I'm using SQL Server 2014 Management Studio - Import and Export wizard to import a .DAT file into a SQL Server table.
However, while all of these records are text qualified with " double quotes, some of the field values have double quotes within them. SQL Server aborts the package every time it hits a row like that. Any solution?
"Field A"|"Field B"|"Field C"
"Value A"|"Another value "with" for B"|"Value C"
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I'm trying to import some CSV files into SQL using the SQL Server Import and Export Wizard. I came across an error where some of the values contained two double quotes at the end e.g. GIG L SHAPIRO GU A"". The Text Qualifier is already be set to ", so I'm not sure how to import these files.
I'm trying to import a customer csv file via SSMS Import Wizard, file contains 1 million rows and I'm having trouble importing where the field has extra quotes e.g. the file has ben populated freehand so could contain anything.
Name, Address
"John","Liverpool"
"Paul",""New York"""
"Ringo","London|,"
"George","India"""
Before I press on looking into SSMS should SSMS 2016 handle this now or do I have to do in SSIS, it is a one off load to check something?
In SSMS Import/Export Wizard, when configuring the Flat File Source you have to set:
Text Qualifier = "
Column Delimiter = ,
This will import the file as the following:
Name Address
John Liverpool
Paul "New York""
Ringo London|,
George India
The remaining double quotes must be removed after import is done using SQL, or you have to create an SSIS package manually using Visual Studio and add some transformation to clean data.
I am trying to import *.DAT file(as flat file source) into sql server using SQL server import and export wizard. It has DC4 as delimiter which is causing error while trying to separate the columns and their respective data and importing them in sql server.
Are there any setting changes to be made during the importing process?
If you don't have to use the wizard, you can script it like:
BULK INSERT [your_database].[your_schema].[your_table]
FROM 'your file location.dat'
WITH (ROWTERMINATOR='0x04' -- DC4 char
,MAXERRORS=0
,FIELDTERMINATOR='þ'
,TABLOCK
,CodePage='RAW'
)
The wizard uses SSIS under the hood. Instead of executing it directly, chose CrLF as row delimiter, then chose to save it as file. Open the file and edit it using any text editor. It's a simple xml file.
It's not clear whether 0x04 is the column delimiter or the row delimiter. Assuming it's the row delimiter,
Replace all instances of
Delimiter="_x000D__x000A_"
with
Delimiter="_x0004_"
there're two instances: DTS:HeaderRowDelimiter and DTS:ColumnDelimiter
Save the file and execute it with a double clik or "Open with: Execute package utility". I tested the solution on my PC using an account with limited permissions.
I try to load a big CSV file (10M lines, 100 columns!) into a SQL Server 2014 DB .
In input, I have:
a CSV file, generated by an external company with these parameters
(impossible to make it use other settings)
· code page ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9)
· field delimiter: ;
· text delimiter: "
· DOS/Windows end of lines (CRLF)
SQL "CREATE TABLE" command with right types and lengths for each column
When I try to populate this table with import wizard, I've many 0xc02020f4 errors:
"The column "xxx" cannot be processed because more than one code page (28605 and 1252) are specified for it. (SQL Server Import and Export Wizard)"
How can I deal with this problem ?
Should I create a DB or table with special collation ?
The table has 100 columns, I'd like to get a solution at higher level than column... ;o)
Thanks by advance.
Regards,
Steph.
In the Import Export Wizard make sure you change the Code Page to 1252 (ANSI - Latin 1) instead of ISO-8859-15 (Latin 9).
SQL 2005
I am importing .csv file to SQL Table through SSIS Package !! On doing so, I am getting double quotes on every column header or field value !!
How to remove double quotes, while importing .csv file ???
The csv file is using the " as a text qualifier.
When importing you must specify inform SSIS of this.
See How to strip out double quotes from an import file in SQL Server Integration Services SSIS
Add " as the Text Qualifier when choosing the source (csv file)
http://twitpic.com/4k3ok8/full
Enter " double quotes as the Text Qualifier.