Using the DTS wizard in SQL 2000 Enterprise Manager, a DTS Package can be saved as a Visual Basic file. If a row terminates with a {CR}{LF}, the appropriate .ConnectionProperties("Row Delimiter") = vbCrLf is included on or around the third line of the package connection information for the text file.
I have two different files that I cannot import using the saved VB file. One is a .txt file with a carriage return {CR} as a row terminator. This imports fine using DTS but not from VB. The row delimiter is omitted when the package is saved. I have tried adding the connection properties using vbCr, {CR}, and CHR(13) as the row delimiters, but none of these will import the file from VB.
The other file, and the solution for this file can be used for the previous file, is a .dat file exported from SAP (I do not have access to pull the data directly from the Oracle servers into SQL). If the file is opened in a text editor, it contains no row terminator. DTS allows me to specify where the row ends and imports the file, but, once again, this property is omitted when the package is saved as a Visual Basic file. Unable to find a list of possible .ConnectionProperties, I have tried "Row Length", "Row Width", and every other possibility I could think of, but the file will not import. The records are 429 characters in length.
I don't understand why the row terminator isn't working? Please give insights in to following error message.
The data file looks like this -- data.txt
01/31/07þ005002892Aþ891007967Bþ066106þJACKS DRAW UNIT 5 FT UNþ04þ01þAG01þ11/30/06þ570.96þ710.27þ1.244þ4241.04þ71.37þ530.13þEþ14094528
BULK INSERT WEXPRO_RMS_DATA.dbo.RMS_DATA
FROM 'C:MikeMAIN_DATABASESRMS_DATA.txt'
WITH
(
CHECK_CONSTRAINTS,
DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
FIELDTERMINATOR = 'þ',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO
The Error I'm getting is as follows --
Msg 4866, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_InsertData, Line 5
The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 17. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
Greetings I'm trying to use the BULK INSERT command in SQL Server 2005 to import a file with a column delimiter of ASCII 01 and a row delimiter of ASCII 02. Here's the command I am using:
I don't understand why the row terminator isn't working? Please give insights in to following error message.
The data file looks like this -- data.txt
01/31/07þ005002892Aþ891007967Bþ066106þJACKS DRAW UNIT 5 FT UNþ04þ01þAG01þ11/30/06þ570.96þ710.27þ1.244þ4241.04þ71.37þ530.13þEþ14094528
BULK INSERT WEXPRO_RMS_DATA.dbo.RMS_DATA
FROM 'C:MikeMAIN_DATABASESRMS_DATA.txt'
WITH
(
CHECK_CONSTRAINTS,
DATAFILETYPE = 'char',
FIELDTERMINATOR = 'þ',
ROWTERMINATOR = ''
)
GO
The Error I'm getting is as follows --
Msg 4866, Level 16, State 1, Procedure sp_InsertData, Line 5
The bulk load failed. The column is too long in the data file for row 1, column 17. Verify that the field terminator and row terminator are specified correctly.
I've run a process that extracts data from a SQL Server 2005 DB and outputs the data into a pipe delimited .txt file. After the file has been created I'm trying to insert the data into tables. The insert is failing because of some type of rowterminator character that is appearing at the end of each row. Has this happened to anyone else? How do I get rid of that 'rowterminator' character? By the way, in textpad the character looks like the page return character, something like a backwards P. In notepad it appears as a 0.
Update - the row terminator is coming across as an ANSI character. How can this be passed as a bulk insert parameter??
Hi there, I'm trying to import a cobol file (.dat) which has a line feed as the row delimiter. Using the TransactSQL Bulk Insert with a row terminator of '' is not working for me. Does anyone know the equivilant row terminator of a LF? (Using the Import Export wizard I supply a {LF} and it likes that fine). I would like to use the Bulk Insert Statement for more control of the data. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Hello all,I have a multiple text files with an odd row terminator. If you were toexamine it in VB it would be like a "CrCrLf" instead of just "CrLf". InHEX it is DDA instead of just DA. When I am trying to import into mytable using BULK INSERT I use "" as the row terminator but that isputting the the previous character into the column and then it signalsa carriage return when I attempt to query the data.Any suggestions on what I should use as the row terminator? Is itpossible to tell BULK INSERT to use something like "CHAR(10)"?"" does NOT work.Thanks in advance.
I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is. In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in. I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
I have a CSV file that I am trying to bulk load into a temp table. The data in the file is all jumbled together, as in, there does not appear to be a row terminator. However, I do see a bunch of little rectangular boxes that I assume are the row terminators.
When I run the bulk insert, the data is treated as one string. For example... If I have 10 columns in the table, the 10 columns will be populated, but the remainder of the data is dumped into the last column.
Here are the row terminators I have used so far that haven't worked.
I have a file that has fixed row size of 148 and fixed column size, but the file has no end of line character. I know it is wierd but a client has made the file and refuses to change the format. So I am stuck with reading it the way it is. In Enterprise Manager, I used the Import/Export wizard and I specified fixed length and it let me specify 148 as the lenght of each line. Then it recognized the file and I was able to read it in. I saved the DTS package and I can run it over and over again using dtsrun. However I want to do the same thing using Bulk Insert. How do you specify fixed row length for Bulk insert and how do you give it individual column lengths?
Hi, I have a data file which consists of data as below, 4 PPU_FFA7485E0D|| T_GLR_DET_11||
While iam inserting into table using bulk insert, this pipe(||) is also getting inserted into the table, here is my query iam using to insert the data using bulk insert.
BULK INSERT TABLE_NAME FROM FILE_PATH WITH (FIELDTERMINATOR = ''||'''+',KEEPNULLS,FIRSTROW=2,ROWTERMINATOR = '''')
A view named "Viw_Labour_Cost_By_Service_Order_No" has been created and can be run successfully on the server. I want to import the data which draws from the view to a table using SQL Server Import and Export Wizard. However, when I run the wizard on the server, it gives me the following error message and stop on the step Setting Source Connection
Operation stopped...
- Initializing Data Flow Task (Success)
- Initializing Connections (Success)
- Setting SQL Command (Success) - Setting Source Connection (Error) Messages Error 0xc020801c: Source - Viw_Labour_Cost_By_Service_Order_No [1]: SSIS Error Code DTS_E_CANNOTACQUIRECONNECTIONFROMCONNECTIONMANAGER. The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "SourceConnectionOLEDB" failed with error code 0xC0014019. There may be error messages posted before this with more information on why the AcquireConnection method call failed. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Exception from HRESULT: 0xC020801C (Microsoft.SqlServer.DTSPipelineWrap)
- Setting Destination Connection (Stopped)
- Validating (Stopped)
- Prepare for Execute (Stopped)
- Pre-execute (Stopped)
- Executing (Stopped)
- Copying to [NAV_CSG].[dbo].[Report_Labour_Cost_By_Service_Order_No] (Stopped)
- Post-execute (Stopped)
Does anyone encounter this problem before and know what is happening?
I am trying to import an xlsx spreadsheet into a sql 2008 r2 database using the SSMS Import Wizard. When pointed to the spreadsheet ("choose a data source")  the Import Wizard returns this error:
"The operation could not be completed" The Microsoft ACE.OLEDB.12.0 provider is not registered on the local machine (System.Data)
How can I address that issue? (e.g. Where is this provider and how do I install it?)
I am attempting to import data from Microsoft Access databases to SQL Server 2000 using the DTS Import/Export Wizard. I have a few errors.
Error at Destination for Row number 1. Errors encountered so far in this task: 1. Insert error column 152 ('ViewMentalTime', DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP), status 6: Data overflow. Insert error column 150 ('VRptTime', DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP), status 6: Data overflow. Insert error column 147 ('ViewAppTime', DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP), status 6: Data overflow. Insert error column 144 ('VPreTime', DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP), status 6: Data overflow. Insert error column 15 ('Time', DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP), status 6: Data overflow. Invalid character value for cast specification. Invalid character value for cast specification. Invalid character value for cast specification. Invalid character value for cast specification. Invalid character value for cast specification.
Could you please look into this and guide me Thanks in advance venkatesh imtesh@gmail.com
I am trying to simplify a query given to me by one of my collegues written using the query designer of Access. Looking at the query there seem to be some syntax differences, so to see if this was the case I thought I would import the database to my SQL Server Developer edition.
I tried to start the wizard from within SQL Server Management Studio Express as shown in one of the articles on MSDN which did not work, but the manual method also suggested did work.
Trouble is that it gets most of the way through the import until it spews forth the following error messages:
- Prepare for Execute (Error) Messages Error 0xc0202009: {332B4EB1-AF51-4FFF-A3C9-3AEE594FCB11}: An OLE DB error has occurred. Error code: 0x80004005. An OLE DB record is available. Source: "Microsoft JET Database Engine" Hresult: 0x80004005 Description: "Could not start session. Too many sessions already active.". (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc020801c: Data Flow Task: The AcquireConnection method call to the connection manager "SourceConnectionOLEDB" failed with error code 0xC0202009. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc004701a: Data Flow Task: component "Source 33 - ATable" (2065) failed the pre-execute phase and returned error code 0xC020801C. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard).
There does not seem to be any method of specifying a number of sessions, so I don't see how to get round the problem.
Does anyone know how I can get the import to work?
I am not sure how to implement the following, but I believe it entails using DTS, and hopefully it is fine that I post it here b/c ultimately I will need this backend data for my frontend .aspx pages:
On a weekly basis, I need to IMPORT some data located on a remote Oracle DB into SQL Server 2k. Since there is so much data to transfer, I would only like to transfer the data that is new to the table since the last IMPORT, i.e. a week ago and leave behin the OLD data.
Is DTS the correct way to go or do I have more control via DTS with STORED PROCEDURES? Does anyone have any good references for me?
On a similar note, once this Oracle data is IMPORTED into a certain table, I would like to EXPORT some of these NEWLY acquired rows matching certain criteria into another table for auditing purposes. For this scenario, should I implement a TRIGGER UPDATE event here on the first table?
when trying to Ãmport files to our database server from a client, I keep getting an error:
- Validating (Error) Messages Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Source_txt" (1). (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
Error 0xc00470fe: Data Flow Task: The product level is insufficient for component "Data Conversion 1" (175). (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)
... doing the same import when logged on the server, hasn't been giving me any errors, how come. I can from my client without trouble import tables from other DB servers but when ever it is files it won't do it.
I tried as mentioned in other threads rerun setup to re-install SSIS, but as it was already installed it wouldn't re-install. My next move would be to make a clean install, but not sure it would help, as I think this is a buck.
Hi,I am having trouble importing data from an excel spreadsheet into MSSQL Server 2000 using DTS Wizard. The DTS import process issuccessfull, no errors, but only 50 rows of approx. 1500 rows of dataare imported. I tried to remove 20 rows in the excel spreadsheet inthe interval row 0-50. When i later ran the import, only 30 rows wereimported. I deleted almost every row in the interval 0-50, with theresult of the import having 0 rows imported (but job ransuccessfully). I decided to delete rows 0-100 in the spreadsheet inorder to see if the resolved the problem, but it didn't. As Isuspected something in the excel file to be the cause, I exported theexcel spreadsheeet to a tab delimited textfile, with only one row. ADTS import resulted in importing approx 100 rows, double the amount ofthe textfile, but the other 1400 rows were not imported. The data inthe column is containing numeric values only.Please help me! What could possibly be the cause of DTS skipping rowslike that. DTS doesn't feel reliable at all :/Regards,Björn
I have some c# code where I import data to SQL from an xml file. Can this be done with type Image? I test for it and turn the gobbly gook into a byte[] array, but I get an out of memory error on my c# app when I try to view it. Is this possible?
I have a text file that I must import into a table I created but am having terrible difficulty trying to use the command line BCP utility to do so. Can anyone please tell me how to do this?
Text file and table properties below:
Text File
1 Untitled Mark Rothko Oil 1961 5'9"x4'2"
2 The Letter Jan Vermeer Oil 1666 1'5.25"x1'3.75"
3 Four Apostles Albrecht Durer Oil 1526 7'1"x2'6"
4 Big Self-Portrait Chuck Close Acrylic 1968 8'11"x6'11"x2
5 Three Angels Andrei Rublyev Tempura on wood 1410 4'8"x3'9"
6 Voltaire Jean-Antoine Houdon Marble 1781
7 Jaguar Devouring a Hare Antoine-Louis Barye Bronze 1851 1'4"x3'1"
8 The Peacock Skirt Aubrey Beardsley Pen and Ink 1894
9 Untitled Film Still #35 Cindy Sherman Black-and-white photograph 1979 10"x8"
10 Reclining Figure Henry Moore Elm wood 1939 3'1"x2'6"
I am trying to do a DTS Import in SQL Server 7. I am importing from a text file to a SQL Server format. When I run the import to append the data I get the following error:
Error during Transformation 'DirectCopyXform' for row number 1. Errors encountered so far in this task: 1 TransformCopy "DirectCopyXform'conversion error Conversion invalid for datatypes on column pair 6(source column 'Col006' (DBTYPE_STR), destination column 'END_DT'(DBTYPE_DBTIMESTAMP).
Could anyone tell me how to correct this problem? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
When I try to import an AS/400 table, I get to the screen where “You can choose one or more tables to copy.” After selecting one table and clicking Next, I get a DTS Wizard Error.
Error Description: [StarQuest][StarSQL ODBC Driver][DB2/400] Object QSYS.QPGMR type *COLLECTION not found.
This ODBC driver is from Microsoft SNA Server version 4.0 and does work with Microsoft Access.
I've never used DTS before, but would like to employ it to do a rather complicated data import (well complicated in my opinion).
I need to use DTS to import rows from a DBF File into a SQL Table. These DBF files reside on a separate server and can only be operated on once copied to another location so they aren't in an open state. Specifically I want to append the data from the DBF file into a SQL table. That is, a program writes data to a DBF file, and I want to import the new data not yet imported into SQL since the previous import. Another issue is that these DBF files change filenames (table names) every month. In other words, every month a new DBF table is created with the month number in the table name. I would have to import those, but make sure before I do so that all the rows from the previous month's table have been imported and then import the current month. Where I am find myself having the real problem is that in the DBF file, each row doesn't have a primary key I can reference it with. Only way to distinguish one row from another is to reference two columns, a timestamp and account number, those two columns can never be the same in another row. So I am not sure how to keep track of which row to start importing data from the DBF file.
Of course, lastly I'd like to automate this entire process so it happens every minute or two.
Hope that makes sense. Any help or thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
Regards,
------------------------- Ayaz Asif Versatile Technologies, Inc.
I am using bcp utility to import text File data into SQL server table.I import about 50-60 such files. All other files except one file copies less no of rows to the database every time , than it has in the text file. All other files having either less or greater amount of data transfers it properly.I do not know why this happens to only one file.
Colmn delimiter used is | and row delimiters used is .
I am trying to centralize event logs with dumpevt to produce csv (comma or tab seperated) files for import via BCP. My problem lies in that it fails to put the CR/LF at the end of the last line.
So I get an "Unexpected EOF encountered" error.
Anyone else familar with this or how I might be able to script an insertion to those files of the CR/LF? Perhaps some way to just script appending a row terminator in the import file?
Any assistance would be GREALTY appreciated. -Jonah
I'd like to bcp import a file that sometimes misses the last column/s. There's an EOL character instead. For some reason, bcp wraps around, ignoring the EOL character, and continues reading from the next row of the file. Instead, I'd like to replace the missing columns by null.
I've tried using bcp, bulk insert and the DTS Wizard. So far, I've only been succesfull using the DTS Wizard. I also do some other bcp imports, so I'd like to stick with bcp.
Hi There! I have a problem with a DBF file. The problem is that somebody gaves me a data base in DBF format and he uses in SQL Server 2000 and EMS SQL Manager. Well, I have to instal the MDE and SQL Enterprise Manager and when I use the DTS tool to import the data I've got this error:
'Error not Especified'
and I don't know what's happen and how to solve it. Please! Any ideas!
I'm using the BCP facility to import a text file into a database. My problem is, in the table there are 10 fields but my file only contains data for 3 fields
I am trying to import data thru a bcp call to pull data from an access database. I am having trouble accessing the access database. Below is the bcp I tried, along with an openrowset attempt. Neither of them are working. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
bcp select datetime,groupNumber,lineSubgroupNumber,lineNumber ,lineName,inCall,noCallAnswer, noOutCall,abandonCall,noCallAD,noCallABT,noHelpcal l,noTxcall,noNtcall,totalInNormalTime, totalOutNormalTime,totalHoldNormalTime,totalAbando nTime,totalLineBusyTime,totalTransTime, ansCallBin0,ansCallBin1,ansCallBin2,ansCallBin3,an sCallBin4,ansCallBin5,ansCallBin6, abnCallBin0,abnCallBin1,abnCallBin2,abnCallBin3,ab nCallBin4,abnCallBin5,abnCallBin6 from Line Report in I:200711D1107.MDB -q -UXX -PXX
using sql 2005 express for first time using management studio express to import some tables tried In SQL Server Management Studio, connect to the Database Engine server type, expand Databases, right-click a database, point to Tasks, and then click Import Data or Export data.
does not appear to be avail in express version Am I missing something here?
I had a database in a server, and I recently exported it to a .sql archive in my computer. Then I went to the phpmyadmin (running on phpMyAdmin 2.6.4-pl2 with MySQL 4.0.25-standard) and... I can't find the "import" function, only the export one... What I'm doing wrong?
Problem: Error when importing text file to SQL Express. Not sure about the quality of the data since it is from a 3rd party and has over 1700 rows but it imports in to MS Access with no problems.
Error: Unable to open BCP host data-file
Command: bcp MLS_Data.dbo.tblFL_PuntaGorda in C:InetpubAdminScriptsDL_MLSpuntagorda_data.txt -T -S.SQLEXPRESS -f FL_PuntaGorda_bcp.fmt
