Importing Excel To Database Problem
May 6, 2008
Hi,
I need to import data from excel to sql database. I have an excel that has a column called dept_name that is a string.
In the database I have a table called tb_depts with the following columns:
dept_id int, identity
dept_name nvarchar (200)
In addition I have another table called tb_extUsers with the following columns:
user_id int, identity
user_name nvarchar (200)
dept_id int
I need to import the excel into the table tb_extUsers however my problem is that the value in excel is the name of the department and not the department id and the column in tb_extUsers requires the id.
How can i insert the correct dept_id into tb_extUsers ?
Can someone please assist me?
Thanks
Whisky-my beloved dog who died suddenly on the 29/06/06-I miss u so much.
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Jan 16, 2008
Hey guys,I am trying to import data from an Excel spreadsheet into my SQLdatabase. I am running SQL 2005.I following Microsoft's instructions for creating a linked server, andit appeared to work. However when I run this query:SELECT * INTO test FROM OPENQUERY(EFORMS,'SELECT * FROM [Form Tracker Baseline$]')I get the following error:The OLE DB provider "Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server"EFORMS" reported an error. The provider did not give any informationabout the error.Msg 7303, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Cannot initialize the data source object of OLE DB provider"Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0" for linked server "EFORMS".Test is the table that will receive the imported data. Eforms is thename of my linked server, and Form Tracker Baseline is the worksheetname.The error sounds like it can not locate my spreadsheet. Any ideas whyI am getting this message? Is there an easier way to do this import?Thanks,
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Sep 4, 2007
Hi, I am very new to ssis, I am trying to set up a package that I can set to run every hour or so, what it will do is look for all excel files in a certain folder and import them into a table on an sql server.
I managed to get it working but my problem is that my data is survey answers and some columns contain a comment.
I get these files on a weekly basis and some weeks the length of the longest comment makes ssis want to use a different data type for the comment column (sometimes it wants DT_NTEXT, other times it wants DT_WSTR).
as this column is filled out by a human I guess aposrtophies and other characters may affext this as well.
when I made the data flow task, I used the wizard on a file which contained about 8 weeks worth of data. when I use 1 weeks worth of data where the comment length is very low, the task gives a validation error saying the metadata is out of sync. if I go back and set the data type for that column to DT_WSTR and rerun the task, it works but then when it tries to process a different weeks worth of data it will fail again
here is an example of an error I get when it thinks the data type is wrong.
[Source - 'raw data$' [1]] Error: The output column "Question ID50# (Verbatim)" (439) on the error output has properties that do not match the properties of its corresponding data source column.
I played around with the data types for a while and managed to get it to process the first file and then try to process the secondfile, in the second file it got around the validation but then got this error:
[Source - 'raw data$' [1]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "Question ID3# (Verbatim)".
is there a way to make it recalculate the data types by itself for each excel file?
I am stuck trying to figure this one out.
sorry if I havent provided enough information, I am not sure which direction to head with this
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Aug 23, 2006
Hello all:
I have gone through most of the question posed by people, about importing data from EXCEL sheet to some table using SQL server database. I have a slight variation of this problem.
My excel file contains some information apart from the normal data.
Lets say some 5-6 lines always gives me some info about the data, like its purpose, client info, date etc...
After this INFO my actually data start, which I want to load into table.
I have found some wizard for the same, "EMS SQL MANAGER 2005", which supports most of the file formats, and load data into the database.
But we are planning to not use this tool, instead everything should be done using TSQL.
If somebody can please gives me some idea how this problem can be tackle, it would be a great help. We won't be using any Third party tools, like scripting etc...
We want to stick with just TSQL for this problem.
Thanks a bunch,
sabegh
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Dec 17, 2007
Got an error of
Error during Transformation 'DirectCopyXform' for Row number 813. Errors encountered so far in this task: 1.
TransformCopy 'DirectCopyXform' conversion error: Destination does not allow NULL on column pair 1 (source column 'Customer' (DBTYPE_R8), destination column 'Customer' (DBTYPE_STR))
What does that mean?
I have an excel file named Customer List with fields such as Customer, Name, City.
I want to import it into a syspro table called SyproCompanyF.ArCustomer.
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Feb 15, 2006
Hi,
Would like some help on how do I go about coverting an Excel File with columns of info into my SQL Server Database. The excel file will be uploaded from a user from my web application. I completely have no idea on where to start so any form of help is much appreciated thanks.
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Mar 7, 2008
Hi
I am facing issue while loading data from excel into Sql database table.
The format of spreadsheet is like
Date -
Name - A B C
Section Marks
X1 10 10 10
X2 20 30 10
X3
I need to load this data into table with columns
Date
Name
Section
Marks
Please share your thoughts on how to load this kind of data into table.
Thanks
Anshu
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Nov 29, 2006
hi, i have an excel spreadsheet with data that i want to place into a sql database.is there any easy way of doing this with sql server 2005 express?
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Aug 30, 2007
Hi everyone, sorry if this message is not supposed to be posted here.
I'm learning asp.net , and would like to know how I can insert data from a excel file into a database on my web account. Pretty much insert/update information in the database using excel file or a access file.
Thanks a lot in advance
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Jan 1, 2015
I want to import data from excel (1.2 million rows in 1 sheet) to SQL Server 2014 database. I am using SQL Server 2014 Import Export Data functionality and getting this error - unexpected unrecoverable error.
3 buttons beside it - abort, retry, ignore - all having the import export to close.
But I could successfully import data from excel file having less rows (150000 rows)
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Sep 11, 2007
Hi,
I need to import an SQL string from MS Excel 2003 to SQL SERVER 2000.
The string I need to import is composed by 5 different several blocks and looks like:
Code Snippet
CommandLine01 = "USE mydb"
CommandLine02 = "SELECT Block ..."
CommandLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
CommandLine04 = "UPDATE Block..."
CommandLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
The detail of the SQL string is at:
http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showpost.aspx?postid=2093921&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=1
I am trying to implement OJ's suggestion:
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=2117223&SiteID=1
to use multi - batch processing to import the string to SQL SERVER, something like:
Code Snippet
Dim SqlCnt, cmd1, cmd2, cmd3
'set the properties and open a connection
cmd1="use my_db"
cmd2="create table mytb"
cmd3="insert into mytb"
SqlCnt.execute cmd1
SqlCnt.Execute cmd2
SqlCnt.Execute cmd3
Below is the code (just partial) I have, and I need help to complete it.
Thanks in advance,
Aldo.
Code Snippet
Function TestConnection()
Dim ConnectionString As New ADODB.Connection
Dim RecordSet As New ADODB.RecordSet
ConnectionString = "Driver={SQL Server};Server=myServer;Database=myDBName;Uid=UserName;Pwd=Password"
ConnectionString.Open
CmdLine01 = " USE " & myDB
CmdLine02 = " SELECT ACCOUNTS.FULLNAME FROM ACCOUNTS" ...
CmdLine03 = "GO
ALTER TABLE Block...
GO"
CmdLine04 = "UPDATE Block..."
CmdLine05 = "SELECT Block..."
RecordSet.Open CmdLine01, ConnectionString
RecordSet.Open CmdLine02, ConnectionString
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine01
ConnectionString.Execute CmdLine02
'Retrieve Field titles
For ColNr = 1 To RecordSet.Fields.Count
ActiveSheet.Cells(1, ColNr).Value = RecordSet.Fields(ColNr - 1).Name
Next
ActiveSheet.Cells(2, 1).CopyFromRecordset RecordSet
'Close ADO objects
RecordSet.Close
ConnectionString.Close
Set RecordSet = Nothing
Set ConnectionString = Nothing
End Function
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Apr 20, 2001
I have an excel file with 5 columns. 1st column values are -
^^234
^^456
678
123
456
SQL 2000 DTS, doing straight copy into an Access table takes only first two
rows from 1st column ( see top 2 rows with trailing white spaces). How can I
import all of rows ?
Thanks for your assistance !
_Ivan
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Apr 25, 2006
Is there any way at all to import from Excel to MS SQL without using the DTS package and without doing it manually? I really do not like the lack of flexability that DTS has and I need something else that will always work. Basically I am importing shipping documents that are in excel and putting them into a table. This has 2 issues, 1 I don't know the file name, just the folder it is in and 2 there is a large amount of header data in the file, some of which I need, some of which I don't. Is there any solutions out there? Thanks!
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Aug 21, 2004
Hi there, could let me know how to reference to an excel database in SQL code?
I think
Select * from OPENROWSET ('Microsoft.Jet.OleDB.4.0', 'EXCEL 8.0;Database=C:MyExcel1.xls',Sheet1$)
Would import everything from a spreadsheet but im not sure how you can reference individual columns?
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Aug 26, 2004
I need to copy the data in two spreadsheets into two
tables in "SQL Server 2000". Below are the details:
One spreadsheet contains the data that needs to be added
to an existing table in SQL server. All field names in the
spreadsheet match the DB table column names.
Another spreadsheet contains the data that needs to be
copied to a new DB table. The table currently does NOT
exist in the DB.
I'm not sure how to accomplish this. ANy help would be
appreciated.
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Oct 23, 2006
Hello Everyone,
Here is my code in Excel VBA:
Sub command_dyer3()
Dim conn As New Connection
Dim rec As New Recordset
Dim comm As New Command
Dim ws As Worksheet
Set ws = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("command")
conn.Open "Provider=microsoft.jet.oledb.4.0;" & _
"Data Source=" + ThisWorkbook.Path + "FromDyer.mdb;"
Set comm.ActiveConnection = conn
comm.CommandText = _
strSQL = "USE CHEC" & _
"SELECT DISTINCT" & _
"DAT01.[_@051] AS Branch," & _
"DAT01.[_@550] AS LoanType," & _
"DAT01.[_@040] AS Date," & _
"DAT01.[_@LOAN#] AS LoanNum" & _
"FROM DAT01 INNER JOIN [DATE_CONVERSION_TABLE_NEW]" & _
"ON DAT01.[_@040] = [_@040]" & _
"INNER JOIN [SMT_BRANCHES]" & _
"ON DAT01.[_@051] = SMT_BRANCHES.[BranchNbr]" & _
"WHERE" & _
"DAT01.[_@040] Between '06/01/2006' And '06/30/2006'" & _
"AND DAT01.[_@051] = '540' " & _
"And DAT01.[_@LOAN#] Like '2%' " & _
"And DAT01.[_@550] = '3' " & _
"Group BY" & _
"DAT01.[_@051]," & _
"DAT01.[_@550]," & _
"DAT01.[_@TP]," & _
"DAT01.[_@040]," & _
"DAT01.[_@LOAN#]" & _
"ORDER BY --[DATE_CONVERSION_TABLE_NEW].MONTH," & _
"DAT01.[_@051]"
comm.CommandText = strSQL
'comm.Parameters(0) =
rec.Open comm
ws.[a1].CopyFromRecordset rec
rec.Close: conn.Close
End Sub
I get the following error mesage:
Command text was not set for the command object on the following line:
rec.Open comm
What am I doing wrong here?
TIA
Kurt
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Dec 14, 2007
I have a list (200+) that I would like to pull off of an excel sheet and insert into the table. I have the script,
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I get the error: Server: Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Line 1
Error converting data type nvarchar to numeric.
I'm at a loss. I've looked at all the fields and modified the deceimal fields to number format. What else should I be looking for?
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Jul 19, 2007
I have been working on some code to get excel data into a datagridview and also into my database.
What i have works to get the data but it does not display it in the view
It does show that there are records but will not show any data
It shows that there are 9 records that i can navigate but all it does it does is change the record number.
And it shows one blank row.
I have seen quite a few threads and examples but i can't quite put this one together.
Can someone help me get the data into the view?
Thanks
Dim opendlg As New OpenFileDialog
opendlg.Filter = "Excel Files (*.xls)|*.xls|All Files (*.*)|*.*"
If opendlg.ShowDialog() = Windows.Forms.DialogResult.OK Then
Dim pathname As String = opendlg.FileName
'MsgBox(pathname)
Dim connect As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection
Dim adapter As System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter
Dim dataset As New System.Data.DataSet()
connect = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection("provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;" & _
"data source=" & pathname & ";Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;")
'C: estoledb.xls
adapter = New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbDataAdapter("select * from [Sheet1$]", connect)
connect.Open()
adapter.Fill(dataset)
this is where the problem is
Me.Table1DataGridView.DataSource = dataset
adapter.Fill(Me.Database1DataSet.Table1)
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Jul 17, 2007
Hi,
I know this issue exisits in DTS but needs to check still is in SSIS, Also you guys may have a better solution for it.
Issue: When I try to import a column from excel which has data like A,B,C,D,E,4,5 in the destination table has the data type as varchar it imports only A,B,C,D,E and 4 & 5 as nulls. How to fix this.
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Oct 4, 2006
Hello,
I am very new to sql server 2005, and i wanted to know if anyone can help me in creating a SSIS packge that can do the following:
1. Import an excel sheet
2. Delete uneeded columns
3. Merge two fields together, only if first column is not null, and if it is null delete that record.
4. Dedupe records
5. export into dbf format
6. If possible, records that get exported get marked as exported in database.
Any help would be very much appreciated.
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Jul 31, 2007
How do i import a Excel file into a table i have created in my database in SQL server 2005???
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Hi i have an excel spreadsheet in which I want to take the data and put them in a table, the table and excel speadsheet have the same unique-ID, what i need to do is retrieve the extra fields of the excel spreadsheet and match them up with the table. Is this possible, if so how?
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Jun 27, 2005
Dear AllI am trying to import data from excel sheet to sql server database, by using method 2, it creates a table on fly but it never shows any table in database tables' list but when i execute the code again, system throws an exception that table already exists.On the other hand method two assumes that there is an existing table in db, but after execution, it never shows data, table remains empty. Here is code, please tell me whats wrong with this code.Regards<code>Dim ExcelConnection As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbConnection ("Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source=C:\annieanna.xls;Extended Properties=Excel 8.0;")ExcelConnection.Open()'For existing Table.................METHOD 1Dim ExcelCommand As New System.Data.OleDb.OleDbCommand("INSERT INTO [User ID=sa;Data Source=CBS101;Initial Catalog=IIETesting;Provider=SQLOLEDB.1;Workstation ID=CBS003].[anna] SELECT * FROM [Sheet1$];", ExcelConnection)
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Feb 3, 2006
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Jan 24, 2008
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Apr 17, 2006
I have an excel document that I need to import into a table. The format of the Excel spreadsheet has three columns:
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The table I'm importing to will contain records with a many-to-many relationship.
For example,
|John|Smith|77079
imports as:
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How can I bring the data in and then convert the de-normalized data into ID values from my existing tables?
I have thousands of records that I need to do this for and want to automate the process.
Thanks for any help.
Regards,
-D-
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Sep 12, 2006
Hi.
I have done this successfully the last time but just couldn't get it to work this time round. Please help.
I was trying to import data from an Excel file into MS SQL table. NONE of the numeric or value fields (right justified) works because they shown <NULL> in MS SQL table after the import via DTS. Those string fields were able to import ok into the table. DTS didn't show any error message during the DTS run.
Any advise? Thank you.
Best regards
Teck Boon
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Feb 3, 2004
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Apr 14, 2008
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Sep 26, 2007
Hello,
Am very conversant with MS SQL 2K, however i just downloaded 2005 express edition and will like to know how to
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2. How to get to Query Analyzer ?
thanks
Mary
Yes O !
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Dec 17, 2007
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the data in the excel file is like 8122007
here is my expression
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