We are trying to import a fixed length text file. It has two fields. The first is ten characters, the second is the rest of the row, which may be several hundred characters. Each row is terminated by a {lf}{cr}
The problem is the DTS text import utility. It generates a red line (column seperator) at the 85 character mark. This causes the second field to wrap. We can not move this line, or delete it.
Any idea what is going on?
SQLServer 7.0
Hi,
I have a small project on that involves importing a series of csv files held within an ftp directory into our Datawarehouse. Every day a series of csv files will be added to the directory. These will be named something like:
Audit1.csv,Audit2.csv etc.
I would like to automate this process as this can involve up to 400 files at a time. The proecedure would need to identify a valid file, import it into the database, delete the file and then move onto the next one.
Does anyone know of a way to achieve this? I was thinking along the lines of using a cursor and bcp but I'm not sure how to identify these files to the database i.e. how do i make it step through the directory and process the files?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Rob
In a DTS package I have a text file import object, a data pump, and a SQL object. The text file import object has been set up to splice a 500 character wide file into 20 columns. The data pump task does a copy column for all the columns into the appropriate table. What I need to do is have a way of changing the file name I specify in the text import object. I have 12 months worth of data in seperate files (DBF0199.TXT, DBF0299.TXT, DBF0399.TXT, etc..)
which all use the same format. Is there a way to change the text import objects file name inside the package using an active script task or something?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Todd
I'm trying to import a fixed field text file into SQL Server using DTS but everytime I go past 3640 characters, I am not able to add, delete or move column breaks after that. Is anyone else experiencing this problem and know of a work around. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Using SP2 on SQL Server 2000.
Hi ppl,
I'm trying to import a fixed lenght text file into a sql 7.0 table using the SQL command "BULK INSERT".
The text file is fixed length and end with a carriage return and linefeed. Fields aren’t delimited.
Wich definition of the "FIELDTERMINATOR" should i use ?
I need some Help here!!!
Thanks.
Is it possible to handle text files i MS SQL 2000 in which fields contains single quotations and also are terminated by a single quotation
Like this:
1,2,'John's',1,2
John's contain a single quotation
Or is possible to rewrite file using MS SQL to use double quotation
Like this;
1,2,"John's",1,2
Hope that someone can help me out here, and doing it using MS SQL
At the time, I'm handlig it using MySql, but I would prefer using MS SQL
Regards
Carsten H.
Hi All,
I'm having a problem in importing an Excel file into SQL server 2000.Here is the scenario with my data.
One of the column has got the mixed data which is putting null's in the SQL server table in some rows.I found in the MSFT Technet that it is a bug in SQL server 7.0/2000.The workaround for it ( according to MSFT ) is to get the data into text file and import into SQL server.
Now the question is , my data contains some currency fields and numeric fields in addition to the char and date fields. When I'm importing the table using DTS wizard , it is failing. I'm trying to use conversion functions like cdate and clng etc . Still the DTS is failing.
What I noticed is when I try to import into a table with data type varchar for all columns, it is working fine.But the data is of no use.
I would appreciate if any one can help me out in solving this problem.
Thanks,
Sammy.
Hi
How can I import txt files, in which data sometimes can contain
the letter that is used as text qualifier
Example txt file: 'abc',123, 'john's',12
Here the word -john's- contains the same letter as the text qualifier I have to use.
Can it be true, that this can't be done i MS SQL, when it can be done in MS Excel, Paradox etc..
Regards
Carsten H.
Quick advice question. I import lots of text files -- many with 50 plus data columns. Few come with a table layout other than perhaps the first row having a set of column names.
When I go to pull them into SQL server the columns default to varchar 8000. Is anyone aware of a tool (as a part of SQL Server or otherwise) that can scan a column of data and recommend a data type and size.
Appreciate any recommendations.
Ray
All,
What will be the painless way to import large fixed field text file that has more than 260 columns in sql table using dts pkg?
Suggestions?
Hi All,I use DTs Wizard to import a text file into my MS SQLServer 2000 everymonth. This text file contains 236 text fields and it's format neverchanges.The problem that i've found is that the DTS wizard sets each of thedestination fields to varchar (which is fine) but the size to 8000!!!!I have to go through each one of the fields to reduce the size down to255 ...... is there any way to change the default field size?Cheers & Merry ChristmasDave
View 1 Replies View RelatedI have created a DTS that imports a text file to by data table. I geterrors when ever I run this since there are fields in the table thatare numeric. I understand that I need to create an activeX script toimport those fields. DOes anyone have any guidance?
View 1 Replies View RelatedDoes anyone know if it's possible to use the wizard or DTS Designer toaccept a source file with the following simplified format:<field1label>: <record1field1value><field2label>: <record1field2value>- - - - - - -<fieldNlabel>: <record1fieldNvalue><field1label>: <record2field1value><field2label>: <record2field2value>etc.i.e. each input record is delimited by {LF}{LF}, and each column by {LF}. Orwill it be necessary to write a Perl script (say) to convert it first into a..csv file?Thanks,Dave--************************************************** **********************Dave Stone e-mail: Join Bytes!Computing Services Telephone: +44 131-650-3314University of Edinburgh Internal ext: 503314Main Library, George Square FAX: 0131-650-3308Edinburgh EH8 9LJ************************************************** **********************
View 2 Replies View Relatedhi friends ,
Thank you for the help and support you have given me. Now i am confronted with a new problem. I have to import some textfiles to SQL Server Tables . I have to create a tool to automate the porting using C# .The columns in textfile is seperated with pipe"|" . I f any body knows this please help me .
Thanks $ Regards
Nevin
Something I find myself wanting to do frequently is the traditional foreach loop looping through a directory of files and importing (which works great in SSIS) - Only I don't want to import data I have already imported.
In a previous job I used Perl for thing like this and the structure would be as follows:
For Each File:
1. Get filename and timestamp
2. Query db table with list of already imported filenames and timestamp. If Filename not in the table or is in table with older date return 1 to import or if file already imported return 0
3. Based on the result of step 2 either import or skip to next file.
Any recommendations how to do something similar in SSIS? I run stuck when I try to get the timestamp of the file and I also can't figure out how to do the conditional inside the foreach container... I am also open to other ideas on how to only import files I have not already imported.
hi friends ,
Thank you for the help and support you have given me. Now i am confronted with a new problem. I have to import some textfiles to SQL Server Tables .The columns in textfile is seperated with pipe"|" . I f any body knows this please help me .
Thanks $ Regards
Nevin
Hi i'm new to DTS and need to be able to import a text file into a table each day.
The main problem I have is the file is datestamped so the name of the file changes each day.
Today it would be called file20070419.txt tomorrow it would be file20070420.txt. When I select a text file as a source I have to pick a valid file ??? how can I get round this ???
Hi allI am looking for examples of scripts that will help me doing these things:
- import a text file delimited with the character "*", representing a new month of data, for example data from march 2007
- create a new table with the structure of an existing one to import the data, for example Data_March_2007
- alter an existing totals table adding a new column for the new moth imported, adding a new colum for the month of March 2007.
Hello Everyone and thanks for your help in advance. I am having a problem importing a text file into SQL Server 2005 and can't figure out where the issue is. The file is in CSV format with the text delimiter field as a ". When attempting to import the field into a SQL Server 2005 table, the import fails due to numerous truncation errors. I have tried importing into an existing table, but have also tried importing and allowing the import to create the table. I receive the same failures in both cases. For whatever reason, when allowing the import to create the table, each column is created as a nvarchar(50) even thought the column sizes vary widely. Oddly enough, when importing into a SQL Server 2000 table with the correct layout, the file imports perfectly fine, thus verifying there is nothing wrong with the data source. It also creates the table with appropriate column sizes in SQL 2000. I'm really at a loss as to what is going on. Any assistance woul dbe greatly appreciated. Thanks.
View 4 Replies View RelatedThis is what I am going to do:
Everyday, there are users FTP the text files to a directory in the server. During the night, a job will be run to import these text files to a table.
First, the job need to read the file name, then open the file, read the first line and insert to the table until then end of the file. Then the second file will be read ... until no more file to be read.
I am using VB to read the file name and open the file, and my question is how to pass the file name to the second step which is in T-SQL?
Any experience to be shared in this area ?
Thanks,
Rachael
Quick Question!
If you have both invoice header lines and invoice detail lines in a comma delimited file, how can I get the data in the file to be imported into two different tables. I can produce a text file eg:
1,20,10/03/2002,39 High Street Any Town,,
2,20,Fluffy Slippers,2,Red,10.99
2,20,Pyjamas,3,Black,15.99
2,20,Trousers,1,Lilac,24.99
1,21,10/03/2002,11 Gibson Close,
2,21,Sandles,1,Black,12.99
2,21,Shoes,4,Blue,23.99
1,22,13/03/2002,45 Mill Street,
2,22,Womble Feet,4,White,16.99
2,22,Glass Slipper,1,Transparent,23.99
Lines with 1 in the first column should go in the InvoiceHeader table
Lines with 2 in the first column should go in the InvoiceDetails table.
I have tried with DTS but to no avial - ActiveX scrips in the Transform Data Task can only seem to access one data destination - it one table not two.
Any Ideas?
Julia
I have a fixed field text file I am trying to setup an import for SQL 2000. If I use Access 2000 the file reads fine, but if I use the SQL Import feature or DTS, SQL doesn't line up the records correctly, I tried all the combinations of row returns with no luck, but Access works just fine. ANy ideas?
View 1 Replies View RelatedHi
I need to know how to import data from .txt to the MS SQL Server. IT is really important and i have 1 hour only, any help ....... appreciated.
Thanks
I have a DTS that reads in a bunch of transactions daily to a tran history table. I read them in from a text file each day. The problem is, that about half of the lines in the text file contain semicolons because they are comments. What I do now is, import the whole thing, and then do a Delete on my tran hist table for all lines with semicolons. As my tranhist table grows, this Delete will start to take a long time. How do I filter it so it doesn't even import the lines with semicolons to start with, that will run faster and save me time later.
Thanks,
Andrew
dear all,
I have a text file that contains data that i need to insert into sql server... the file size is about 800 MB .. and contains about 17,000,000 lines ..
some one told me that there is a way in sql server to import this data automatically by writting some scripts ...
the file looks like this
xxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
yyyy .. yyyyy "I Need only These fields (the Ys).. I don't care about the rest of the file"
yyyy .. yyyyy
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
any help is really appriciated
Hi,
Please can you help me,
I have created an database with 3 fields
Hi,
Please can you help me,
I have created an database with 3 indexed (not clustered) fields
key : bytes 100
error : integer
status : bytes 6
I would like to know how to import 3 million or more records quickly.
If I don't index the the fields, the operation takes 3 hours. With indexed fields it takes overnight. Therefore, how can i optomise the import operation from a .txt file.
Thanks and regards.
Hi,
I am using DTS to import data from text file to database tables in SQL server2005.
there is one big column thay I dont know what data type I should use to import it, I tried both nvarchar(MAX) and varchar(MAX).
but I am getting the following error:
for nvarchar(MAX) , getting the below error:
Error 0xc02020ed: Data Flow Task: Columns "Column 2" and "VendorDesc" cannot convert between unicode and non-unicode string data types.
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
for varchar(MAX) , getting the below error:
Error 0xc02020a1: Data Flow Task: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "Column 2" returned status value 4 and status text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page.".
(SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Could you please let me know what data type I can use to handle this column?
Thanks,
Gelareh
How do I import data from an Excel or text file ?
View 3 Replies View Relatedthe text file format use the length of character to define the field
for example,
0001130130HAUT BAGES AVEROUS 03
9 chars <0001130130> is a field
1 char <H> is a field
20 chars <AUT BAGES AVEROUS 03> is a field
one record by one record store in text
no space, no symbol, no line break between each record
i must use the length of char to define it.
Please help me how to import into mssql
Hello,
I am kind of new to Sql Server 2005.
I figured out how to use the import data wizard to import a delimited text file.
But I need to find a way to import many delimited text files at once.
does anybody know if this can be done in Sql Server 2005? and how?
thanks in advance,
This was a no brainer in SQL Server 2000 but I just can't figure out where the heck it is in SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Where is the wizard that will import a text file and create a database from it?
View 3 Replies View RelatedFirst off, I am not a DBA, not even remotely close. Anywho, I have been given the task of figuring out how to import from a comma delimited text file into 2 columns of an existing database. The task is as follows:
- A daily text file is created by a Unix DB and placed on a folder local to the SQL Server.
- I am to take this file and import into an existing MS SQL2005 DB that has 3 columns.
- AccountID, AccountName, DateRecordCreated
- The imported data has to overwrite all existing SQL DB data.
- This is to run automated on a daily schedule.
Being a SysAdmin, this sounds super simple to do but I have wasted 2 full days in trying to figure out how to make this happen using SSIS. All I want to know is if I am in the right track in focusing on SSIS for a solution. Any additional How To's would be greatly appreciated. BTW, the text file looks something like this...
AccountID,AccountName
A123456,Joe Smith, M.D.
A234567,John H. Dude,M.D.
Thanx much