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Luke79
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Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 9:15 AM
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When using bulk insert and specified errorfile paramter, the error file is being deleted when an error is encountered in the data file. Anyone came across this before?
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Can you provide syntax that includes the BULK INSERT?
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Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 1:48 PM
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bulk insert from "e:\datafile.bcp"
WITH (FORMATFILE = 'e:\formatfile.xml', maxerrors=0, errorfile='E:\import_error.txt')
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Using FORMATFILE as per BOL you must meet one of these criterias...
The data file contains greater or fewer columns than the table or view.
The columns are in a different order.
The column delimiters vary.
There are other changes in the data format. Format files are typically created by using the bcp utility and modified with a text editor as needed. For more information, see bcp Utility.
Do you meet these criteria to use FORMATFILE? Just a shot
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Posted Friday, January 25, 2008 6:37 PM
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I think you misunderstood, the formatfile matches the table definition. The question is why bulk insert creates an error file and then deletes it from disk once finished running?
For instance imagine a a table with one column that has a data type of decimal (11,2), but one of the rows in the file contains much larger value, such as: 999999999999999999999999999.99999, so this won't fit. Running bulk insert on this row will fail. During the run time of bulk insert command two files are created, but after the transaction is rolled back the file is automatically deleted making it impossible to see what was the error message and which rows it failed on.
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Adam Haines
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Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 8:11 AM
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This is from BOL
MAXERRORS = max_errors
Specifies the maximum number of syntax errors allowed in the data before the bulk-import operation is canceled. Each row that cannot be imported by the bulk-import operation is ignored and counted as one error. If max_errors is not specified, the default is 10.
You have this option set to 0, so you are saying that if an error occurs to cancel the insert. This may delete the file because the insert was canceled with no errors written to disk. Try bumping this this number up. The default is 10.
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Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 8:28 AM
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I did, but it still deletes the file.
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Does 'E:\import_error.txt' exsit prior to running the bulk insert? The file should not exist before running the insert.
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Posted Monday, January 28, 2008 8:44 AM
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no it doesn't. it gets created and then deleted when the transaction is rolled back.
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How are you running the procedure from SSMS query window or command line and do you have the insert wrapped in a transaction with a try/catch or xact_abort?
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