I am currently working on a ssis project i have a data like this
col1þcol2þcol3þcol4
i have followed steps from here How to read a flatfile with lowercase thorn as the delimiter
but the data looks like this ?
col1þcol2þcol3þcol4 on loading in ssis Flat file connection manager !
What should be delimiter in this case ?
The column delimiter drop down menu in the connection manager just lists the most common options but you can paste whatever character you need, even if it's not on the list.
You can then just paste þ and it should work.
þ is a thorn delimiter
then you need to change the xml code (goto view-->code)
DTS:ColumnDelimiter="_x002C_"
or as said by #jayvee paste þ or try pasting þ
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I'm using Visual Studio 2013 SSIS and have written a package to ingest a DAT file (in standard Concordance delimited format - with a lower case thorn text delimiter "þ", and pilcrow column delimiter "¶" (ascii 244), and CR/LF row delimiter.
Not sure how this happens, where the delimiter itself gets imported into the SQL 2014 database receiving table:
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
In the Flat file connection manager do the following:
Choose {CR}{LF} as Row Delimiter
Choose ¶ as Column Delimiter
Choose þ as Text Qualifier
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 am importing some Excel spreadsheets into a MS SQL Server. I load the spreadsheets, cleanse the data and then export it to SQL using Alteryx. Some files have text columns where the cells span multiple lines (i.e. with new line characters, like when you press ALT + ENTER in Excel). When I export the tables to SQL and then query the table, I see lots of '_x000D_' which are not in the original file.
Is it some kind of newline character encoding? How do I get rid of it?
I haven't been able to replicate the error. The original file contains some letters with accents (à á etc); I created multi-line spreadsheets with accented letters, but I managed to export these to SQL just fine, with no 'x000D'.
If these were CSV files I would think of character encoding, but Excel spreadsheets? Any ideas? Thanks!
I know this is old, but: if you're using Alteryx, just run it through the "Data Cleansing" tool as the last thing prior to your export to SQL. For the field in question, tell the tool to remove new lines by checking the appropriate checkbox.
If that still doesn't work... 0x000D is basically ASCII 13; (Hex "D" = Int 13)... so try running your data through a regular Formula tool, and for the [field] in question, just use the expression Replace([field],CharFromInt(13),""), which should remove that character by replacing it with the empty string.
This worked for me:
REGEX_REPLACE([field],"_x000D_","")
I'm trying to read a flat file in SSIS which is in this format
col1 þ col2 þ col 3
I'm using the flatfile connection manager but there is no option for the 'þ' character in the column delimiter section of the connection manager.
What would be the workaround for this? Other than reading the file and replacing the thorn character with a SSIS supported delimiter,
Being a dumb 'merican, I think the lower case thorn character is 0xFE while upper case is 0xDE. This will become important soon.
I created an SSIS package with a Flat File Connection Manager. I pointed it at a comma delimited file that looked like
col 1,col 2,col 3
This allowed me to get the metadata set for the file. Once I have all the columns defined and my package is otherwise good. Save it. Commit it to your version control system. If you're not using version control, shame on you, but then make a copy of your .dtsx file and put it somewhere handy.
Replace the comma delimited file with the a thorn delimited one.
What we're doing
What we're going to do is edit the XML that is our SSIS package by hand to exchange the delimter of a , with a þ. It's a straight forward operation but since you are going off the reservation, it's easy to foul up and then your package won't open up properly in the editor.
How to fix it
If you have the package open, close the package but leave Visual Studio open. Right click on the file and select "View Code".
In an SSIS 2012 package, you'll be looking for
DTS:ColumnDelimiter="_x002C_"
In a 2008 package,
<DTS:Property DTS:Name="ColumnDelimiter" xml:space="preserve">_x002C_</DTS:Property>
What we're going to do is substitute _x00FE_ (thorn) for _x002C_ (comma). Save the file and then double click to open it back up.
Your connection manager should now show the thorn symbol on the Columns tab.
Interestingly enough, after you open the package, if you go back into the Code, the editor will have swapped the thorn character into the file in place of the hexagonal character code. Weird.
I'm trying to load a Tilde (~) delimited .DAT to SQL Server DB using SSIS. When I use a flat file source to read the file, I don't see the option of a ~ delimiter. I'm pasting a row from my file below:
7318~97836: LRX PAIN MONTHLY DX~001~ALL OTHER NSAIDs~1043676~001~1043676~001~OSR~401~01~ORALS,SOL,TAB/CAP RE~156720~50MG~ANSAID~100 0170-07
In here, I need to get the data between the columns separated by a ~ i.e.
Column 1 should have '7318', Column 2 should have '97836: LRX PAIN MONTHLY DX'.
Can someone help me with this? Can this be done using a Flat File Source or do I need to use a Script Task?
Sure you can, you just need to configure the "Column delimiter" property in the "Flat File Connection Manager Editor". There are some predetermined choices there, but you can click and type any separator you want:
After that you can click "refresh" and then "OK".