I have a source file, has columns names with length as more than 100.
Column name are same upto 80 characters and remaining 20 characters will be different, please find below example.
ABC_XXXX_MNOAP : XYZABC_PAGELOADER_CLICKS_MANOPD_YXBDBAGD : VIEWS
ABC_XXXX_MNOAP : XYZABC_PAGELOADER_CLICKS_MANOPD_YXBDBAGD : CLICKS & THROGHS
While i am loading this file in to ssis, full column name is not loading and it is trimming.
Error thrown was
There is more than one data source column with same
Please help me how to get full metadata from excel
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I am running Data Flow Task (OLEDB source to Flat File Destination). Copying 36 columns data from SQL server to flat file with defined length for each field.
For first column i have defined column width as 5 (String), but actual value in 4 character and 5th Character should be NULL in the Flat file.
In database actual Date column value is "2012-01-31 00:00:00.000" , but i want to read only first 16 digits and write to flat file.
Please suggest how to do this.
I am not sure, what settings to be done to get data as shown in the below image.
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VHK
I am trying to load data from an Excel .csv file to a flat file format to use as a datasource in a Data Services job data flow which then transfers the data to an SQL-Server (2012) database table.
I consistently lose 1 in 6 records.
I have tried various parameter values in the file format definition and settled on setting Adaptable file scheme to "Yes", file type "delimited", column delimeter "comma", row delimeter {windows new line}, Text delimeter ", language eng(English) and all else as defaults.
I have also set "write errors to file" to "yes" but it just creates an empty error file (I expected the 6,000 odd unloaded rows to be in here).
If we strip out three of the columns containing special characters (visible in XL) it loads a treat so I think these characters are the problem.
The thing is, we need the data in those columns and unfortunately, this .csv file is as good a data source as we are likely to get and it is always likely to contain special characters in these three columns so we need to be able to read it in if possible.
Should I try to specifically strip the columns in the Query source component of the dataflow? Am I missing a data-cleansing trick in the query or file format definition?
OK so didn't get the answer I was looking for but did get it to work by setting the "Row within Text String" parameter to "Row delimiter".
I am creating a SSIS package using MS Visual Studio 2012 Shell with .Net framework of 4.6.01055. The SSIS package has a Data Flow task with Flat File Source, Data Source Row count, Final Data Set count and OleDb destination tasks. It connects to a SQL Database and I have checked to see that my connection has been tested.
I have a flatfile connection manager which picks up a text file. On the Preview section it only shows the header columns in the flat file connection manager editor. The error message is only at warning level with the following message: [Flat File Source [10]] Warning: The end of the data file was reached while reading header rows. Make sure the header row delimiter and the number of header rows to skip are correct. The file itself has a total of 19 rows with the first being the header row.
I have spaces in the header names of the origin file. So on that file I edited to have no spaces on the final column. That did not cure the issue. The last column is a date but I am designating as OutputColumnWidth of 50 and datatype as string[DT_STR]. I have the Row delimiter as {CR}{LF}. I have the column delimiter as {|}. When run the package file name does not change.
In the General section of the editor under locale = English; Unicode is not checked; Code Page = 1252 (ANSI-Latin1); Format = Delimited; Text qualifier = none; Header row delimeter = {CR}{LF} (I have tried just CR or LF as well); Header rows to skip=0 (I have tried 1 as well since there is only one header row); and I have checked Column Names if the first data row.
Why am I not getting data in my preview section? And why is it thinking I only have a header?
It seems to me that your text file does not have a matching EOL marker, and so SSIS never splits the lines (and treats the file as just having one big header).
Try opening the file in a text editor that lets you see the EOL marker. I know that NotePad++ can do this for you.
NotePad++ will also let you change the file's encoding as well, in case that is also a problem.
NB: The problem could also be that you are not specifying a correct column delimiter. If the delimiter you specify in SSIS doesn't match characters in the file, then SSIS will also think that you have a single header row where everything is in the first column.
Just to add to the other answer:
I had the same problem, when i opened the file in notepad, it became clear that there was a trailing empty line at the bottom.
So: make sure the last line of the file actually contains text.
I usually have more code oriented questions, but I need help with a CSV database. Basically I need to change it's format to Fname;Lname;email. The problem is that I have 13000 rows and all of the data is in 1 column, the separator is ";". I used different CSV file editors and all of them put the data in 1 column, so I can't change the order of those columns... i cannot re-extract the data from the original database. So is there a fix to that, or am I screwed?
So I am starting with a CSV file, that has ";" between each data cell in each rows. So I open Excel 2016 and I do: data > from text > I find the CSV file > I click on delimited ";", start import on row 1, file origin: Windows (ANSI) > delimiter: ";" > column data format: "General" > finish. And I get all the data in 1 column...
If I understand you...
You could use excel and a vb macro to do the shuffling for you. Split by ';' and put each row in an array, shuffle, and then concatenate?
You can also change the column break when importing a csv in excel.
0I am importing a text file encoded in UTF8 - without BOM usign a flat file source to OLE DATABASE task .
Format of Flat file connection is DELIMITED, 65001(UTF-8), Text Qualifier ( none ) , Header Row delimiter is {CR}{LF} , Header Rows skip is 2 , and the column names in the first data row . Row Delimiter is {CR}{LF} and column Delimiter is Vertical Bar {|}.
Format of data is like so ;
SPECIAL products in q: Reported on 01/11/2011 {CR}{LF}
{CR}{LF}
Serve|Co|Q Number|Doc Name|{CR}{LF}
HE| AUS|000021|Dert|{CR}{LF}
The problem is that SSIS is not seeing the first 112 rows ? I cant work this out . It is driving me crazy so pl help ?
All the other rows in the fiel starting from 113 import into the database with no problems. No errors when SSIS package runs.
Did you check the "Header Rows to Skip" property? Whats the value there?
Also, if you look at the "Preview" of the data in the FF Connection manager, there's a property called "Data Rows to skip". Both these properties should be 0's. What do you see on your FF manager?