Hello everybody
I was just wondering if anybody knows the correct way to write a query that will output to a text file in 2005
Right now i'm doing
select * from tablename TO FILE 'c: hefile.txt'
But I keep getting a syntax error near TO
All the examples i've seen use this but i don't think they are for 2005.
Any help will be appreciated
Thx
Need to know how I can get the dynamic filename created in the FlatFile destination for insert into a package audit table?
Scenario: Have created a package that successfully outputs Dynamiclly named flat files { Format: C:Test’Comms_File_’ + ‘User::FileNumber’+’_’+Date +’.txt’
E.g.: Comms_File_1_20150724.txt, Comms_File_2_20150724.txt etc} using Foreach Loop Container :
* Enumerator Set to: “Foreach ADO Enumerator” with the ADO object source variable selected to identify how many total loop iterations there are i.e. Let’s say 4 thus 4 files to be created
*Variable Mappings : added the User::FileNumber – indicates which file number current loop iteration is i.e. 1,2,3,4
For the DataFlow task have a OLDBSource and a FlatFile Destination where Flat File ConnectionString is set up as:
@[User::Output_Path] + "Comms_File"+ @[User:: FileNumber] +"_" + replace((DT_WSTR, 10) (DT_DBDATE) GETDATE(),"-","")+ ".txt"
All this successfully creates these 4 files:
Comms_File_1_20150724.txt, Comms_File_2_20150724.txt, Comms_File_3_20150724.txt, Comms_File_4_20150724.txt
Now the QUESTION is how do I get these filenames as I need to insert them into a DB Audittable. The audit table looks like this:
CREATE TABLE dbo.MMMAudit
(
AuditID INT IDENTITY(1, 1) NOT NULL,
PackageName VARCHAR(100) NULL,
FileName VARCHAR(100) NULL,
LoadTime DATETIME NULL,
NumberofRecords INT NULL
)
To save the Filename & how many records in each file in our Audit Table, am using an Execute SQL Task and configuring it as this:
Execute SQL Task
Parameter mapping - Mapped the User Variable (RecordsInserted) and System Variable( PackageName) to Insert statement as shown below
SQLStatement: INSERT INTO [dbo].[MMMAudit] (
PackageName,NumerofRecords,LoadTime)
(?,?.GETDATE)
Again this all works terrific & populates the dbo.MMMAudit table as shown below BUT I also need to insert the respsctive file name – How do I do that?
AuditID PackageName FileName NumberOfRecords
1 MMM NULL 12
2 MMM NULL 23
3 MMM NULL 14
4 MMM NULL 1
Doesn't appear you can do this.
Am I wrong?
Please tell me I am.
Hi All,
I am trying to automate a rather complicated file import routine using a DTS package. I'm getting on ok with it but have now reached the limits of my knowledge.
At the moment I am sent a file every month e.g. "perf04-05m1.csv". I then rename it to "import.csv" and run the DTS package. I would like to make the process more dynamic so that the the DTS package takes in the most recent file no matter it's filename e.g. I don't have to re-name the file to "import.csv" in order for the DTS package to run.
I have had a look at BOL and think that I need to use either a Dynamic Properties Task or a Global variable but I'm not sure how to tie it all together, can anyone offer any pointers or know of any good articles I can have a look at. I may also need to dynamically alter some of the SQL statements within the DTS package as well.
Cheers
Hello
I'm using the ForEach File task and masking the files I want to process as ABC??.TXT.
It all works well until I drop a file there like ABC12 Copy.TXT, which I don't expect to be process, but the loop still picks it up. Am I using the wrong wildcards?
newstar1860
I'm guessing the best way / only way to store a filename is to store it as a varchar?
I'm using it as a reference to pictures wefor a gallery
I am wanting to capture the file name I am using to load data from and use it in a SQL statement to insert it along with the data that I load.
I am using a ForEach container to load all my .txt files but cannot figure out how to capture the name of each source file as it loops through the files and then add it to my insert statement that is populating my history table. I would think that the ForEach container has that information, but I do not see how to access it and assign it to a variable that I could use in my SQL statement.
Any ideas or suggestions?
My task is to write an SSIS package that picks up just one file from a directory and loads it into a database table. The filename is defined as being "ABC*.txt". So I must pick up only one file that matches that wildcard.
I can see two ways of doing this, but I can't get either to work:-
1. Use a Flat File Source connection and put the wildcard in the ConnectionString.
i.e. ConnectionString = "C:\mydirABC*.txt"
But SSIS doesn't seem to support that.
2. Use a Foreach Loop Container with a Foreach File Enumerator, and configure the enumerator as:-
Folder = c:mydir
Files = ABC*.txt
This works well, but loops round for as many files match the wildcard. Is there any way of forcing it to drop out after the first time round the loop?
Or am I missing a much easier solution?
Thanks.
Hi,
I am adding a file to a filegroup on a remote system, and i don't know the direcotry structure of that machine, how can i provide the path for FILENAME param. :eek:
ALTER DATABASE TESTDB ADD FILE (NAME = N'TESTFILE', FILENAME = N'physicalfilepath.ndf') TO FILEGROUP TESTFILEGROUP
Warm Regards,
Mushq
I have a raw file destination and am using a variable to store the filename. In an earlier task, I create the value in the variable. User:Filename ... set to C:Test.txt.
When I run the package, I get the "Error: 0xC0202070 at DFT Tekelec Call Events, RFD Tekelec [1365]: The file name property is not valid. The file name is a device or contains invalid characters". error. I then set a breakpoint to examine my variables on the DataFlow pre-execute event and found my variable showing the value "C:\Text.txt" ... so apparently XMLA is adding the escape character when it stores the value in the variable but not retracting it when it uses the value as the filename.
What am I missing? Can I not use pathing in the variable? And if that's the case, how do I specify a path. Went back through my Rational Guide to Scripting SSIS but did not find this addressed specifically ... my second option being build the fiilename by script and set the raw file destination property directly via script.
I need to add the current date to the end of the filename of a flat file at runtime.
This was previously done with ActiveX script in SQL Server 2000.
oConn = DTSGlobalVariables.Parent.Connections("FlatFileConnectionManagerName")
oConn.DataSource = sNewFileName
oConn = Nothing
I would really appreciate if someone could give me some information on how to achieve this in SQL Server 2005.
Thanks in advance!
Regards,
Sara
I have created a SSIS pkg (datasource and flat file destination)
I need to have the flatfile renamed after each exec to a column name that exists in the table I am running the pkg against.
Where does the code get put to make this change after the file has been created?
Basically if I could run T-SQL after the file creation, I could make it work.
thx..
I am trying to attach to aMDF and LDF file that are on the remote location. When you try to do this though getting an error..
"File filename.mdf is on a network device not supported for database files."
How to do this.
Could you please help me to sort out this problem.
Thanks in advance
WillSmith
mail2willsmith@yahoo.com
Hi,
I am migrating one of my DTS package to SSIS.
My task is to read the filename from a database table and transfer the flat file data in to a table.
In SSIS,I am able to fetch the file name using a Data Reader Source; but how to pass this fileName parameter to Flat File Source ?
In DTS I have used ActiveX script to pass filename variable as flatfilecon.Source.
Any help ?
Thanks,
Ravi
How do i use the foreach loop container and pass each file found according to a specified pattern to a Flat File Source in a Data Flow Task Object so i can operate on each file found in the foreach loop object instead of having to specify a static file name
Thanks
Hi Champs,
Scenario Configuration : VB.net 2005 Code, WebService for Executing SSIS on Server, SSIS deployed on the Database Server
Problem Description : We are developing windows applicaiton in which we call webservice which was deployed on the same server where SSIS packages are deployed.
Now from Code we are passing FilePath name in variable and execute the Package. But the SSis result says that
The file name "\computernamefol1fol2fol3fol4abc.txt" specified in the connection was not valid.
More Information:
1. Full Permission are given on this network folder.
2. Package executes successfully from SSIS development solution (BIS solution)
3. Deployed packed executes successfully from the Database Server.
4. From Development pc packege executes successfully.
5. Other packages deployed on the same server executed suucessfully with same configuration and scenario.
Only this package is not executing.
-- the only differece with this package with other is -
using ".txt" extension in Flat file connection and using VB Script task
Can any one suggest the appropirate solution for this problem...
Thanks
Tarang Pandya
Hi ALL,
Getting Access Denied To FileName Error When Using the Execute Sql Task (With File Connection) into a Foreach Loop Container.
Please Note :
I have a folder containing .sql files. I have to dynamically loop through the files and send them as a File connection Folder to the Execute Sql Task.
When I run this Package I am getting the follwoing error :
[Execute SQL Task] Error: An error occurred with the following error message: "Access to the path 'C:ProjectsFuzzy Lookup DataFlow ExampleScripts' is denied.".
Also I have logged in to the machine as Administrator and to Sql Server with sa.
Please help.
Thanks.
Regards,
Salil
Good Day to all,
Hope you could help me w/ my project.
Im creating a DTS Package. The source data will be coming from an excel file going to my SQL table. The DTS package is scheduled to execute daily, but the source data will be coming from different excel filename.
Example, today the DTS will get data from Data092506.xls. Then tomorrow, the data will be coming from Data092606.xls.
How can I do this? The DTS I've already done has a fixed source data file.
Please help.
Thank you so much.
God Bless.
If you use "SELECT filename FROM sys.sysdatabases" this will return
the full path , such as "E:MSSQLdatamyData.MDF" ,
is it possible to return just the "myData.MDF" part of it?
I know that you can parse the string , but is it stored somewhere else , or is there a command that will return just the physical file name ?
Jack Vamvas
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Hi Guys, got a question that I'm not sure there is an answer to other than 'No Way'.
I have to export a file whose filename must include a sequence number. I have created the table to hold the seq# and the code to increment it. My problem is how do I include the seq# in the output filename. I am using the Flat File Destination tool for exporting. should I be using another tool?
Any suggestions?
Thanx,
Trudye
Hello,
Is there any way to change the logical filename of exsiting database
Thanks
Lara
Does anyone know how to execute a directory listing of a file and return the file name to a variable in SQL? For instance, there's a file called c:datach20011010.txt and i execute the following:
xp_cmdshell 'dir c:datach*.txt'
or any other transact sql or procedure, how can i get the filename into a variable...all in sql?
FYI - I need to pass a filename to a process so that it can bcp the data into a temp table. But I don't know the filename at the time the process is setup/scheduled.
TIA,
Mike Nolen
Hi,
I am using a foreach loop to go through the .txt files inside a folder.
Using a variable I can pickup the filenames the loop is going through.
At present there is a sql task inside the foreach loop which takes the filename as a parameter and passes this filename to a stored procedure.
Now I would like to add one extra step before this sql task. Would like to have a dataflow with flatfile source which connects to oledb destination.
The question is:
While in the loop, how is it possible to pass the filename to the flatfile source using the FileName variable which I have created?
Please note, this is a different question to my other post.
Many Thanks
Hi,
I think I may have mis-guided some of you in my previous post.
So I thought I explain it properly this time in a new post...
Here is the description of the ssis package:
Inside the connection manager there is a connection to the sql server database and a flat file connection.
The flat file connection inside the connection manager has the expression set
i.e. ConnectionString set to @[User::FileName]
And so there is nothing inside the connectionstring property of this flatfile connection.
Inside control flow:
1)
Dataflow which contains a flat file source and an ole db destination
The flatfile source is supposed to pickup the .csv file that gets passed to the ssis package.
Then the ole db destination is where the .csv gets imported into a sql server table.
2)
Back in the control flow, there is a task that calls a stored procedure with the parameter which is set to FileName
The question is:
How does this FileName parameter gets set before it is passed to the stored procedure?
Many thanks
HI,
I am writing data from a file in to a table and i have a field in that table for filename. How to read the file name to write in that table.
Thanks in advance.
Hi,
Using a ssis package I have several tasks.
A variable is also created called FileName.
There is a flat file connection called InputFileName.
initially when I designed the package, I hardcoded the pass of one of the .csv files into the path of the flatfile connection.
There is a dataflow which has flatfile source and oledb destination. These two basically pickup the file and import into the database using mapping.
So therefore the package works and data gets imported into the database.
Then I used the variable to make the filename dynamic. So I removed the hardcoded connectionstring in the InputFileName.
Is this the right thing to do to make the package dynamic? I would like to pass in any .csv filename and so the package runs.
My question is now that the connectionstring is deleted but instead placed an expression for the filename, then how does the system know which file to use?
Thanks
Using SSIS foreach loop I get the files names inside a folder on the network.
How do I pass this variable i.e. file name to a stored procedure?
Thanks
Hi, I want to get my SSIS package to look for a file in a named directory that has a ceratin string in the filename.
example - My file is in a folder called data and the filename is 'System_UT_INCR_BOOKINGHEADER_20080214000000.TXT' Every day the fiel name changes to reflect the current date. I need my package to search for the String "BOOKINGHEADER". I know I need to create a variable with that value but I am not sure (using the example below) how to write the code to do this.
Imports System.IO
Imports System
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Math
Imports Microsoft.SqlServer.Dts.Runtime
Public Class ScriptMain
Public Sub Main()
Try
File.Move(Dts.Variables("Source").Value.ToString, Dts.Variables("Destination").Value.ToString)
Dts.Events.FireInformation(0, "", "File Moved Succesfully", "", 0, True)
Catch ex As Exception
Dts.Events.FireError(1, "", "Source file or destinations does not exist", "", 0)
End Try
Dts.TaskResult = Dts.Results.Success
End Sub
End Class
I take a backupfile every night and its named like 20070911_xvall.bak.
Now I need a procedure for an automatic restore in another sql server but I have to do a check to se that the date of the backupfile is the same as actual date so it cant happened that an older backupfile being restored.
Is it a good way to take actual date och build up the wanted filename and how can I then check if the file exist, its stored on another computer?
Anyone who has some sample I can start with?
Thanks
Hello,
I have a question regarding the report file which is included in an email, when a subscription is created:
Is it possible to programmatically add something to the name of the created file of the subscription? I want to have one parameter of the report, which is a date, added at the end of the filename to let the clients distinguish between different report files.
Thank you in advance.
Sandra Geisler
i have four text file which comes in different format , one of the fields i need to generate is the source Filename without extension as one of the coloums in the target tables.
The name of the file is requirment in the destination, how could i read the file name of the text file source and make it a coloumn and insert it into target.
Please advise
How do I correct this error:
"The database filename can not contain the following 3 characters: [ (open square brace), ] (close square brace) and ' (single quote)" ?
Where is the database stored and/or how can I change the relevant settings?
I have Both Visual Web Developer Express and SQL server express.
Exception detail:
System.Web.HttpException was unhandled by user code Message="The database filename can not contain the following 3 characters: [ (open square brace), ] (close square brace) and ' (single quote)" Source="System.Web" ErrorCode=-2147467259 StackTrace: at System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHelper.CreateMdfFile(String fullFileName, String dataDir, String connectionString) at System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHelper.EnsureSqlExpressDBFile(String connectionString) at System.Web.DataAccess.SqlConnectionHelper.GetConnection(String connectionString, Boolean revertImpersonation) at System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider.GetPropertyValuesFromDatabase(String userName, SettingsPropertyValueCollection svc) at System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider.GetPropertyValues(SettingsContext sc, SettingsPropertyCollection properties) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.GetPropertiesFromProvider(SettingsProvider provider) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.SetPropertyValueByName(String propertyName, Object propertyValue) at System.Configuration.SettingsBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value) at System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.SetInternal(String propertyName, Object value) at System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.set_Item(String propertyName, Object value) at System.Web.Profile.ProfileBase.SetPropertyValue(String propertyName, Object propertyValue) at ProfileCommon.set_MyNewProperty(String value) in c:WINDOWSMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727Temporary ASP.NET Fileslesson04385e3cebf08b8b90App_Code.jqcpv0qn.0.cs:line 24 at _Default.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in D:Daniel's DocumentsVisual Studio 2005WebSitesLesson04Default.aspx.vb:line 15 at System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
Thanks in advance
how can I store a filename in the database, i have some GIF files which i want to show up on report, how can i specify those filename with a path in the database.
i tried manually entering the path c:Dataimages.gif but it didnt work. Can someone pls tell me how to do it.
Regards,
Karen