We are writing a new application, and while testing, we will need a bunch of dummy data. I've added that data by using MS Access to dump excel files into the relevant tables into the Postgres database.
What should I do now to generate an Insert statements from the PGAdmin4 Tool similar to what SQL Studio allow us to generate an Insert statements for SQL Server? There are no options available to me. I can't use the closest one, which is to export and import the data via CSV.
I understand that you cannot import the CSV file into the actual DB as this needs to be done through ASP.NET core EF. Perhaps, you can probably create a test schema and import the CSV file into the test schema. Once you have the data imported into the test schema, you can use that to generate SQL statements using the steps below:
Right click on target table and select "Backup".
Select a file path to store the backup. You can save the file name as data.backup
Choose "Plain" as Format.
Open the tab "Options" check "Use Column Inserts".
Click the Backup-button.
Once the file gets generated you can open with Notepad++ or VSCode to get the SQL insert statements
You can use the statements generated and delete the test schema created
Here is a resource that might help you in loading data from Excel file into PostgresSQL if you still need to take this path Transfer Data from Excel to PostgreSQL
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I have to weekly upload text files from a server location to Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio .I wish to automate the task so that files are automatically uploaded .Can somebody suggest me the way?
Methods I know of:-
Via SQL:
Use OPENROWSET to open the file and obtain the records to write into
a table.
Use BULK INSERT to open the file and insert directly into a table (you may need to pair with XP_CMDSHELL to get a directory listing to loop through)
VIa SSMS:
Create a DataFlow to import from file
SSMS makes it easier to do clever things with the import process. But it can be very finnicky.
With both of those you can set up an Agent job to run the script / package automatically.
I have a .tbl file with data and I'm trying to import this data into a table. I'm using SQL Developer for this with this command:
load data infile "C:\path\users.tbl"
insert into table users fields terminated by "|" lines terminated by "\r\n;
But nothing is working, the data is not loaded and no errors are shown...Do you see why it's not working?
That looks like SQL*Loader syntax.
For that to work, you'd have to run SQL*Loader, which is a separate command-line program available in your ORACLE_HOME/bin directory.
If you don't have an ORACLE_HOME, you'll need to install the client. Then open a shell/cmd window, and run your command there.
OR, if you want to use SQL Developer, you can use our wizard to read the file and insert the data, row-by-row.
Given the DAT file and the DDL file for each table in a DB2 database, can I import this data to SQL Server? I have no access to the original server or any copy of a DB2 server so connecting to a live instance isn't an option.
Can I do this without a live instance of DB2 or should I go back to the client and ask for CSV files? Is there a procedure or tool that makes this process smoother? I've tried to find a file-based connection string to use to connect to a set of DB2 files with no luck. I've also tried SwissSQLDB2ToSQLServer and SqlLinesData to see if they have a file-based option built in.
OK, given the comment above, you can't import DB2's container files (DAT, LRG, or anything else) directly. You need a CSV or equivalent. Yes, one way to get this is run the EXPORT utility on a live DB2 database. HTH!
I have a folder with a .sql files; 1 file per query. I want to execute all queries/ sql files and save them as csv.
Is there a way to do that automated without using the windows cli (disabled in my environment). I do have the SQL Server Management Studio.
I would approach this task using SSIS, providing you have Business Intelligence Development Studio (BIDS) installed.
First create a 'Foreach Loop Container' pointed to the folder with the SQL files, then use a variable to retreive each file name.
Next, create a flat file connection and set the 'Connection String' property to the variable that contains the file location.
Next, using the 'Execute SQL Task' component set the 'SQLSourceType' to 'File Connection' and the 'FileConnection' to the one created in the previous step.
Finally, depending on how the data is returned you have a couple of options, if the result set is small, only a row or a single column, then you can save the results to a variable and using a 'Dataflow' task create a 'Derived Column' component and export the contents of that variable to a CSV file. Or, if the dataset is larger you could dump the results to a temp table and then using an 'OLE DB Source' and 'OLE DB Destination' you could push the full result set straight into a CSV.
Hopefully this isn't too convoluted of a solution, this approach has the advantage of being able be run from either a remote machine or from the server itself, plus you can automate its execution with a SQL Agent Job.
Create a VB.NET console application.
Generate a list of files that end in .SQL from the folder in question.
Load the contents of each file into individual SQL Commands
Execute the SQL Command for each, storing the results in DataSets.
For each table in each dataset, create a new .csv file
For each .csv file, you will need to iterate over each cell in the datatable, and utilize proper escaping for .csv files.
Use 'for' in combination with either sqlcmd or bcp command for each file in the script folder.
I want to import a CSV with 4,8M records into a SQL 2008 table. I'm trying to do it with the Management Studio wizard but it keeps trying to recognize a header row which the CSV doesnt have. I don't find any option to skip this and although I specify the columns myself, the wizard still tries to find a header row and doesnt import anything without it.
The structure of the CSV is
"818180","25529","Dario","Pereyra","Rosario","SF","2010-09-02"
I've also tried alternatives like BULK INSERT but then I find out that with BULK INSERT I can't import files with a text qualifier.
The easiest way for a one time import would definitely be the "Import Data" function in SQL Server Management Studio. This will launch a wizard and will allow you to define where you want to import your data from - pick "Flat File Source". The next dialog allows you to browse for the file you want to import, and you can specify all sorts of things on that dialog (like the encoding of the file, what the text qualifier is - if any - and so on.
You can also select to skip any number of rows (e.g. "skip the first 5 rows"), or you can select that the first row has column names.
If your file does not have the column names in the first row, uncheck that option.
If you need to do this import over and over again, you can save all the information about the import as a Integration Services package in SQL Server (or in an external SSIS file), and you can then run that import again and again from the SQL Server Agent "Jobs" menu (enable SQL Server Agent, if you haven't already, and find the "Jobs" sub-item - you should see all your jobs under there and you can launch them again from that menu).
And if you want to, you can also launch these SSIS packages from your C# or VB.NET code - check out this CodeProject article or see Michael Entin's blog post on the topic.
Uncheck "first row has column names"
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