Home Forums Data Warehousing Integration Services Whats the easiest way to read the first 10 characters of a flat file RE: Whats the easiest way to read the first 10 characters of a flat file

  • That's a neat technique, thanks for posting.

    Quite a common requirement seems to be reading the first n characters, or the first row, of a text file to determine its type/layout before directing to the appropriate dataflow - I reckon you're well on the way to cracking that with this.

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