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karthi-646351

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 4:17 AM

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Hi,

I have a flat file without delimiters. The format is like
L10123444 221
but Col1 = L;col2=1;col3=0123444 etc...

how to import this kind of flat file

Thanks in advance

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Dinesh Asanka

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 6:57 AM

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Use fixed length option in flat file connection manager

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Todd Engen

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 7:10 AM

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In the SSIS Data Flow you would use a Flat File Source. Configure the sources connection manager to use the "Ragged right" format and mark where the columns should be delimited, including the appropriate row delimiter. In the Advanced options change the properties for each column, such as Column name, data type and width. Then connect that to your destination.

If the fields won't be in the same position and same width the above won't work. For that you could still use a Flat File Source and read each row to a single column, then split that row up within a Script Component.

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Jeff Moden

Posted Monday, February 25, 2008 10:19 AM

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karthi (2/25/2008)

Hi,

I have a flat file without delimiters. The format is like
L10123444 221
but Col1 = L;col2=1;col3=0123444 etc...

how to import this kind of flat file

Thanks in advance

All of the methods suggested, so far, are good and will do.

If you want absolute blinding speed, though, using Bulk Insert with a BCP format file will out perform just about anything else you can do. The information for a BCP format file is in Books Online.

--Jeff Moden

"RBAR is pronounced "ree-bar" and is a "Modenism" for "Row-By-Agonizing-Row".

First step towards the paradigm shift of writing Set Based code:
Stop thinking about what you want to do to a row... think, instead, of what you want to do to a column."

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