Problem Reading Tab Delimited Flat File Source With Missing Tabs
Aug 3, 2005I have a tab delimited flat file with say 60 columns. All columns can have null values. The file contains a blank tab for nulls.
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Problem Reading Tab Delimited Flat File For Missing Tab???????
Aug 31, 2007Hi,
How I set the Transform Data Task Property in SSIS package????
As I designed SSIS.. where I mapped my text file columns to database table columns but if I selected wrong input text file having less columns than database table then how I will come to know that it is wrong input file????
or in the correct file suppose if i have three columns input then at in table i am getting worng values i.e. 1st column of 2nd row is placed in fourth column of previous row in DB table......that is very weird situation
suppose my DB table contain 4 columns and my (wrong) text file contain 2 columns then i should get error message that column003 is not found???? like that happened in DTS 2000
my SSIS mapping is like
Table Column-------------->Text file
ID------------------------------->ID
Name------------------------->Name
City---------------------------->City
Country---------------------->Country
Now suppose my text file contain only these records with CSV
1;Jhon
2;Paul
Then in DB table I am getting
1 Jhon 2 Paul
Please help me out...
T.I.A
Does The RetainNulls Option Do Anything If The Flat File Source Isn't Delimited?
Apr 26, 2008I have a flat file source that is "ragged right," which is where you specify that positions 1 through 8 is a date or 9 through 20 is a string, etc.
I'm wondering if the Retain Nulls option does anything at all for ragged right files. The only way to indentify a missing value in this file format is with spaces, and SSIS doesn't equate spaces to a null using either fast or standard parsing, which means it is impossible to have nulls in a ragged right file.
I was looking to import a date column using fast parse where sometimes the date isn't specified, so you get an occasional " " as an entry. From what I can tell by experimentation, you cannot import directly into a date field using any method in SSIS if your source file is ragged right and some dates are blank, because empty strings cannot be inserted into date fields.
Reading From SSIS Flat File Source?
Feb 9, 2012I have a simple SSIS package -> It reads a local text file which has 10 rows of data ( id, name, telephone # ) and puts it into a table.
It uses the "SSIS Flat File source" to read and a "SQL Command" to insert into the table. I can see that it reads line by line and puts each line into one row in my table.
Now, my production data is over 5 GiG of mainframe data and it seems their data is arranged in some hierarchical form.. so the position or arrangement of data in that file is important.
I pulled the data using my package and as far as I can see , my SSIS package pulled one line at a time ( from the flat file) and pushed it into my table. For each row, I also created an identity column in my table to be able to identify the positional arrangement of the hierarchical data and then use relational mappings to suit our business needs.
In all of this, my assumption is -
"SSIS reads one line at a time, inserts to my table and goes down to the next line .
It does NOT read a snapshot of rows from the flat file so as to write them into the table using internal ordering methods based on that particular snapshot "
My question is .. is my assumption correct ?
Flat File Data Source With Variable Number Of Delimited Columns
Feb 26, 2007I am writing a package that will process delimited flat files that will come in one of a few different versions. Within each flat file, the number of delimited columns will be the same, but each version of the file has a different number of columns. I have tried configuring the flat file data source to expect the version with the largest number of columns, but it will then throw away rows that have less than this number of columns (warning: There is a partial row at the end of the file).
Is it possible to use a single flat file data source that will work with all of the different width files?
Flat File Source Option Missing In The Sql Server Import && Export Wizard.
Jun 21, 2007Hi All,
I want to import a txt file data to a sql server database table, to do this i used sql server import and export wizard. In this when we choose a Data Source, the option Flat file source is not coming up in the combo box in the wizard.
I am using sql server 2005, Management Studio to do this.
steps 1. right click on the database --> all tasks --> import data --> sql server import export wizard --> choose data source dialog box....
please help me.
thanks in advance.
Reading Tab Delimited Text File
Mar 28, 2008Is there anyway Sql Server reads a "Tab Delimited Text File" and Compare each record with the Column in a table..
my question is..
I've a Country_Code table which has 3 letter Country Code and the Actual Country names are listed in a Tab Delimited Text File "Country Data" with Country Code and Country Name, how do i read each record and compare to get the Actual Country Name for Display.
any ideas/suggestions.
thanks
How To Redirect The Error Of A Source Flat File To The Destination Flat File?
Nov 10, 2006Hi all,
I m using SSIS and i am transfering the data from Flat File Source to the OLE DB destination File. The source file contain some corrupt data which i am transfering to the other Flat file destination file.
Debugging is succesful but i am not getting any error output in the Flat file destination file.
i had done exactly which is written in the msdn tutorial of SSIS.
Plz tell me why i am not getting the error output in the destination flat file?
thanx
Flat File Comma Delimited Ignoring Quotes
Dec 27, 2007
hi im using the import export wizard to import a file where my recoreds are comma delimited but when i HAVE to use a comma im using quotes to escape
"CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=aboneng,DC=local",user,Administrator,Built-in account for administering the computer/domain,"CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=aboneng,DC=local",4,20050421014154.0Z,20060518065932.0Z,
with this example
CN=Administrator,CN=Users,DC=aboneng,DC=local === should be the first column
user, ==== the second column
Administrator === third and so forth.
i thought it was a standard to use quotes when escaping your delimiter but sql is bringing in the records as comma delimited as normal is there anyway around this?
Writing To A Delimited Flat File But With My Choice Of The Delimiter.
Sep 21, 2006
Hi Folks,
I would like to write my table to a delimited file but I seem to have no choice but to use comma as the delimiter. Is there any way I can choose the delimiter ?
Thanks.
Sid
Reading A Flat File
Dec 12, 2006I get the following error when reading a flat file : [Credit Information 1 [1]] Error: Data conversion failed. The data conversion for column "AccountName" returned status value 4 and status text "Text was truncated or one or more characters had no match in the target code page.".
I did check all the mappings, and everything seems to be fine, the field is read in as a string. I also check for any strange characters that can possibly cause this error but the value of the field only contains a person's name and spaces at the end.
Does anyone have any ideas what might be the cause of the error?
Using Flat File Connection Manager Editor With Delimited Format
Jan 23, 2007
Hello everyone:
I am new with SSIS and I have a problem that I don€™t know solving it.
I have a simple package with a delimited flat file source which is loaded into a table in a SQL Server database.
Below is the import format:
- Row delimiter: carriage return and line feed {CR/LF}
- Column delimiter: Comma {,}
- Text qualifier: €œ
In the source file, the data looks like this:
€œstring1 €?, 34, €œ€?, , ,€? string2 €œtext1€? string2€? , €œ €œ,
This package with DTS works, but now with SSIS does not, when I see the €œprevious rows€? in the Flat File Connection Manager Editor, the last column has incorrect information and when I create a new file without spaces and without twice €œ€? in the same string, it works. I don€™t know what I am missing with SSIS.
Regards,
Fanny Tejera
Reading Records In A Flat File
Nov 29, 2006Hello,
I am making my first attempt at creating a script for a Script Task. The script needs to do the following;
1. find the length of each record in a single fixed width flat file
-file location; C:LearningSettlementDataTestSC15_CopiesSingleFile
-file name; CDNSC.CDNSC.SC0015.111062006 (no file extension)
2. if a record is found that is longer than 384 characters;
a. copy the record out to a text file
-location;C:LearningSettlementDataTestSC15_CopiesErrantRecords
-file name; ErrantRecords.txt
b. delete record from the flat file where the record length is > 384.
If I can get this to work on a single file, I want to implement it with multiple files. I would imagine that using a ForEachLoop container with the script task 'inside' would be the way to go for multiple files. I have a connection manager set up for the single file and a MultiFlatFile connection manager set up for the whole collection of files. All of the files have the same schema. I don't know if the connection managers are going to be useful to me with what I'm trying to do, but I have them set up.
If you have some input on where I can find resources on how to do this, or have some code to pass along, please share.
Thank you for your help!
CSDunn
Reading First Few Lines From Flat File
Jun 5, 2007
Hi,
I have a very simple question, how do i read the first couple of lines only from a flat file source. Let me illustrate with an example:
**Source file***
Date of refresh 04/05/06 **
abc, 123
bac, 156
I need a way to read the first line 'Date of refresh 04/05/06 **' and get the date '04/05/06' ; and store the date in a variable.
Right now, I have a flat file source and a script component, which receives a connection from the flat file source, The script component is reading the lines, but thrice instead of once. It would be great if I can program the script component to terminate after reading the first line only. Any help would be appreciated very much.
Thanks
Bidyut
Reading And Writing To Flat File
Apr 27, 2006I'm doing a test package which reads a flat file, makes an adjustment using the derived column task and writes to the same flat file. But, the read locks the flat file, so the write can't access it. Any ideas for a resolution?
Thanks,
Dave
Sequentially Reading The Flat File
Jul 6, 2007
Hi,
How do i sequentially read the lines of the flat file that have different structures inside on how to parse it and store them in a table? Let's say, I have this excerpt from the file:
HA111Header1234
KLName1
KLName2
HA222Header4567
KLName3
KLName4
Below are the structures:
If Record type = 'HA' then
Length
Recordtype 2
Code 3
Description 10
else if Record type = 'KL' then
Length
Recordtype 2
Name 5
Code 3
The Code in the KL record type is actually the code in the 'HA' line. So to store the KLName1 in the relational table, it's value for the code field is 111. The same goes for KLName4 which has 222 code. So, when a record type 'HA' is encountered, it's like i want to save its value of the code in a variable and use that to populate the code field of the following recordtype 'KL'.
Can this be possible in Integration Services in which we will use the IS objects themselves to loop through the lines instead of creating a script (programming using script task... i think)?
cherriesh
cherriesh.
Syntax - Reading Flat File - Row Length
Oct 12, 2007Hi,
I am reading a flat file in to SSIS. In the script, I want to process differently depending on the length of the row. However, since I am new to .net, I can't figure out the syntax to find the length of the row.
Can anyone tell me the syntax?
Thanks,
Linda
Public Overrides Sub Input0_ProcessInputRow(ByVal Row As Input0Buffer)
'Dim d As Double
If Row.MemberSourceLine.ToString.Length.Equals(267) Then <-- my latest try, but it does not work....
Row.WholesalerCode = Row.MemberSourceLine.ToString.Substring(1, 5)
Row.UPCNumber = Row.MemberSourceLine.ToString.Substring(34, 12)
'Row.SKUNumber = Row.MemberSourceLine.ToString.Substring(6, 14)
End If
Reading Past CR-LF In Flat File Text Input
Jul 13, 2007Hi,
I'm wondering if there is any way to get SSIS to notice, in the Flat File Source, that a "Ragged right" text input file has a record that is too short to populate all the specified columns.
I am reading data from a file that is supposed to be fixed length records, but record 193,591 (out of approx. 500,000) is 20 bytes short of the fixed length (60 bytes). So I changed the input to "ragged right" and found that I can thereby continue to read the file, and load the data (after setting the "maximum errors" to a number greater than the initial "1"). (Without this change to "ragged right", every record after the bad one was "out of synch" with the column arrangement -- so they never made it into the database table destination.)
But the "failures" I am now getting are during the Data Conversion step, when I try to convert some columns to integers (from text, in the input stream). And by looking at the data with a "Redirect Row" setting for the Data Conversion step, I am able to see that the Flat File Source is reading "right past the end of the row."
Is there a way to get the Flat File Source to honor the CR-LF record terminator, and decide that some text columns should contain "nothing" (NULL or zero-length strings), rather than the bytes that contain the CR-LF and the initial text from the next record? Can this somehow be noticed as an error condition?
Dan
Reading Default Values Instead Of NULL From A Flat File
Oct 22, 2007Hi,
I have the following problem: I'm connected to flat file source and trying to read data that is later inserted in an MS Access database. Everything wokrs fine instead of one thing - when I have null values in the flat file, I want those NULL values to be inserted in the MS Access db, instead of that what happens is that I actually get the default values for a column type from the flat file and later insert that defalut value. For example if I have a null value in an four-bite-signed-integer column of the flat file, I get 0 as value.
I thouth of solution using a "Derived Column" transformation which can transform the zeros into nulls, but decided to check with you guys if there is a smarter thing to do (for example to edit the flat file source to read the NULLs correctly).
Any advice is appreciated! Many thanks
Ventsy
Detect Missing Records In Flat File
Aug 13, 2007I am importing records from a flat file to a database table. If a record is in the table but NOT in the flat file, I need to update a date column in the table.
Any ideas?
Flat File Import, Ignore Missing Columns?
Oct 12, 2007
I'm new to SSIS, and trying to automate data imports from text files. The text files I'm importing always contain a fixed set of columns, or a subset of those columns. If I include a subset of columns in the import file (and exclude others), the data doesn't import...I assume because the actual file doesn't include every column defined in the flat file source object?
Is it possible to accomplish this without dynamically selecting the columns, as indicated here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms136020.aspx
OLE DB Source To Flat File Destintation Using Fixed Width Columns - Determining Source Column Width
Feb 13, 2007Hi,
I am trying to create a program that transfers tables to flat files.
At this point in time, I have suceeded in created one that creates delimited files.
However, I am now trying to create fixed-width files as you can do with the SSIS designer, but programatically.
Is there a way to programatically determine the width of a column from the source table? I can not seem to find any kind of function or member that stores this information or allows me to retrieve it.
I know what I need to change in order to set a width for a column, but I just don't know how to find the width without just asking the user to provide one.
Regarding The Dynamic File Change Within Flat File Source.
Mar 28, 2006Hi,
we have one requirement to run the package daily basis.
The package should run at specific time on that day.
we are using windows schedular for that.
we will have one new flatfile everyday.
Is there any process to attach this file to flat file source dynamically?
The requirement is,
The flat file should be able to read the new flatfile everyday.
we have no option change it manually, the flatfile source should have to take the file automatically at that time.
So that it can take that flatfile and load it into database table.
Check File For Being Used By Some Other Process When Using Flat File Source
Feb 14, 2007I am wondering how easy is to check for file locks and have our SSIS Package to wait until file has been release by the process which is using it.
Also, same question when we're writing to a Flat File (or Flat File Destination).
Thanks,
Flat File As Source
Aug 15, 2007Hello Ereryone,
I have Flat File as my source. Before i tried to load the data in to ORACLE Destination thru SCD component the error was with ole db.
any ways i try to load the data in Access DB but I€™m getting different error in same component (OLE DB) After SCD Component. can any one help me out in this.
thank you
Flat File Source, Please Help !!
Mar 6, 2006Hi all
I have some problems with the "Flat File Source" ...
I am trying to load a textfile, but IS allways cuts the rows ...
When I look at the preview while designing, the row is complete,
so I am wondering what IS is doing ...
Thanks for any comments
Best regards
Frank Uray
Here is what I am trying to load (one row from the file):
WPBX1 1.2 19330065002695435000 001200526000 000020002002-11-13-11.17.55.2220262006-03-03-05.50.44.322629002000010001AG2006-03-03-05.50.44.322629WIS030EPF033200602173410567000101 271275 2006030220060303200603032006030320060303 200603032006030320060303 200603032006030320060303200603031 0.000 200.000A UWCE 1 24617 10844890000000000 0.000000 0.000 0.000 0 149.500 149.500 149.500 00100010 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 1.000000000000000E+00 1.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+0000 0000000001CV ÊÊ 00 1.150 200.000 0001-01-01-00.00.00.00000000120052600071200180K 712 71550 230.000 230.000 230.000 0.000 230.0000010 C 100.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291567 230.000 230.000 230.000 0.000 230.0000010?C 100.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291568 230.000 230.000 230.000 0.000 230.0000010?C 100.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291585 230.000 230.000 230.000 0.000 230.0000010?C 100.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291590 -80.500 -80.500 -80.500 0.000 -80.5000010?C 35.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291640 -80.500 -80.500 -80.500 0.000 -80.5000010 C 35.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.3226291830 149.499 149.499 149.499 0.000 149.4990010?C 65.000000 2006-03-03-05.50.44.322629
On SQL Server I get only this:
WPBX1 1.2 19330065002695435000 001200526000 000020002002-11-13-11.17.55.2220262006-03-03-05.50.44.322629002000010001AG2006-03-03-05.50.44.322629WIS030EPF033200602173410567000101 271275 2006030220060303200603032006030320060303 200603032006030320060303 200603032006030320060303200603031 0.000 200.000A UWCE 1 24617 10844890000000000 0.000000 0.000 0.000 0 149.500 149.500 149.500 00100010 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 1.000000000000000E+00 1.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+00 0.000000000000000E+0000 0000000001CV
Flat File Source Nightmare
Sep 24, 2006I've been working 4 days non stop on this project, lost a complete weekend on it and I totally had it.
Please have a look at this "simple" question:
I have a for each loop that checks for csv files in a folder. The path of the file(s) is stored in a variable varFileName.
So far so good. But then I start with a data flow task and inside that data flow task I need to access one of those csv files at the time whenever it loops.
So my best guess is use a flat file source because that's the only task I see in the list that fits my question.
But the thing is, you set up a connection to a....yes right, a flat source connection and there you have to select a flat file.
But no, I don't want to select ONE file, I need to access them all as the loop goes through all files.
I'm sure this is something easy but I don't see it anymore.
I'm off taking a nap, need sleep
Could someone please point me to a direction?
Many thanks!
Worf
Flat File (CSV) Source Format
May 3, 2007I have a SSIS package loading a lot of CSV file, which first line is the column head. Some file are ordered differently. However, package still try to load the file use predefined column order (it seems it doesn't check the head of each file see if it matchs the predefined column order).
Any way to force the package the check each file's head? or I had to manually check it using VB.Net script?
FLAT FILE SOURCE DYNAMICALLY
Dec 1, 2007hi all
I have a table which has the paths where the source files need to be collected.
So I have a set of files which I need to collect. So I need to iterate through the result set which retrieves the paths
where the files can be found and set this dynamically to connection string of flat file connection manager.
Can anyone please let me know how to do this.
Can you be a little elaborate as to how we can do this because I am really new to SSIS.
Please help me as I am new to SSIS.
Thanks
Sai
Variable Flat File Source
Mar 7, 2007I am trying to make a SSIS package that will loop trough all files in a directory and load information from them.
I can do this with Raw File Sources since they allow me to use a variable name as the file path, but I cant seem to do the same with Flat File Sources. Is there a way to change the connection to a Flat File Source on each iteration of a loop? Actually, if this is possible with all types of file sources (like excel files) I would love to know about it too.
I was thinking about renaming the file through a script task but that does not seem like the most elegant solution so decided to see if some one here knows of a more proper way before I go that direction.
Flat File Data Source
Aug 29, 2006Is there away to use wild card in the file name for the flat file data source?
Like //servername/directory/*.txt
Flat File Source Queston
May 17, 2006I want to read the following file using the Flat File Source flow:
10000 Router
20000 Hub
10000 Switch
30000 Server
40000 Harddisk
Spaces are used between the numbers (e.g. 10000) and the following text (e.g. Router). Each line is temrinated by a {CR}{LF} pair. I would normally think of this as a "fixed width" file.
But in the Flat File connection manager, if I use format "Fixed width", the preview shows a row width of 1 character wide (the first row contains the number "1"; the next row contains "0", and so on for the remaining 3 rows.in the first line) Not what I had in mind. How do I setup SSIS to handle this file in intended maner?
TIA,
Barker
P.S. I never had any trouble with this type of file under Sql 2000 DTS. Also, have you noticed the crappy-looking "bitmap" displayed when one wants to click and define columns for a fixed-width file?
OLEDB Source To Flat File
Jun 7, 2007Hi,
I'm using an OLEDBSource to select some data and then putting to in a Flat File destination.
However, when I look at the data in the OLEDBSource, they´re like this:
1. id
2. name
3. address
...but in the flatfile it comes out in the wrong order.
How can I fix this?
Thank you so much.