I have a file I'm trying to do some non-set-based processing with. In
order to make sure I keep the order of the results, I want to BULK
INSERT into a temp table with an identity column. The spec says that
you should be able to use either KEEPIDENTITY or KEEPNULLS, but I can't
get it to work. For once, I have full code - just add any file of your
choice that doesn't have commas/tabs. :)
Any suggestions, folks?
--create table ##Holding_Tank ( full_record varchar(500)) -- this
works
create table ##Holding_Tank (id int identity(1,1) primary key,
full_record varchar(500)) --that doesn't work
BULK INSERT ##Holding_Tank
FROM "d: elnet_scriptspsaxresult.txt"
WITH
(
TABLOCK,
KEEPIDENTITY,
KEEPNULLS,
MAXERRORS = 0
)
select * from ##Holding_tank
I'm just learning SSIS and I've hit my first bump. I am doing a bulk import from a tab delimited text file to an empty sql table that has a Idendity column defined. How do I tell the bulk insert task to skip that column when inserting from the text file. If I remove the identity column it imports the data fine, but I want to create the indentity column in the table too.
Hi, I am having problem in bulk update of a sql server table haning identity column from a datatable( has no identity column) using sqlbulkcopy. I tried several approaches, but it does not show any error nor is the table getting updated. But the identity value seems to getting increased every time. thanks. varun
I'm having difficulty bulk-copying a data file, using a format file, into a SQLServer 6.5 table with an identity column. The data file is tab-delimited, and does not include the identity column (I want it to be automatically generated).
When I execute the following:
bcp DB1.dbo.WORK_TABLE in WorkTable.txt -Usa -P -fWorkTable.fmt -SSERVERX'
I receive this message:
Starting copy... BCP copy in failed
I've had no problems loading a similar table without the identity column.
Can anybody help? Here is the table definition & bcp format:
INSERT Table1 (UserName, Description) SELECT * FROM TABLE2
results in the error erver: Msg 515, Level 16, State 2, Line 2 Cannot insert the value NULL into column 'Id', table 'CDS_Live.dbo.Table1'; column does not allow nulls. INSERT fails. The statement has been terminated.
I was under the impression that an identity column would be automatically inserted by SQL server. Now I know I could write a piece of anonymous Transact SQL which declares a cursor by selecting all rows from table 2 and inserting rows into table 1 on a row by row basis, but is there any way I could do the Insert with a single INSERT statement?
HI,I have an SQL Server table with only 1 column. That column is anidentity column. How can I insert a row in this table using SQLsyntax?I tried insertinto T_tableName () values ()and a few other options, but I can't seem to get it to insert.ThanksAlain
I cannot insert into my appointments table because the primary key and identity column, appt_id, cannot be added. What do I have to change in my SQL statement to add new records into this table? I'm using SQL Server 2000 BE with Access Data Project FE.tbl_appointment-------------------1. appt_id (pk) --- identity column, seed 25, increment 12. date_id3. time_start4. time_end5. appt_details6. lkp_emp_idPrivate Sub btnAddAppts_Click()On Error GoTo Err_btnAddAppts_ClickDim strsql As StringDoCmd.SetWarnings Falsestrsql = "INSERT INTO [tbl_appointments] (lkp_emp_id, date_id, time_start, time_end, appt_details) values ('" & txtLkpEmpID & "', '" & txtDateID & "', '" & txtStartTime & "', '" & txtEndTime & "', '" & txtApptDetails & "')"DoCmd.RunSQL strsqlDoCmd.SetWarnings TrueDoCmd.CloseExit_btnAddAppts_Click:Exit SubErr_btnAddAppts_Click:MsgBox Err.DescriptionResume Exit_btnAddAppts_ClickEnd Sub I did check through Access and through Enterprise Manager and it is setup correctly. So I returned all rows in enterprise manager to manually enter an appointment to the table. I get the same error when doing data-entry straight to the table. [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Cannot update identity column 'appt_id'. It does not automatically populate the appt_id field the way it's supposed to. When I try to manually set a value in there, i get an error: "Cannot edit this cell."
Hello, I have a problem. I am trying to pull data out of one system and bring it into a SQL Server database for faster retrieval. The original table does not have an identity column and has a composite primary key. The table I am inserting the data into matches the original table exactly except I have an Identity column that I need for the removal of duplicates. The task gets to the final commit and then fails telling me that it can't insert a NULL into an identity field. Why is it trying to insert a NULL, the field should be auto-populating. I did add the Identity field to the table after the SSIS package was already built, but I did go into the destination and fix the column mappings. For the Identity column I just selected the "skip" option or whatever it was. Why are the identities not being auto-inserted and why is SSIS throwing this error?
Hi, I need to insert data into a table using data flow task. Unfortunately this table's priamry key column (integer column) is not identity column. I am looking a way to get the primary key value for the new records. Please advice. Thanks
Can we bulk insert only the desired column from a flat file to a table?
I am using SSIS to bulk insert from a file with more than 200 columns. I am trying to find a way I can bulk insert them to multiples table through SSIS.
The one way I can think is pre map the columns from the file to the destination tables. Build numerous Bulk Insert tasks to achieve that. But not sure if SSIS will let me do that.
I use SQLExpress2005 and I search about this problem , this is a BUG in MsSql 2000 but I use sql Express 2005.although in my table I set IDENTITY_INSERT on (master Key)Please help me
Private Sub AddClientToolStripMenuItem_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles AddClientToolStripMenuItem.Click Dim addclient As New newclient() newclient.ClientID = 0 Dim result As DialogResult result = addclient.ShowDialog If result = DialogResult.OK Then
Dim Client As clients_and_sitesDataSet1.ClientsRow Client = Clients_and_sitesDataSet1.Clients.NewClientsRow Client.ClientID = addclient.ClientID Client.Clientname = addclient.Clientname Client.Street_and_number = addclient.Street_and_number Client.Zipcode = addclient.Zipcode Client.Place = addclient.Place Client.Phone = addclient.Phone Client.Email = addclient.Email Client.Contact_person = addclient.Contact_person Clients_and_sitesDataSet1.Clients.AddClientsRow(Client) ClientsTableAdapter.Update(Client)------------------------------problem MessageBox.Show("New Client is saved") Else MessageBox.Show("User cancelled operation") End If addclient = Nothing End Sub
Code in VB (2005 express edition)
Hi all above is aa snipped from the code I am using. all works fine exxept the ------problem line. when i try to run the program, i get an exeption
Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table 'Clients' when IDENITY_INSERT is set to OFF
how can i turn this on???? I seem to be stuck, vieuwed the msdn video on the subject and cant find what I am doing wrong. I hope u guys can help me out.
And please give me specific guide lines on how to put in the code and code lines. I tried using SET IDENTITY_INSERT Clients ON But than I get all errors bout things not being declared, set not being supported anymore, things like that.
Thanks for the effort you will put into helping me out and becomming a "self supported programmer"
We need to import data from flat/xml files into our database. we plan to do so in bulk as amount of data is huge, 2GB+ we need to do some validation checks in our code after that we create insert queries.
We have identity columns that are used as foreign keys in child tables. Question is how can I write a bulk/batch insert statement that will propogate the identity column to the child, as for all other we are creating the query in the application memory. there are 2 parent tables and 1st table value needs to be referred to in 7 tables and second table's value in 6.
While I have learned a lot from this thread I am still basically confused about the issues involved.
.I wanted to INSERT a record in a parent table, get the Identity back and use it in a child table. Seems simple.
To my knowledge, mine would be the only process running that would update these tables. I was told that there is no guarantee, because the OLEDB provider could write the second destination row before the first, that the proper parent-child relationship would be generated as expected. It was recommended that I create my own variable in memory to hold the Identity value and use that in my SSIS package.
1. A simple example SSIS .dts example illustrating the approach of using a variable for identity would be helpful.
2. Suppose I actually had two processes updating these tables, running at the same time. Then it seems the "variable" method will also have its problems. Is there a final solution other than locking the tables involved prior to updating them or doing something crazy like using a GUID for the primary key!
3. We have done the type of parent-child inserts I originally described from t-sql for years without any apparent problems. (Maybe we were just lucky.) Is the entire issue simply a t-sql one or does SSIS add a layer of complexity beyond t-sql that needs to be addressed?
I want to insert a new record into a table with an Identity field and return the new Identify field value back to the data stream (for later insertion as a foreign key in another table).
What is the most direct way to do this in SSIS?
TIA,
barkingdog
P.S. Or should I pass the identity value back in a variable and not make it part of the data stream?
Hi, I have a question on inserting data for only a specific column in a table. I have a table as follows Table <MyTable> {
Name varchar, DateUpdate DateTime }
I wanted to insert the the from a file to table. The File contains the list of name as follows (line by line)
name1 name2 name3 name4 ......
The file name actually contains the DateTime I would like to insert the names in the file as wellas the DateTime (i.e. part of the file name ) into <MyTable>
I guess "Bulk insert " doens't allow to insert values for only one column
But my original file will contains only Names and the file name contains the date that commom for all the names in the file. And also the file may contains millions of names
Is there any way this can be accomplised using " Bulk Insert" ? Or is there any alternative that i can do it fastly
I am trying to bulk insert a text file. The file has fixed-length fieldswith no field terminators. BOL says that field terminators are onlyneeded when the data does *not* contain fixed-length fields, whichimplies they are optional -- so I made a format file without any (twoconsecutive tabs with nothing between them). The following messageresulted:Server: Msg 4827, Level 16, State 1, Line 1Could not bulk insert. Invalid column terminator for column number1 in format fileThat sounds like I am required to have some sort of terminator in theformat file, even though there aren't any in the data file. Unfortunately,the documentation on bcp/bulk copy and format files does not directlyaddress this point, and I would appreciate some help.BTW, putting '""' (empty string) for the terminator also leads to errors,with the first field overflowing -- bulk insert can't figure out whereit ends.Thanks,Jim GeissmanCountrywide Home Loans
I have a text file with a single column that i need to bulk insert into a table with 2 colums - an ID (with identity turned on) and col2
my text file looks like:
row1 row2 row3 ... row10
so my bulk insert i have like this: BULK INSERT test FROM 'd: estBig.txt' WITH ( DATAFILETYPE = 'char', FIELDTERMINATOR = ',', ROWTERMINATOR = ' ' )
but i get the error:
Server: Msg 4866, Level 17, State 66, Line 1 Bulk Insert fails. Column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 1. Make sure the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
However, as you can see from the text file, there is only one column, so i dont have any field terminators.
Need to know a mode whereby somehow I can every time insert an additional column in a table while bulk inserting data to an existing table from a new flat file thus identifying the file from which, or the time when, the data was inserted in an existing table.
I have migrated my application from Access to sql 2005 express. In access autonumber (identity) field was random number.
fter conversion now i want identity field to be "increment". management studio does nt allow. I have created a new database with increment identity column but during importing data using insert into statement it give error
Cannot insert explicit value for identity column in table when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to OFF
I just wanted to insert only SubjectIds into my table 'Subjects' which has the follwing schama ignoring the classes The row delimeter is " " and the column delimeter is ' | '
Table Subjects {
ID (Autoincrement) SubjectId varchar(20) }
Can any one provide the format file for doing this or suggest anyway to do this? Please do note that the file may contain millions of records
I have table called Product with seven columns all of nvarchar type. There are 150,000 records in this table. Also there's no unique identifier column in this table. I want to put a column lets say Column1 which start from 1 to 150000. The Column1 should be a unique column.
Would like to have Identity Inserted wrt a date column Eg: ProdDate ID Details ============================ 2008.04.01 1 afafafaf 2008.04.01 2 GAFSGHFGF 2008.04.02 1 GAGJAGSDH 2008.04.02 2 QYTYTT 2008.04.03 3 QYTWRRT
At present it is not an Auto increment , I check for the Maximum ID and add One to the next Inserted record. Is there any simpler method?
I am doing a left join insert from two tables, and i know my ID is the Indentity column. I am doing something wrong and it has to do with the identity issue. I have set the identity to on, b/c i currently have data in the table (tblProduct) and I am inserting all the records not in that field from a table named Complete_Products. Can someone please examine this query and tell me what I am doing wrong? I think I need to set a start value for the identity but not totally confident on how to do that.
Thanks. Below is my query with error.
Set Identity_Insert tblProduct on INSERT INTO tblProduct (productCode, productName, productNavID, CanBeMounted, productRetailPrice, productHeight, productWidth, Rank, CanBeFramed, ProductType) SELECT Complete_products.APNum, Complete_products.Title, Complete_products.CategoryID, Complete_products.Mountable, Complete_products.price, Complete_products.Height, Complete_products.Width, Complete_products.IRank, Complete_products.frameable, Complete_products.Typ FROM Complete_products LEFT OUTER JOIN tblProduct AS tblProduct_1 ON Complete_products.APNum = tblProduct_1.productCode where tblProduct_1.productCode IS NULL
Msg 545, Level 16, State 1, Line 2 Explicit value must be specified for identity column in table 'tblProduct' either when IDENTITY_INSERT is set to ON or when a replication user is inserting into a NOT FOR REPLICATION identity column.
I need to import some data into a table that is in a merge bi-directional publication. The table has an identity column that is being "auto managed". The ID numbers I need to import are not within any of the assigned "ranges". They are less than any of the current ranges.
Turning ident_insert on does not work because of the check constraints error. The merge replication triggers validate the ID range as well.
Edit: using SQL 2005 standard publisher and subsciber. Publication is 2005.
I'm a bit new to SQL Server, but here is the problem I am trying to getaround:1. I have lets say an Employee table where the emp_id is an identitycolumn that is auto assigned by the db.2. I wish to insert values into the tables, but sometimes I may wish touse the value of the emp_id that i supply while inserting (andsometimes not).Is there any way in MS SQL to do this? For e.g. is it setup like aconstraint that I can temporarily drop. I do not want to alter thetable, so that option is ruled out.Any other ways to do this (I know bcp is one of them that allows me todo this, but looking for ways in the db itself using SQL if possible)Thanks,Bharat
I have an issue with a stored procedure activation on a service broker queue. The activation stored procedure simply RECEIVES the top message and then INSERTs a row into a table with an identity INT column. Each row inserted has the identity column value incremented by 2 rather than 1. Only one row is inserted in the table.
If the activation is set to OFF and then manually calling the original stored procedure the insert works fine and the identity column value is only incremented by one.
Do you have any suggestions on why the identity column value increments by 2?
