int).Value = Tickr.Add("Comp", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = Comp .Add("Exch", SqlDbType.VarChar).Value = Exch End With REM Now execute the statement cn.Open() cmd.ExecuteNonQuery() cn.Close() End Sub
I am currently working with C and SQL Server 2012. My requirement is to Bulk fetch the records and Insert/Update the same in the other table with some business logic? How do i do this?
I am new to this side of the sql and just testing some statements
what I want to do
insert one line into a table that already has data in it
KBCopy = Database name KBStatusID = (PK, tinyint, not null) KBStatusName = (varchar(100) not null)
the following is what I have tried.
use KBCopy
go
insert into KBStatus ("KBStatusID", "KBStatusName") Values ("4", "Archived")
the error I receive
Msg 128, Level 15, State 1, Line 2
The name "4" is not permitted in this context. Valid expressions are constants, constant expressions, and (in some contexts) variables. Column names are not permitted.
BULK INSERT itis.taxonomic_units FROM '<dir path to input file>/taxonomic_units.txt' WITH ( FIELDTERMINATOR = '|', ROWTERMINATOR = '|', KEEPIDENTITY, KEEPNULLS
)
Here is a sample of a row that I get an error when it is processed through the above BULK INSERT statement: 50||Bacteria||||||||invalid||No review; untreated NODC data|unknown|unknown||1996-06-13 14:51:08.0||||1|10|07/29/1996|| The error is:
Server: Msg 4864, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Bulk insert data conversion error (type mismatch) for row 1, column 17 (initial_time_stamp).
Just to make things easier on anyone who tries to help me solve this problem, the field that causes my Bulk insert statement to choke contains the data: "1996-06-13 14:51:08.0". Why is this happening? Any thoughts on how to solve it? I have been scouring help articles all day with no resolution to this problem.
Using SS2K, I'm getting the following error while bulk inserting:Column 'warranty_expiration_date' cannot be modified because it is acomputed column.Here is my bulk insert statement:BULK INSERT dbo.TestDataFROM 'TestData.dat'WITH (CHECK_CONSTRAINTS,FIELDTERMINATOR='|',MAXERRORS = 1,FORMATFILE='TestData.fmt')The computed column is not referenced in the format file and the data filedoes not contain the computed data.Thanks
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')
I have created a table Table with name as Varchar and id as int. Now i have started inserting the rows like, insert into Table values ('arun',20).Yes i have inserted a row in the table. Now i have got the values " arun's ", 50. insert into Table values('arun's',20) My sqlserver is giving me an error instead of inserting the row. How will you solve this problem?
I'm just learning SSIS and I've hit my first bump. I am doing a bulk import from a tab delimited text file to an empty sql table that has a Idendity column defined. How do I tell the bulk insert task to skip that column when inserting from the text file. If I remove the identity column it imports the data fine, but I want to create the indentity column in the table too.
I have looked and looked for any information on how to insert data from a db into a text field using a stored procedure. If anyone has any helpful links or suggestions, my sanity would greatly appreciate the help.
Hi guys, Consider this Scenario. I have two Tables. Table1-Users Fields are id, name,joindate,designation, status Table2-People Fields are id, name, status The table Users have data in it say 100 records I have to fill it toPeople Table where id=id and name=name and status=status Any Way? Regards, Naveen
I have a table that contains comma delimited text, and I am trying to convert this into another table
eg my target table looks like
Produce|Price|QuantityPerPrice
and my input table contains strings such as
"apples","7.5","10"
"pears","10","8"
"oranges","8","6"
Does anyone have any ideas on how to do this? I am after a solution that does them all at once: I am currently using charindex() to find each column, one at a time, but given the speed of BULK INSERT I would much rather do it as a table. The one solution that I don't want to resort to is to export the table with delimited strings to a data file, then BULK INSERT it...
