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Scott Thornton-407727
Scott Thornton-407727
Posted Monday, September 29, 2008 6:47 PM
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Hi,
Am attempting to import a spreadsheet of data as a new table.
I specify the field as varchar(10).
I have made sure that the spreadsheet has the column stored as text.
However the Import Data wizard within SQL workbench or whatever the 2005 replacement is called for Enterprise manager, skips data that doesn't match a numeric value
Eg
My data looks like (coded values)
1A
2
3
0
1A
SSIS inserts nulls instead of the '1A' value.
Why Why Why?
Enterprise Manager and DTS was so easy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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pduplessis-723389
pduplessis-723389
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:42 AM
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Welcome to one of the most irritating nuances of SSIS. Text is seen as NVarchar and not Varchar. In other words, if you have a text (10), make it Nvarchar (20).
You can use a dataconversion transformation to get past this.
~PD
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pduplessis-723389
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 2:43 AM
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My bad... I meant in Excel, text is seen as nvarchar and not varchar
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Scott Thornton-407727
Scott Thornton-407727
Posted Tuesday, September 30, 2008 4:16 PM
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Ill try nvarchar next time..
I imported it into MS Access first and then into SQl Server.
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Posted Wednesday, October 01, 2008 12:34 AM
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SSIS and MS Access also has its own unique nuances, some of which are downright irritating.
Good luck!
~PD
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