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Jan 2, 2008

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.

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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



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