Import From Access To SQL, Not Knowing The Table Format
Jun 23, 2006
I need to import few tables from MS Access to MS SQL but the table structure in Access is always different, as I would like the destination table in SQL to be.
Therefore I would like that a table would be created in SQL at runtime, according to the structure the Access table accessed has.
create a new Connection Manager by right-clicking in the Connection Managers section of the design area of the screen. Select New OLE DB Connection to bring up the Configure OLE DB Connection Manager dialog box. Click New to open the Connection Manager. In the Provider drop-down list, choose the Microsoft Jet 4.0 OLE DB Provider and click OK. Browse to the Access database file and connection set up---all good!!!
Dataflow task Add an OLE DB Source component Double-click the icon to open the OLE DB Source Editor. Set the OLE DB Connection Manager property to the Connection Manager that I created . Select Table from the Data Access Mode drop-down list. I cannot see the tables set up as set up as pass-through table types to a Oracle 9i db
I have several bcp output files I need to import into tables. I do not have format files for them. As far as I know they are in native format. I do not know the layout of the destination table they would populate.
1) how can I determine from the bcp file itself the schema of the destination table? Once I know that I should be able to import the data into the table.
I want to import an Access table into a SQL table. Some of the integer Access fields have a null value, but when they are imported I want them to be 0 or zero in my SQL table. How can I do this please ?
When importing a Microsoft Access97 database table, I noticed it imported Text fields as datatype NVARCHAR instead of VARCHAR. Why is this, and will this cause me any problems in the future (i.e. related fields in other tables may be VARCHAR,etc)? If so, what can I do about it? Randy
Question: Why would I not be able to import an Access 97 table inwhich some records have null values in fields that allow null values?Wouldn't the table's design be imported first, bringing the columns'"allow nulls" attribute with it?I'm dealing with both text and numeric columns. Not all columnscontaining nulls cause an error.Thanks,Bob C.
Can anyone help me import a ms access (97) table into a sql 2005 express database? The sql database already contains other tables but I would like to add some of my older access tables to this database without having to re-enter all the data. Please help! Thanks!
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 currently working on designing a database for a bank as a school project for my database class. We have to draw up an entity relationship diagram, Sql tables, database size estimate etc. I am currently working on the security portion of the project. I need to list the groups that have access to my application and use a grid format to show access to specific tables.
I am currently working on designing a database for a bank as a school project for my database class. We have to draw up an entity relationship diagram, Sql tables, database size estimate etc. I am currently working on the security portion of the project. I need to list the groups that have access to my application and use a grid format to show access to specific tables.
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Hello!I have data exported from a Reference Manager 11, and need to import itinto and SQL database.Each record has different number of fields. It is used to cite journalarticles.(more about the format athttp://www.adeptscience.co.uk/kb/article/A626)The format is very strange:TY - RPRTA1 - Esparza,J.T1 - Report of a WHO workshop on the measurement and significance ofneutralizing antibody to HIV and SIV, London, 3-5 October 1988Y1 - 1990VL - 4SP - 269EP - 275RP - Not In FileCY - San Francisco CAPB - UC BerkeleyKW - HIVKW - SIVKW - AIDST3 - World Health Organisation Global Programme on AIDSER -TY - CHAPA1 - Franks,L.M.T1 - Preface by an AIDS VictimY1 - 1991VL - 10SP - viiEP - viiiRP - Not In FileT2 - Cancer, HIV and AIDS.CY - Berkeley CAPB - Berkeley PressKW - HIVKW - AIDSM1 - 1M2 - 1SN - 0-679-40110-5ER -TY - CASEA1 - Cary,A.A1 - Friedenrich,W.T1 - Redman v. State of CaliforniaY1 - 1988/10/7VL - 201IS - 32SP - 220EP - 240RP - Not In FileCY - ATLA Law ReporterPB - San Diego County 45th Judicial District, CaliforniaKW - AIDSKW - litigationKW - AIDS litigationKW - rapeU1 - ISSN 0456-8125N1 - Raped inmate can press case against officials for contractingAIDSER -It looks like some of the columns are separted by CR but part of thesame colum. For instance 'KW' is seen multiple times per record butshould be one field called 'KW'.Any idea how I would import this to SQL Server with the DTS?
If I make a XML formatfile which look like this: <?xml version="1.0"?> <BCPFORMAT ...> <RECORD> <FIELD ID="1" xsi:type="CharTerm" TERMINATOR=" " MAX_LENGTH="20"/> </RECORD> <ROW> <COLUMN SOURCE="1" NAME="ABLBELNR" xsi:type="SQLNVARCHAR"/> </ROW> </BCPFORMAT> then the import failed with the following error message: [Microsoft][SQL Native Client]All bound columns are not read-only
If I delete the identity column then the import works correct.
What can I do, so that I can import with the identity column ?
Help!I have a table that has datetime format field, I exported the table toa csv while I dropped it and tried some other data, but now sqldoesn't recognise the date format for importing, heck I don't!The dates look something like:40:58.1Whick means nothing to me, or any of us here for that matter...Any ideas?John
After the date you can see that there is two digits number either 00 or 01. The rows also have a different lengthts.
When ever that columns contains 00 the line should be inserted to a special text file, if the columns contains 01 it should to another file.
How can I solve this in a good way?
One of the problems I have is that when I try to import the rows the flat file connections indicates(erros message) that I have partial row in the file which is true since the the rows with the columns content 01 have more fields then the other.
I have a table which stores date-of-birth in varchar 19861231(yyyymmdd). A view takes this data. I want to store this date as mmddyyyy in the view. How can we achieve this?
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?
Hi, I have one column of data which is 15.678 but in the excel, i format it to 15.68 ( two decimal place, so in excel i should see 15.68), when i am trying to import the data from excel to sql server by using odbc connection, it still getting 15.678, how can i get the data from 15.678 to 15.68 ( what i see is wat i get). Thanks for help.
Hello, I have the following scenario, and my main question is why Excel Formatted file errors out while TXT formatted file does not? Any workaround would be helpful, but I do want to avoid dtexec, and still want to manage it as SSIS.
MAIN ISSUES - permission issue & excel connection issue
SSIS Package Run Directly (not SQL Job, not automated) * Every format and and folder location works!
Package Run under SQL JOB TXT Format A. Project Folder - GOOD B. Client Folder - FAILS! Conclusion - TXT Format works, but Client Folder does not have sufficient permission for PRODsvcSQLDMS
EXCEL Format A. Project Folder - FAILS! B. Client Folder - FAILS! Conclusion - EXCEL Format DOES NOT work. Maybe SSIS Excel Connection Bug.
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 an excel file with 2 rows that I am importing into a staging table. The format on the excel sheet is a custom one which is DD-MMM-YY so in the actual cell the data appears as 01-NOV-07 and 30-OCT-07. The format of the data in the input window above the spreadsheet is 01/11/2007 and 30/10/2007.
The format in the Excel source of the data flow task is Unicode String [DT_WSTR] length 255. I then have a data conversion step that changes this to a string [DT_STR] length 255 as the staging table is non unicode. I then have a derived column function that simply does a ISNULL replace on NULL values to blank. Finally there is an OLE DB destination which is the staging table.
This is where the problem occurs. If I breakpoint the package here and look at the staging table the dates now read as 11/1/2007 and 10/30/2007. The data type in the staging table is varchar 255. I am not doing any other transformations or T-SQL stuff on the data - it is being flipped to MM/DD/YYYY during the import.
By the way I am english hence I need the english variation on the date. I know i could put some T-SQL in to flip it around to english again but wondered why it was happening like this
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 have an Excel file(.xls) that I need to import to SQL Server database. I am trying to use the Import wizard. However, when I select the file and click next I get the warning "External table is not in the expected format.(Microsoft JET Database Engine)" . I opened the .xls file using a text editor. It looks like some html document.
I run a website which uses SQL 2000 and VB ASP. I would like to add a section to the site which posts the most popular data being queried from my SQL server. I'm sure this is possible, but I don't know where to start. Please let me know if any of you need specifics regarding my data and set up.
Hi all... I'm connected to a network with 3 Servers ( 3 sql servers on 3 different machines ) How can i know the name of the servers using SQL Code? Thanks
How can I know how many connections are open at a given point of time while I am testing an ASP.Net application? The application uses SQL Server 2000 as its database.
In SQL Server 2005, I hava a client where I do not have access to their SQL Server. I update the database structure by giving them scripts which they run. As I update the structures I occasionally need to delete a constraint, then typically recreate it later. Usually I use this type of snippet:
IF EXISTS (SELECT * FROM sys.default_constraints WHERE object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[ConstraintName]') AND parent_object_id = OBJECT_ID(N'[dbo].[tablename]')) ALTER TABLE [dbo].[tablename] DROP CONSTRAINT [ConstraintName]
This assumes I know the constraint name. A lot of the older constraints have random type names which I assume are different on their server than mine; they were not explicitly given names when created, so they would heve been given names by SQL Server.
Is there a way to delete a constraint without knowing its name? For example, delete all constraints associated with a field, or all constraints ssociated with a table?
Management Studio is an option, but for my client that involves a higher degree of paperwork and permission seeking than just running a script.
I use SCD to extract and send as output further in the data flow only modified and new records. Before I write to DB and after SCD does its work, I have to execute different controls on both modified and new records. So, I send both SCD outputs (changing attribute updates output and new output ) to a Union All transformation, I execute the needed controls and then I want to insert/update the records in DB.
Is there a way to know which records SCD identified as new/modified after I unified them with a union all transformation? I can create a derivate column for one of the scd outputs and use it in a conditional split before writing to DB but I'd like to know if SCD sends any flags down the dataflow?
I have the need to remove a constraint on a table since I'm trying to alterthe datatype of one of the columns. I know I can drop the constraint giventhe name, but since the name is auto generated (something likeDF__WHRPT_ITV__Expor__45F365D3)I need a way to find this constraint name so that I can programmaticallyremove it.I can get the name using sp_helpconstraint on the table, but can'tseem to locate where the actual constraint_name is stored.This is on SQL 2000.Any help is appreciated.Thanks,-Gary
I've called a resultset from SQL Server using an SQL Selection. I need to iterate over that entire result set (200+ columns/fields) and all I need are the random numbers contained in any of the rows/columns. I don't want to have to name each field/column and then use an if > 0 statement.Isn't there some way to generically loop through the column's by index or something instead of their field name so I can just use an integer loop to walk the dataset? I know there is I've done it about 5 years ago. The question is how do you do it in C#?SqlConnection thisConn = new SqlConnection(ConfigurationManager.ConnectionStrings["SQLQuery"].ConnectionString); SqlCommand thisCmd = new SqlCommand("Command String", thisConn); thisCmd.CommandText = "Select * from SelectionsByCountry where [" + DropDownList1.SelectedItem.ToString() + "] > '0'"; thisConn.Open(); SqlDataReader thisReader = null; thisReader = thisCmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection); while (thisReader.Read()) { DropDownList2.Items.Add(thisReader["System"].ToString().Trim());/*** There are 200+ columns left I want to walk over using a loop structure of some sort. How do I do that?*/ }- Rex
I'm working on a VB.NET project where we are intending to use MSDE as ourback-end database. The actual number of users is expected to be low and Idon't have any concerns as to whether MSDE will be up to the job (most ofthe time). I'm aware that if we end up with lots of users connecting to oursite at once (which may happen as certain times in the year when people needinformation for deadlines) then the performance governor in MSDE will kickin and slow everything down.What I don't know is how do I find out whether the performance governor haskicked in?I would like to know how to monitor this so we can make an educated decisionas to when we need to migrate to a full version of SQL Server (if at all).Can anyone point me in the right direction for finding this out?thanks,Brian Cryer.
Always sorry to have to ask what is most likely such a simple question. However I'm in no way a programmer, I'm just patching something together using scripts I've found all over the shop.
I'm reading in an excel source using a dataflow script component. I build up a SQL String in Vb.Net using the output column names and query the spreadsheet via microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0 then processing it in code. I don't want to use the Excel Source task btw, more for the fact I want to learn from this as well as other less important reasons.
This all works fine. Adding new columns to the output means the query string dynamically changes without the script ever having those columns defined in code. Easy stuff so far.
The issue I have is writing back into the outputbuffer the results without explicitly mapping the result to the output column names.
An easy example to see is..
Excel Spreadsheet Looks like..
ServerName Server1 Server2 Server3
Output Column Names.. ServerName
Code Snippet..
While Reader.Read
With OutputBuffer
.AddRow()
.ServerName = Reader.GetString(0)
End With
End While
Instead of defining what the column name (servername) is, I want to map back by matching the source column header to the output column name. By doing this I won't ever need to change any code when I add or remove output columns.
Could someone lend a hand with this, and I'll buy you a virtual beer or two. I've already spent more time searching for an answer than I have writing the code thus far, and I think my heads getting more and more muddled by it.
I have two tables in my database called CartItems and OrderItems. Istore all of a session's shopping cart items in the CartItems tableusing the sessionID as the identifier (called cartID in my DB). Afteran order is placed and is approved, I would like to copy all of theitems in the CartItems table for that given cartID to the OrderItemstable given a new orderID.I will know the cartID and orderID ahead of time and would like tosend them both into a stored procedure and have the transfer takeplace.Example:take this data...CartItems (table)--------------------------------------cartID | itemID | quantity | price--------------------------------------12345 2 1 12.9512345 7 2 17.95and make it this data...OrderItems (table)--------------------------------------orderID | itemID | quantity | price--------------------------------------00001 2 1 12.9500001 7 2 17.95via some stored procedure that I send (@cartID,@orderID)Any help would be greatly appreciated!!