(Urgent)How Can I Specify The Excel File's Column To Import Data As Varchar Instead Of Float
Sep 10, 2007
Hi,
I have a excel file which i want to import the data to sql server... The sql server Data type for that particular column is
varchar and it has a contraint too like the data should be in this fashion 00000-0000 or 00000...
but when i try to import the data from the excel to sql server... 08545 just becomes 8545 (cause excel is treating it as a float) and so my insert fails...
Hi, I have a excel file and i am trying to import zip codes to the database... but the some of the zip codes start with 06902 but the excel file treats them as float but i want to treat them as varchar...
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.
I have a particular issue that has been causing me some problems for a while. I have an SSIS package that imports an excel file into my database, and then performs various data manipulation that I won't go into. The problem I am having is at the import end. The excel source file I am working on is provided to me by my client. It is a fixed format and doesn't change, it contains a header row and there are 32 headings. The trouble I am having is that quite often, the last column is empty, i.e. it contains no data. The header is still there, but theres no data underneath. When I try to import this file using my SSIS package it fails, and complains about needing to remove the metadata for this final column from the External Columns list (VS_NEEDSNEWMETADATA). When I try to preview this file in the properties of the Excel Data Source, the last column does not exist. It's as if it's determining that as there is no data in that final column, that it's unnecessary and not part of the data set, even though it has a header.
Now I've done a bit of research, and found cases that a sort of like mine, I know that the excel file has the first 8 records sampled to determine the data format. This problem suggested to use the IMEX=1 extension in the connection string, which didn't help. I also discovered that when using flat files, if you have odd numbers of columns in your comma seperated list there can be problems. But neither of these issues seem to match the issue I'm facing.
Has ANYONE had a similar problem to me, and can anyone offer any kind of assistance regarding what I need to do to import an excel file that may or may not have data in the final column?
hii all, i've to import bulk data from excel file to sql server 2000 , i'm using asp.net 1.1 with C# and i've to make a front end(windows application) for this. help me out if any1 knows that... Thanks & Regards anant vijay
I'm having dificulties in loading data into a table coming from an excel file because one of the columns is a text based with an average of 1024 characters... How can i import that column? The excel source always shows me the column as a DT_WSTR of 255 characters...
Can anyone tell me how can I achieve the file import of XLS file and read the data inside to insert into the respective table in my SDF database in the mobile devices?
Hi all,I have a huge excel format file wants to export to sql serverdatabase. One of the field has combination of numeric andalphanumeric. When I import the excel format to sql server database,the numeric is successfully imported but the alphanumeric does notimport at all.Does anyone know how to solve my problem?Thanks.-HS Phuah
I have a huge excel format file wants to export to sql server database. One of the field has combination of numeric and alphanumeric. When I import the excel format to sql server database, the numeric is successfully imported but the alphanumeric does not import at all.
Does anyone know how to solve my problem?
I am using SQL 2k and the spreadsheet is excel 2003
I try to import data from excel file, my excel file have column called Name, the value of this column is text: ex: Binh Chanh, 1,2,3,4,5.....When i import into sqlserver 2005, these rows which have value 1,2,3,4,5 (number) , now have Null value in SQL server 2005.
hello anyone... i got this message "Error converting data type varchar to float" when i was trying to insert values into table using instead of trigger...
below is my table ClimateData
quote:USE [PVMC Database] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[ClimateData] Script Date: 03/26/2008 03:04:44 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_PADDING ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[ClimateData]( [Climate_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_ClimateData_Climate_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()), [Latitude] [float] NULL, [Longitude] [float] NULL, [Altitude] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [Climate_type] [varchar](100) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_ClimateData_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [Climate_application_id] ASC )WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO SET ANSI_PADDING OFF GO USE [PVMC Database] GO ALTER TABLE [dbo].[ClimateData] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_ClimateData_Photovoltaic] FOREIGN KEY([PV_application_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Photovoltaic] ([PV_application_id]) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
Below is photovoltaic table
quote:USE [PVMC Database] GO /****** Object: Table [dbo].[Photovoltaic] Script Date: 03/26/2008 03:06:58 ******/ SET ANSI_NULLS ON GO SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON GO SET ANSI_PADDING ON GO CREATE TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic]( [PV_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NOT NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_application_id] DEFAULT (newid()), [PV_site] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_state] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_type_of_system] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_nominal_power] [float] NULL, [PV_module] [varchar](150) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_mounting] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_building_type] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_topology] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_new_or_retrofit] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_period_of_design] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_period_of_construction] [varchar](50) COLLATE Latin1_General_CI_AI NULL, [PV_commissioning_date] [datetime] NULL CONSTRAINT [DF_Photovoltaic_PV_commissioning_date] DEFAULT (getdate()), [PV_site_photo] [varbinary](max) NULL, [PV_peak_nominal_rating] [float] NULL, [User_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL, [Org_application_id] [uniqueidentifier] NULL, CONSTRAINT [PK_Photovoltaic_1] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED ( [PV_application_id] ASC )WITH (IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON [PRIMARY] ) ON [PRIMARY]
GO SET ANSI_PADDING OFF GO USE [PVMC Database] GO ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Photovoltaic_OrganizationDetail] FOREIGN KEY([Org_application_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[OrganizationDetail] ([Org_application_id]) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE GO ALTER TABLE [dbo].[Photovoltaic] WITH CHECK ADD CONSTRAINT [FK_Photovoltaic_Users] FOREIGN KEY([User_application_id]) REFERENCES [dbo].[Users] ([User_application_id]) ON UPDATE CASCADE ON DELETE CASCADE
Below also my command for instead of trigger
quote:set ANSI_NULLS ON set QUOTED_IDENTIFIER ON go
CREATE trigger [tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] on [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] instead of insert as BEGIN
insert Photovoltaic (PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power, PV_module, PV_mounting) select distinct inserted.PV_site, inserted.PV_state, inserted.PV_type_of_system, inserted.PV_nominal_power, inserted.PV_module, inserted.PV_mounting from inserted left join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site and inserted.PV_state = Photovoltaic.PV_state and inserted.PV_type_of_system = Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_module and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_mounting where Photovoltaic.PV_site IS NULL /*** Exclude Organization Detail already in the table ***/
insert ClimateData (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type, PV_application_id) select distinct inserted.Latitude, inserted.Longitude, inserted.Altitude, inserted.Climate_type, Photovoltaic.PV_application_id from inserted inner join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site left join ClimateData on inserted.Latitude = ClimateData.Latitude and inserted.Longitude = ClimateData.Longitude and inserted.Altitude = ClimateData.Altitude and inserted.Climate_type = ClimateData.Climate_type where ClimateData.Latitude IS NULL /*** Exclude Organization Types already in the table ***/
END -- trigger def
and finally, i hav tried using this command to insert into table v_PhotovoltaicClimateData.. this is the command to insert
Hello everyone... i have some problem with instead of trigger... after insert values into v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, i got this error, Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Procedure tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, Line 6 Error converting data type varchar to float.
quote:CREATE VIEW [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] AS SELECT dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_site, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_state, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_module, dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_mounting, dbo.ClimateData.Latitude, dbo.ClimateData.Longitude, dbo.ClimateData.Altitude, dbo.ClimateData.Climate_type FROM dbo.ClimateData INNER JOIN dbo.Photovoltaic ON dbo.ClimateData.PV_application_id = dbo.Photovoltaic.PV_application_id
below is my instead of trigger command...
quote:CREATE trigger [tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] on [dbo].[v_PhotovoltaicClimateData] instead of insert as BEGIN
insert Photovoltaic (PV_site, PV_state, PV_type_of_system, PV_nominal_power, PV_module, PV_mounting) select distinct inserted.PV_site, inserted.PV_state, inserted.PV_type_of_system, inserted.PV_nominal_power, inserted.PV_module, inserted.PV_mounting from inserted left join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site and inserted.PV_state = Photovoltaic.PV_state and inserted.PV_type_of_system = Photovoltaic.PV_type_of_system and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_nominal_power and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_module and inserted.PV_nominal_power = Photovoltaic.PV_mounting where Photovoltaic.PV_site IS NULL /*** Exclude Photovoltaic already in the table ***/
insert ClimateData (Latitude, Longitude, Altitude, Climate_type, PV_application_id) select distinct inserted.Latitude, inserted.Longitude, inserted.Altitude, inserted.Climate_type, Photovoltaic.PV_application_id from inserted inner join Photovoltaic on inserted.PV_site = Photovoltaic.PV_site left join ClimateData on inserted.Latitude = ClimateData.Latitude and inserted.Longitude = ClimateData.Longitude and inserted.Altitude = ClimateData.Altitude and inserted.Climate_type = ClimateData.Climate_type where ClimateData.Latitude IS NULL /*** Exclude Climate Data already in the table ***/
END -- trigger def
this is my commad insert values using instead of trigger that i've created...
after execute this commad, i got this error.. quote:Msg 8114, Level 16, State 5, Procedure tr_v_PhotovoltaicClimateData, Line 6 Error converting data type varchar to float.
I have created a stored procedure that contain this field (below) inorder to meet certain criteria. But my problem is when I try to runthe stored procedure I encounter an error "Error converting data typevarchar to float".CASE Final WHEN 0 THEN '--' ELSE Final END AS FinalGradeThe Final field is a float data type.Could anyone teach me how to fix this problem?
I am using VS2012 and creating a package on a 64bit machine to import some data from a .xlsx file. My question is that I am getting an error for the Excel connection manager, do I need to install some kind of excel drive or excel itself on the machine in order to be able to import the data?
Is it possible to import data from an Excel spreadsheet using OPENROWSET or OPENDATASOURCE without having to explicitly define the filepath of the source file? Currently, I have this piece of code within a sproc:
FROM OPENROWSET ('Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0','Excel 8.0; Database=C:WeeklySchedule.xls', 'SELECT * FROM [Master$C5:Q65536]') AS XL
LEFT JOIN [dbo].[PartMaster] ON (RIGHT([XL].[CODE], 7) = [PartMaster].[SKU])
WHERE [SKU] IS NOT NULL
AND [CODE] IS NOT NULL
AND [LAMPS] IS NOT NULL
AND [LAMPS] > 0
AND [LampTypeID] = @LampTypeID
I would like to remove the hardcoded reference 'Database=C:WeeklySchedule.xls' and replace it with a parameter for the filepath. Is this possible? This is in SQL Server 2000. Also, if there is a way to do this with DTS I'd be open to doing it that way too.
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What I cant figure out is how to add a variable that will hold a constant ID value that will be persisted with the same value to all rows inserted to the DB. Making the problem harder, I would like that this value be defined in a properties file or database table of some sort so that I can do a lookup based on the file name / location to find out what value should be used.
Any suggestions? I hope my explanation makes at least some sense - but basically I want to do a look up in a configuration of some sort, pull out a single value, and add it to a data import.
I have looked far and wide and have not found anything that works to allow me to resolve this issue.
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I get the error: [OLE DB Source [277]] Error: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80040E21. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft DB2 OLE DB Provider" Hresult: 0x80040E21 Description: "Multiple-step OLE DB operation generated errors. Check each OLE DB status value, if available. No work was done.".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: Failed to retrieve long data for column "LIST_DATA_RCVD".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: There was an error with output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324) on output "OLE DB Source Output" (287). The column status returned was: "DBSTATUS_UNAVAILABLE".
[OLE DB Source [277]] Error: The "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" failed because error code 0xC0209071 occurred, and the error row disposition on "output column "LIST_DATA_RCVD" (324)" specifies failure on error. An error occurred on the specified object of the specified component.
[DTS.Pipeline] Error: The PrimeOutput method on component "OLE DB Source" (277) returned error code 0xC0209029. The component returned a failure code when the pipeline engine called PrimeOutput(). The meaning of the failure code is defined by the component, but the error is fatal and the pipeline stopped executing.
Any suggestions on how I can get the large string data in the varchar column in DB2 into the varchar(max) column in SQL Server 2005?
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I am trying to import data from a spread sheet to a sql server database... and one of the cells contains which are numeric and only and some are alpha numeric also... but when i try to import them to Sql server i get a NULL in the cells where there is Alpha numeric characters...
I have also tried opening a new spread sheet and setting the format for that particular column and text then i just paste it and then saving,.. but when i try to upload the data i am getting an error (thru my asp.net website) Saying that
No value given for one or more required parameters.
