DDL and then write data using INSERT INTO ... DDL.
There are three strange things that i've encountered and will be glad to get help from anyone:
If I use as a table name expression with spaces, the name is changed to expression with underscore '_' symbol instead of spaces.
I can not set trailing '$' when creating a table, but when inserting data I have to use the name with traling '$' otherwise the exception is thrown. Moreover, if i get the scheme of the Excel file later I am getting TWO tables instead of one: a first with the name without '$' and another the same with trailing '$'. Nedless to say that visually Excel shows only a name without '$'
If I am trying to do same operations using OLEDB 12.0 (Office2007) I get invalid file.
If anyone knows how I can overcome above issues, please write me a code. I am coding in C# but VB examples are as good as any other.
I'm not at all comfortable with SSIS so please forgive me if I overload you all with information here:
I need to create a data table using SSIS which does not delete the previous days data. So far all the data tables we use to write reports in Visual Studio are constructed in SSIS as follows.
1 - Excecute SQL Task - DELETE FROM STOCK 2 - Data Flow Task 3 - Data Reader Source - SELECT * FROM ODBCDATASOURCE 4 - OLE DB Destination (Creates table STOCK)
The data tables which are created this way are stored in a data warehouse and scheduled to refresh once a day, which means that any data from yesterday is lost when the updates run. So, I tried to create a table which never has its previous days' data deleted by using just the last three steps above - and it worked great in Visual Studio, no problem at all. However, when I added this SSIS Package to the Update Job in SQL Server Management Studio, the job totally rejected the packed with the message: "The command line parameters are invalid. The step failed".
I thought I could work around this problem by asking the job step to excecute a simple SQL query to insert the data from table1 into table2 (and would thus negate the need for a SSIS Packege at all), but it threw me a curve ball with some message about not being able to use proxy accounts to run T-SQL Scripts.
If anyone knows how to create a SSIS package in which the data never expires please could you impart some wisdom my way. I only need to do this once for a specific report.
Please, when answering, bear in mind that I'm a simple fellow with little understanding of the inner workings of SQL Server and its various components, so please use short sentences and simple words.
l've some excel files controlled by Vendor which changing frequently. The only thing does not change is the header name of each column.
So my question is, is there any way to create a new table based on the excel file selected including the column name in SSIS? So that l can use the data reader as source to select those columns l am interested on and start the integration.
hey out there, just started playing with this so bare with me... i've used the data export wizard to create a dts package in sql server 2000. the package takes selected tables, creates an access database and then dumps all the data into the tables. it works fine when i run the package in enterprise manager, but when i call it from asp.net (vb.net) the access database gets created, the tables are created but it fails to dump the data! this is my code:1 Public Sub executeDts() 2 3 Dim oPkg As DTS.Package2 4 oPkg = New DTS.Package2 5 Dim oStep As DTS.Step 6 Dim sMessage As New StringBuilder 7 8 9 oPkg.LoadFromSQLServer("serverNameHere", "userNameHere", "passwordHere", DTSSQLServerStorageFlags.DTSSQLStgFlag_Default, , , , "packageNameHere") 10 11 For Each oStep In oPkg.Steps 12 13 sMessage.Append("<p> Step [" & oStep.Name & "] ") 14 15 If oStep.ExecutionResult = DTSStepExecResult.DTSStepExecResult_Failure Then 16 17 sMessage.Append(" failed<br>") 18 19 Else 20 21 sMessage.Append(" succeeded<br>") 22 23 End If 24 25 sMessage.Append("Task """ & oPkg.Tasks.Item(oStep.TaskName).Description & """</p>") 26 27 Next 28 29 Response.Write("sMessage = " & sMessage.ToString & "<br/>") 30 31 oPkg.Execute() 32 33 oPkg.UnInitialize() 34 35 oPkg = Nothing 36 37 End Sub 38
am i missing a step?! it seems very odd that the tables are created but the insert fails... any advice anyone can offer would be great! cheers, jake
From last 1 week or so, i have been facing very strange problem with my sql server 2005s database which is configured and set on the hosting web server. Right now for managing my sql server 2005 database, i am using an web based Control Panel developed by my hosting company.
Problem i am facing is that, whenever i try to modify (i.e. add new columns) tables in the database, it gives me error saying that,
"There is already an object named 'PK_xxx_Temp' in the database. Could not create constraint. See previous errors. Source: .Net SqlClient Data Provider".
where xxx is the table name.
I have done quite a bit research on the problem and have also searched on the net for solution but still the problem persist.
Hello,I am trying to create a new table in SQL Server based on an excel sheet someone uploads to my site (ie No DTS, and I don't know the field names). How can I easily do that? Can I make a sql table based on a DataTable without going row-by-row? Cause then I could go excel to datatable to sql table.Thanks a bunch,
The following are the output lines from my code which is constructing some T-SQL queries on the fly. The query highlighted in yellow is the problem query. The code upto the problem query is working correctly and I am able to see the output tables in the Query Analyzer
STEP 1 : Create 3 Tables In Dynamic T-SQL : Showing 3 Strings from Exec statement
Create Table ##Test_word28July2007185548990201 ( t float, e float, s float, word varchar(80) ) Create Table ##OUT_Test_word28July2007185548990201 ( t float, e float, s float, word varchar(80), KeywordID int, rank float ) Create Table ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007185548990201 ( var_val float)
Step 2: Retrieving A Value Into Another Global Table (table has only 1 row and 1 column) Insert Into ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007185548990201 ( var_val ) Select IsNull( t , 0 ) from ##Test_word28July2007185548990201 (1 row(s) affected)
Step 3: I need the value (var_val) in ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007185548990201 Update ##Out_Test_word28July2007194827580759 Set t = Select var_val from ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007194827580759 where t > Select var_val from ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007194827580759 Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Select'. Server: Msg 156, Level 15, State 1, Line 1 Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'Select'. (1 row(s) affected)
Problem Definition
Part 1
The update query is trying to retrieve a value in a dynamically constructed table. ##STVR_FLOAT_Test_word28July2007185548990201 (1 column var_val , 1 row)
Update <Table_Name> set t = @var_val where t > @var_val The update query is simple, except I need to "SELECT" @var_val from the dynamic table
The @var_val is a float value.
I have outputted the contents of the table that is holding the @temp_val variable It has the correct value and the table has only 1 row and 1 column.
WHAT IS THE SYNTAX OF A QUERY TO SELECT A SINGLE VALUE FROM A TEMP TABLE WITH ONLY 1 ROW OR COLUMN AND USE THE SELECTED VALUE AS A VARIABLE IN AN UPDATE STATEMENT
Every month a client sends a spreadsheet with data which we use to update matching rows in a table in the database. I want to automate this using a DTS package but am having quite a bit of trouble accomplishing what I think should be trivial task. I've been attempting to use a Transform Data Task with a modification lookup but I just keep inserting the rows from the source excel spreadsheet in to the existing destination table without ever modifying the existing data.
Any guidance would be greatly appreciated as to a best practice approach.
I have a master table containing details of over 800000 surveys made up of approximately 400 distinct document names and versions. Each document can have as few as 10 questions but as many as 150. Each question represents one row.
My challenge is to create a separate spreadsheet for each of the 400 distinct document names and versions containing all the rows and columns present in the master table. The largest number of rows would be around 150 and therefore each spreadsheet will not be very big.
e.g. in my sample data below, i will need to create individual Excel files named as follows . . . "Document1Version1.xlsx" containing all the column names and 6 rows for the 6 questions relating to Document 1 version 1 "Document1Version2.xlsx" containing all the column names and 8 rows for the 8 questions relating to Document 1 version 2 "Document2Version1.xlsx" containing all the column names and 4 rows for the 4 questions relating to Document 2 version 1
I assume that one of the first things is to create a lookup of the distinct document names and versions assign some variables and then use this lookup to loop through and sequentially filter the master table data ready for creating the individual Excel files.
--CREATE TEMP TABLE FOR EXAMPLE
IF OBJECT_ID('tempdb..#excelTest') IS NOT NULL DROP TABLE #excelTest CREATE TABLE #excelTest ( [rowID] [nvarchar](10) NULL, [docName] [nvarchar](50) NULL,
Im trying to bring together two tables into one, but they're records dont always match, so im getting akward returned records. So now i want to combine the fields i need from these two tables to create a new one. How would that be coded.
I want to
SELECT
[Customer_Bill_Customer_No],
[Customer_Bill_Customer_No],
[Sales_Header_Order_DateTime],
[Sales_Header_Your_Reference]
from
[NavisionReplication].[dbo].[Tbl_Sales_Header]
and SELECT [Sales_Invoice_Header_No]
FROM [NavisionReplication].[dbo].[Tbl_Sales_Invoice_Header]
Player, Position, [From], [To], Fee, Type, ID, League, Window
I want to create a new table, EnglandFinal with all the data from the three tables although I'm guessing it would not be a good idea to copy the primary keys (ID column) as they would clash.
I have played around with CREATE and INSERT into and UNION but I get various errors. I'm sure I've done this before!
I'm looking for the best solution for creating database tables based on a Word Document with a table. I've attached part of the table from the word doc. This document is base on a template for audit reporting.
What I assume is I would need first to start of by creating two tables. One table would consist of the fields of the horizontal upper most data e.g. conformance, noncomformance etc. The other table would consist of the vertical fields of the word doc table, e.g. editorial, Auditee Name etc. If my assumption is correct, what primary key and foreign key would I need to have?
Other than right-clicking on each individual table in SSMS and generating a CREATE script, is there a simple way to generate CREATE TABLE scripts for tables within a given database?
Background: I have a bunch of tables in one database, and I would like to add tables to a second database that have the same names and basic structures of some of the tables from the first database.
I do not need to transfer any data from the tables, this is a seperate project that will use a similar data structure. I just want to generate the CREATE TABLE scripts for 30ish tables within the first database, and then I'll tweak the scripts as appropriate and run them against the new database.
I am trying a create views that would join 2 tables:
Table 1: Has all the columns need by a view ( Name: Product Structure: ID, Attribute 1, Attribute 2, Attribute 3, Attribute 4, Attribute 5 etc Table 2: Is a lookup table that provides the names of columns Name: lookupTable Structure: tableName, ColumnName, columnValue Values: Product, Attribute1, Color Product, Attribute2, Size Product, Attribute3, Flavor Product, Attribute4, Shape
I use the following 3 sets of sql code in SQL Server Management Studio Express (SSMSE) to import the csv data/files to 3 dbo.Tables via CREATE TABLE & BUKL INSERT operations:
-- ImportCSVprojects.sql --
USE ChemDatabase
GO
CREATE TABLE Projects
(
ProjectID int,
ProjectName nvarchar(25),
LabName nvarchar(25)
);
BULK INSERT dbo.Projects
FROM 'c:myfileProjects.csv'
WITH
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO ======================================= -- ImportCSVsamples.sql --
USE ChemDatabase
GO
CREATE TABLE Samples
(
SampleID int,
SampleName nvarchar(25),
Matrix nvarchar(25),
SampleType nvarchar(25),
ChemGroup nvarchar(25),
ProjectID int
);
BULK INSERT dbo.Samples
FROM 'c:myfileSamples.csv'
WITH
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO ========================================= -- ImportCSVtestResult.sql --
USE ChemDatabase
GO
CREATE TABLE TestResults
(
AnalyteID int,
AnalyteName nvarchar(25),
Result decimal(9,3),
UnitForConc nvarchar(25),
SampleID int
);
BULK INSERT dbo.TestResults
FROM 'c:myfileLabTests.csv'
WITH
(
FIELDTERMINATOR = ',',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO
======================================== The 3 csv files were successfully imported into the ChemDatabase of my SSMSE.
2 questions to ask: (1) How can I designate the Primary and Foreign Keys to these 3 dbo Tables? Should I do this "designate" thing after the 3 dbo Tables are done or during the "Importing" period? (2) How can I set up the relationships among these 3 dbo Tables?
Hi all, I have a large Excel file with one large table which contains data, i've built a SQL Server DataBase and i want to fill it with the data from the excel file.
'You have to have a BackUps folder included into your release!
Private Sub BackUpDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles BackUpDB.Click Dim addtimestamp As String Dim f As String Dim z As String Dim g As String Dim Dialogbox1 As New Backupinfo
addtimestamp = Format(Now(), "_MMddyy_HHmm") z = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb" g = addtimestamp + ".mdb"
'Add timestamp and .mdb endging to NewAppDB f = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissBackUpsNewAppDB" & g & ""
Try
File.Copy(z, f)
Catch ex As System.Exception
System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message)
End Try
MsgBox("Backup completed succesfully.") If Dialogbox1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then End If End Sub
Code Snippet
'RESTORE DATABASE
Private Sub RestoreDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
RestoreDB.Click Dim Filename As String Dim Restart1 As New RestoreRestart Dim overwrite As Boolean overwrite = True Dim xi As String
With OpenFileDialog1 .Filter = "Database files (*.mdb)|*.mdb|" & "All files|*.*" If .ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Filename = .FileName
'Strips restored database from the timestamp xi = "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb" File.Copy(Filename, xi, overwrite) End If End With
'Notify user MsgBox("Data restored successfully")
Restart() If Restart1.ShowDialog = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Application.Restart() End If End Sub
Code Snippet
'CREATE NEW DATABASE
Private Sub CreateNewDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
CreateNewDB.Click Dim L As New DatabaseEraseWarning Dim Cat As ADOX.Catalog Cat = New ADOX.Catalog Dim Restart2 As New NewDBRestart If File.Exists("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb") Then If L.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Cancel Then Exit Sub Else File.Delete("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb") End If End If Cat.Create("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb;
Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5")
Dim Cn As ADODB.Connection 'Dim Cat As ADOX.Catalog Dim Tablename As ADOX.Table 'Taylor these according to your need - add so many column as you need. Dim col As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col1 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col2 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col3 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col4 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col5 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col6 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col7 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column Dim col8 As ADOX.Column = New ADOX.Column
Cn = New ADODB.Connection Cat = New ADOX.Catalog Tablename = New ADOX.Table
'Open the connection Cn.Open("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb;Jet
OLEDB:Engine Type=5")
'Open the Catalog Cat.ActiveConnection = Cn
'Create the table (you can name it anyway you want) Tablename.Name = "Table1"
'Taylor according to your need - add so many column as you need. Watch for the DataType! col.Name = "ID" col.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adInteger col1.Name = "MA" col1.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adInteger col1.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col2.Name = "FName" col2.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col2.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col3.Name = "LName" col3.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col3.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col4.Name = "DOB" col4.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adDate col4.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col5.Name = "Gender" col5.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col5.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col6.Name = "Phone1" col6.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col6.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col7.Name = "Phone2" col7.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col7.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable col8.Name = "Notes" col8.Type = ADOX.DataTypeEnum.adVarWChar col8.Attributes = ADOX.ColumnAttributesEnum.adColNullable
'You have to append all your columns you have created above Tablename.Columns.Append(col) Tablename.Columns.Append(col1) Tablename.Columns.Append(col2) Tablename.Columns.Append(col3) Tablename.Columns.Append(col4) Tablename.Columns.Append(col5) Tablename.Columns.Append(col6) Tablename.Columns.Append(col7) Tablename.Columns.Append(col8)
'Append the newly created table to the Tables Collection Cat.Tables.Append(Tablename)
'User notification ) MsgBox("A new empty database was created successfully")
'Restart application If Restart2.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then Application.Restart() End If
End Sub
Code Snippet
'COMPACT DATABASE
Private Sub CompactDB_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles
CompactDB.Click Dim JRO As JRO.JetEngine JRO = New JRO.JetEngine
'The first source is the original, the second is the compacted database under an other name. JRO.CompactDatabase("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:Program
Data Source=C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDBComp.mdb; JetOLEDB:Engine Type=5")
'Original (not compacted database is deleted) File.Delete("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb")
'Compacted database is renamed to the original databas's neme. Rename("C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDBComp.mdb", "C:Program FilesVSoftAppMissNewAppDB.mdb")
'User notification MsgBox("The database was compacted successfully")
Being still a relative newcomer to SQL Server (people may say I'm trying to take on too much being somewhat inexperienced once they read about the problem I'm trying to tackle, but alas...) I'm running into the following problem: I need to create tables in my user database on the fly (using Stored Procedures) so that each table can be created many times in the database but only once for every user. The tables should be named something like "username.Table1", "username.Table2" etc. as opposed to "dbo.Table1". I then want to use the stored procedure from .NET/C# in my web application, so that i can create the complete set of usertables for each of my clients.
Now, I tackled the stored procedure part (that is, it creates all the tables I need with all the parameters I want) and am able to use it from my web application (which took some time to learn but proved quite easy to do), but I cannot seem to get it coupled to the current user (instead of the dbo). Every time I trie, the tables are created as dbo.Table1 and when I try to create a new set, it gives a warning ("table with name such and so already exists..."). I made sure to log in as an authenticated user (using forms authentication) before trying to create the tables but this gives the aforementioned result.
What am I doing wrong? I use Visual Web Developer Express, SQL Server 2005 Express and IIS version 5.1
I have a text file which needs to be created into a table (let's call it DataFile table). For now I'm just doing the manual DTS to import the txt into SQL server to create the table, which works. But here's my problem....
I need to extract data from DataFile table, here's my query:
select * from dbo.DataFile where DF_SC_Case_Nbr not like '0000%';
Then I need to create a new table for the extracted data, let's call it ExtractedDataFile. But I don't know how to create a new table and insert the data I selected above into the new one.
Also, can the extraction and the creation of new table be done in just one stored procedure? or is there any other way of doing all this (including the importation of the text file)?
I have a stored procedure. This proc returns some data that needs to be put in an excel format. Is it possible to create a excel file to have the result of a select statement from the database?
Does anyone know if it is possible (and if yes, how) to create a trigger that creates a folder for every inserted record? In a specific root folder, I want a subfolder for every record in the table. How does the trigger have to look like to make the folder automatically with every insert of a new record???
I'm trying to create a proc for granting permission for developer, but I tried many times, still couldn't get successful, someone can help me? The original statement is:
Can I dynamically (from a stored procedure) generatea create table script of all tables in a given database (with defaults etc)a create view script of all viewsa create function script of all functionsa create index script of all indexes.(The result will be 4 scripts)Arno de Jong,The Netherlands.
I have a table that I am basically reduplicating a couple of times for each part of this database that I want to create.Each table basically has the same data: The tables will be called motherTable, fatherTable, sonTable, daughterTable and so on.I am pretty much using the following in each column: UserID, MotherID(or FatherID or SonID, etc., etc. and so on for each unique table), FirstName, LastName, MiddleName, BirthPlace, Photo, Age.I don't see an option to copy a table and just modify the second ID part and rename that table accordingly.How can I make this an easier way of creating these similar tables without retyping all these columns over and over again?Thanks in advance.
I have a package that writes information to a table in sql server 2005. I created an Excel file called ErrorLog.xls with column headers: AccountNumber and Date. I have a Data Flow Task that inserts from SQL into the Excel File. This works fine the first time. However, I then want to rename the Excel File, delete and recreate it with just the column headers AccountNumber and Date. I need the Excel file to be empty every time the package runs. I am able to create an Excel File using Script Component but how can I also add the headers? Thanks
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I have a ForEach Loop Container that is running from a Foreach ADO Enumerator with records telling me which companies have records to export. As I loop through I use a data flow task to export the records to Excel, I want to create separate Excel files using some of the parameters from my recordset as parts of the name.
I have DelayValidation=True for my DFT and my Excel Connection Manager, ValidateExternalMetaData=False for my Excel Destination Adapter, and an expression setting the ExcelFilePath and ServerName properties to the dynamic path & file name from variables.
The layout will be the same (i.e. metadata) for each file. The files are just getting broken up by company and service type and I want to use that in naming the files.
I am currently getting the following errors:
[EX_DST New Enrollments File [238]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E37.
[EX_DST New Enrollments File [238]] Error: Opening a rowset for "NewEnrollments$" failed. Check that the object exists in the database.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: component "EX_DST New Enrollments File" (238) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC02020E8.
What do I have to do to create the new Excel File? I thought it would do it when the properties were set. Do I have to create the "table" for the worksheet named "NewEnrollments"? If so, how do I accomplish it.
I have an "insert into" statement that creates two identical rows in a table, with this statement: delete from [table] where [column] = @parameterINSERT INTO [table]([fields]) VALUES ([parameter values]) This is the code-behind that performs the insert: Dim dbConn As New SqlConnection(strConn)Dim cmd As New SqlCommand("sp_CreateUser", dbConn)cmd.CommandType = Data.CommandType.StoredProcedurecmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserID", strUserID)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@UserName", strUserName)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Email", strEmail)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@FirstName", strFirstName)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@LastName", strLastName)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@Teacher", strTeacher)cmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("@GradYr", lngGradYr)Using dbConndbConn.Open()cmd.ExecuteNonQuery()dbConn.Close()cmd.Dispose()dbConn.Dispose()End Using I wonder if it inserts twice due to a postback issue. Is there a way to stop two rows from being created in the first place with the same "insert into" statement? I'd appreciate any advice.
I am upgrading a .mdb to MSSQL. The .mdb is 17MB, but the resulting MSSQL is 72MB. Tried using both the Access Upsizing Wizard and Enterprise Manager DTS. I have done this a number of times before, but never ran into this problem. Any ideas what coule be going on, and how to fix it?
I am upgrading a .mdb to MSSQL. The .mdb is 17MB, but the resulting MSSQL is 72MB. Tried using both the Access Upsizing Wizard and Enterprise Manager DTS. I have done this a number of times before, but never ran into this problem. Any ideas what coule be going on, and how to fix it?
I'm very new to SQL Server. Please help. I need to create a FUNCTION that creates a view. Then call this function in a SQL which is passed as a parameter to BCP. In Oracle, it would be something like:
create function CREATEVIEW
return number as
begin
create view SampleView as SELECT a,b,c from Mytable;
return 1;
when others then return 0; -- for exception handling
end:
create function DROPVIEW
return number as
begin
Drop view SampleView;
return 1;
when others then return 0; -- for exception handling
end:
Then my BCP will have something like:
BCP "select CREATEVIEW from dual"... QUERYOUT ..
then
BCP "select * from SampleView"... QUERYOUT ..
then drop the view again:
BCP "select DROPVIEW from dual"... QUERYOUT ..
I know there is no DUAL table in SQL SERVER. I just want to know how to code this in SQL Server.
The origin of my problem is that my SQL statement is too long to fit as BCP parameter, hence, am creating a view and reading there and dropping it again. If you can provide me with a better workaround, that would be great. Thanks in advance.
